RCPE in association with SPS and RCPCH: Optimising Health across the Life Course

RCPE in association with SPS and RCPCH: Optimising Health across the Life Course
Thursday 19 January 2023

This joint symposium is sponsored by the RCPE in association with SPS and RCPCH, to celebrate the Centenary of the Scottish Paediatric Society.

The aim is to bring together colleagues from many areas of health practice, to consider ways in which changes and improvements to approaches to children and young peoples’ health might improve the long term life expectancy, and quality of life of adults of the future.

‘To treat or not to treat’: what principles can we use to guide us when navigating difficult treatment decisions

All of us have difficult cases that stick with us. Sometimes knowing what we theoretically ‘can’ do and what we ‘should’ do for an individual patient is morally and ethically challenging. During this event we share two cases and invite comment from leading experts in the fields of ethics, psychiatry and medico-legal practice to discuss principles that can help guide decision making. Equipping you with tools to guide better decision making for your patients.

Scottish Society of Physicians Annual Meeting

The Scottish Society for Physicians is looking forward to an in person meeting at the Townhouse Hotel  in Melrose on 29 and 30 September.  Technology allowing we also hope to offer this as hybrid meeting. Our Fitzgerald Peel Lecturer is Dr Caroline Elton (an occupational psychologist and coach, and author of “Only Human – the Secret Lives of Doctors) speaking on “What makes medicine so demanding?  Insights from Occupational Psychology”.

Glasgow Gastro Conference

Glasgow Gastro Conference 16 September 2022
Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Celebrating its fifth year, we are delighted to announce that Glasgow Gastro Conference 2022 will return to a face to face format.

This one-day Conference will consist of interactive presentations, case based learning and state of the art lectures, with both national and international experts providing topical updates on a wide range of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy issues.