SAM News

26 June 2010

The Acute Medicine Speciality Certificate Examination (SCE)

The Acute Medicine SCE is an exam designed to test your knowledge of Acute Medicine. It is compulsory for all trainees on the…

15 November 2010

Clinical Quality Indicators for Acute Medical Unit

The Clinical Quality Indicators which have been in use by a number of Acute Medical Units since January 2011. Download the full document…

4 May 2010

Past Conferences

The dates and venues of previous meetings are listed below. Where we have material such as lecture slides available for download we have…

29 June 2010

Training Structure

The route to higher training in Acute Medicine is usually via either core medical training (CMT) or acute care common stem (ACCS) training.…

6 June 2012

Quality Standards in Acute Medicine

The Society for Acute Medicine is commited to delivering the highest standard of practice and patient care. The Quality Standards for Acute Medical Units…

9 March 2012

Dear Colleague Winter has been as busy as ever on the AMU, and although spring has now officially arrived, the pressure shows no sign of…

19 February 2012

Summary of Key Results No of responses: 215 Analysis: 94% do not support the Health and Social Care Bill in its current form.…

8 September 2011

New fees: From the 1st October 2011 the membership fee will rise to £95 (full price) and £45 (reduced). On the same date a…

18 July 2011

Delivering a 12-hour, 7-day consultant presence on the AMU

The fourth in the series of acute care toolkits from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has been produced in collaboration with the Society for Acute Medicine…