The prestigious RMS Annual Dinner is upon us once again! This year it is a particularly prominent event as we celebrate our 275th Anniversary, and will be held in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on Friday 9th March, at 7:00pm for 7.30pm.
Our Guest of Honour this year will be Dr Una MacFadyen, consultant paediatrician and the RMS’ first female senior president!
Find out more, and buy tickets online, by following the link below:
It is time to celebrate the wonderful life of our favourite poet, Rabbie Burns, with whiskey, poems, and a little dancing.
On Tuesday the 24th of January, at 7pm, we will be hosting a very fine traditional Scottish meal (which just wouldn’t be complete without haggis) followed by numerous speeches from council members and our special guests. These include the ‘Immortal Memory’ – a tribute to Burns’ life and work – a very lively reading of ‘Tam o’ Shanter’, and, my personal favourite, the toasts to the laddies and lassies. Following this we have a ceilidh till the wee small hours and dance the night away. Sound good? But of course it does.
This kind of thing is, to my mind, almost compulsory for those who aren’t from Scotland. And those who are would rarely pass one up anyway. You have no excuses for missing this!
Tickets are ONLY £15, which includes:
Tickets are available from the RMS office (above Potterrow) everyday from 12 till 5.
Get practicing your dancing!
The Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh is holding its second National RMS Conference on Saturday 17th March 2012 at the Old Medical School. We cordially invite all UK medical students to present any research they have recently conducted. This is a wonderful opportunity to network with like-minded academics and to hear about cutting-edge research taking place at Edinburgh.
Prizes will be awarded to the best presentations, including a £25 prize donated by the Academy for the Study of Medical Education to be given to the best presentation on research related to medical education.
If you would like to present at the conference, please submit your research abstract to the following website:
http://www.ctrs.org.uk
Abstract submission deadline: Friday 10th February 2012.
Please note that abstracts must be 250 or less. If research was conducted as part of a group or a pair, only one person may present the research.
Price for student delegates: £10 (Free to members)
Authors of abstracts selected for presentation will be contacted by Saturday 3rd March 2012.
For any queries regarding the conference, please contact: rmsconference2012@gmail.com
Please be aware that the new deadline for the next round of T&S fund applications is now the 26th January 2012.
To apply please go to the Travel and Study section for more details.
The RMS are proud to announce their support of the “Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health” as launched by the UN General-Secretary Ban Ki-Moon. This aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015.
The commitment we have made is as follows;
The Royal Medical Society (RMS) commits to raise awareness among our members of medical students at the University of Edinburgh of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health for achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5. By 1st September 2012, we commit to have held at least one awareness-raising event. We also commit to advertising the Global Strategy through links on our website and to promote our support at RMS events run throughout the year.
Watch this space for further details of the events we will be running to raise awareness of this worthy cause.
For more information visit their website: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/
Welcome to all new students and members of the Royal Medical Society.
To kick off the 275th Session – look here for everything on offer in Freshers’ Week and don’t forget to join the group on Facebook (click here if you haven’t already!) This year looks better than ever, including the first of our regular guest lectures, the Freshers’ Fair, events at our sponsor venues (Room at 34 and 56North) and the infamous White Coats Pub Crawl!
Enjoy Freshers’ Week and the very best that the RMS has to offer!
The RMS hosts weekly meetings with guest speakers from Edinburgh and around the country.
The talks cover a variety of subjects and this year’s offering can be seen on the Calendar or from paper syllabuses available in the RMS itself.
At most of these meetings, there is dinner for the speakers prior to the talk which members can go to and have a 3 course meal prepared by a member of the Council. Sign up sheets for these are available outside the Permanent Secretary’s office.
A few of the sessions are for members only, particularly the clinical skills sessions and revision tutorials, run by older members of the Society.
After you have been at five meetings and signed the register, you are eligible to be elected onto the RMS Council at the AEGM in April 2011.
Title: Sports Medicine – Dr James Robson
Location: RMS
Description: Our first regular talk of the year is from Dr James Robson who is the Chief Medical Officer for the Scottish Rugby Union team and has been the lead medic for the British and Irish Lions for many years.
He spoke at the RMS last year on the challenges facing a medic in the game and is returning to talk on another aspect of sport medicine.
It was standing room only last year and promises to be another fascinating, interactive evening at the RMS, 8pm.
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An interview with Dr Robson talking about life with the Lions from 2001 can be seen here.
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2010-09-28
Title: Inaugural Address – Professor Richard Knight
Location: RMS
Description: The inaugural address is the official first meeting of the Royal Medical Society for the 274th session.
This event takes place every year, where the previous Senior President Scott Mather hands over the title to our new President (Kristina Lee).
Following this there will be a talk from Professor Richard Knight entitled ‘Life as a Neurologist’. Prof. Knight, as well as being a practicing neurologist – specialising in the study of prions, he is heavily involved in the teaching of Neurology in the medical school, and is always an engaging and interesting speaker.
The talk will last an hour, after which the party is moving to Koko.
This is always a popular event and, if you’re a first year, as good an introduction to the RMS as any. Dress code is casual.
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2010-09-21
Title: Travel and Study Committee
Location: RMS
Description: The first meeting of the Travel and Study Committee is on Thursday 30th November.
The Permanent Secretary will contact applicants with their specific appointments.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-09-30
