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RCPE St Andrew's Day - Delivering the Best in Acute Care symposium

Course/Event Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Course/Event Duration: 2 Days

Course/Event Description

Overview

Join us in Edinburgh for the RCPE Acute Medicine Symposium 2025, a two-day event designed for clinicians working across acute and general medicine. This dynamic programme delivers clinical updates spanning over 15 specialties  and approaching 20 areas of acute care. With expert-led sessions, practical insights, and opportunities to engage with nationally and internationally recognised specialists. Delegates can attend in person or online, with flexible options for learning.

Description

The symposium offers a practical, back-to-basics approach to inpatient and acute medical care, while highlighting the latest thinking in areas shaping the future of hospital medicine. Sessions will provide state-of-the-art updates on common conditions, specialist perspectives on complex presentations, and new approaches to patient safety, education, and innovation.

Across two days, you’ll gain:

  • Clinical updates directly relevant to frontline practice.
  • Specialist-led insights into managing challenging acute presentations.
  • Keynotes from world-renowned experts in patient safety and cognitive bias in medicine.
  • Parallel sessions exploring medical education, medicolegal challenges, metabolic medicine, and the role of artificial intelligence in acute care.

Designed for busy clinicians, this symposium ensures delegates leave with up-to-date CPD, new skills for everyday practice, and fresh perspectives on delivering safe, effective patient care.

Who is this for?

Whether you’re an experienced consultant or early in your acute medicine career, this symposium offers invaluable professional development and the opportunity to help shape the future of acute care. 

  • Medics of any grade
  • Allied health professionals, including nursing and pharmacy colleagues

Course/Event Venue: Hybrid

This course is targeted at the following specialty Groupings:

  • Medicine
  • Other Courses

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