Events

Fifth Conference on Medical Ethics and Law - Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Medical Ethics and Law

Venue:  BMA House London
Date:  Friday 4 February 2011

The day will commence with the third Lewis W. Headley Public Lecture on Medical Ethics.
This conference is an important part of the IME's education project in which we aim to develop teaching and learning resources and appropriate assessment tools for the learning outcomes of the revised core content of learning published in January 2010.

The overall theme is Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Medical Ethics and Law. The keynote speaker will be Dr Julia Moore, National Director of the DH programme for e-Learning in Healthcare. There will be other presentations on resources for e-learning and on assessment. Students and FY1-2 doctors will be invited to submit innovative ideas for teaching, learning and assessment of medical ethics and law. There will be short oral presentations of up to the top three submissions with a prize of £200 for the best entry. Poster presentations will be offered for other entries. As on previous occasions workshops will be a key part of the conference. This time we will be looking at resources for teaching, learning and assessment.

Once again the conference, for which there will be no charge, will be of particular interest and relevance to those involved in teaching and learning medical ethics and law including practising clinicians, students and medical educators. Places are limited to a maximum of 100 including up to 10 travel bursaries available for medical students.

A full programme for this event will be available soon. If you are interested in attending please contact BMA Conferences on 020 7383 6819 or email sarmitage@bma.org.uk

 

Medicine Unboxed 2010

Venue:  Cheltenham General Hospital's Sandford Education Centre
Date:  Saturday 9 October 2010
Web:  www.medicineunboxed.com

This year's event centres on the theme of Stories, Language & Medicine
It is being held in partnership with the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.
Tickets are now on sale for £15.

 

Public Health: Promoting Health and Challenges Ahead

Venue:  The Barbican, London
Date:  30 September 2010
Note:  This event is CPD certified
Web:  http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/q8hn/overview.asp?ID=157

The challenge to improve and maintain the health and wellbeing of the population is a difficult undertaking. The phrase 'prevention is better than cure' is often quoted; however, with the UK on the verge of an obesity epidemic, over 100,000 people dying each year from smoking related illnesses, and deaths from illegal drug use far too frequent, clearly we are not sufficiently successful in the area of 'prevention'.

Public Health: Promoting Health and the Challenges Ahead will explore the way forward to safeguarding a healthier nation and will debate policies that can make a real impact. Professionals from the public health and health promotion sectors can hear from leading experts on the current and emerging challenges and how to overcome them.

Keynote addresses from:

• Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair of the Health Select Committee: The New Way Forward: What plans does the new government have in tackling public health issues?
• John Ashton, Chair, UK Public Health Association Council: Health and Wealth Inequalities: In the 21st century the link between those that are economically disadvantaged and poor health still exists. How can this be eradicated?

Further details of the programme can be found online.

Expert speakers will discuss the delivery of public health initiatives and their impact on the population, and analyse the strategies most likely to produce the desired result, culminating in a panel debate providing a forum for energetic dialogue and communication of insights from across the sector.

Places are limited to 250 and are awarded on first come first serve basis. Please book online.

 

Annual Intensive Course on Medical Ethics

Venue: Imperial College London
Date:  13 - 17 September 2010

A stimulating multi-disciplinary introduction to philosophical medical ethics for medical and nursing teachers, GPs, members of ethics committees, hospital consultants and health administrators. Organised in collaboration with the Institute of Medical Ethics. Lectures/seminars, small and large groups led by leading international authorities in the field of medical ethics. Approval by the Royal College of Physicians for 27 Continuing Medical Education (CME/CPD) credits has been sought.

Further details available at http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cpd/medeth

or contact:

Ying Yuan
School of Professional Development,
Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus,
London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 6883; Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6881
Email:

Past Events

The Ethics of Assisted Suicide

A conference organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with the IME.
Venue was: Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
      1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Date was: Wednesday 30 June 2010
For more info and registration go to: www.rsm.ac.uk/assistedsuicide
Support:  The Institute of Medical Ethics sponsored ten places for students
Programme:  

IME Conference: Teaching and the patient who lacks capacity - Is it ethical? Is it legal?

Venue was: Cardiff University
Date was:  Thursday 24 June 2010

For more information, programme and booking visit: www.instituteofmedicalethics.org/edu_cardiff.html

Note: this conference takes place the day after the UK Clinical Ethics Network conference to enable people to attend both events.