2nd GEMS-RCPSG National Conference 2012

The conference is now over.

We hope an informative day was had by all. 

GEMS would like to thank all those who attended, took part in, and organised our 2nd annual conference on Saturday 20th October. It was a great day and we hope all who attended gained a valuable insight into the world of evidenced-based medicine, and that we inspired the future academics in all of you!

Why should I go?

• Free to attend, including refreshments and lunch

• Opportunity to present your work at a national level at a Royal College
• Network with other UK medical students, junior academic trainees and notable senior academic guest speakers
• Attend workshops which are based on essential academic medicine skills
• Successful abstracts will be published in  Scottish Medical Journal (SMJ)

Registration

Registration for the event will become available once all successful delegates have been informed the decision of their abstracts on the 24^th of September 2012.

Summarised Programme 2012-for full programme click here

09:00-09:30-Registration and Coffee

09:30-09:45-Introduction and Welcome Address-”The Importance of Research”, Dr Naveed Sattar

09:45-10:35-Oral Presentation Session 1

10:35-10:50-Coffee Break

10:50-11:20-“Academic Foundation Programme in Scotland”, Professor Matthew Walters

11:20-12:10-Oral Presentation Session 2

12:10-13:40-Lunch and Poster Presentations

13:40-14:30-Oral Presentation Session 3

14:30-15:30-Break Out Sessions (A-C)

A-“An Introduction to the Practise of Evidence Based Medicine”, Dr Bushara Ilyas and Dr Arfon Jones

B-”How to Make the Most of a Scientific Meeting (including poster/abstract writing)”, Dr Patricia Fearon

C-”How to Succeed in the Academic Interview”, Angela Lucas-Herald

15:30-15:45-Coffee Break

15:45-16:15-“Telling the World Research Press Releases and Hype”, Dr Margaret McCartney

16:15-16:30-Close of Meeting and Prizes

Updates

For updates on the 2nd Annual GEMS-RCPSG National Conference 2012 please see our website at: http://ebmglasgow.org/conference/ or our Facebook Event Page

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us at gems.conference2012@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow in October 2012.