2019-20 Events
Please note that booking attendance via Eventbrite is not essential, but does save time on arrival! The current schedule for 2019-20 is as follows:
| Date | Speaker | Title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th September 2019 | Presidential Address – Dr Sarah Milner – General Practitioner | Jack of All Trades and Master of Some | Eventbrite tickets |
| 2nd October 2019 | Dr Yoon Irons – Senior Research Fellow, University of Derby | Why Sing? Research Evidence of the Effects of Singing on Chronic Pain, Parkinson's and Respiratory conditions | Eventbrite tickets |
| 16th October 2019 | David Mullett – RCGP Champion for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | Sharing Data and Making Patients Safer: Some Examples of Local and National Initiatives | Eventbrite tickets |
| 6th November 2019 | Laura Waters – Arts Programme Manager | Creative Prescriptions at Derby Hospitals | Eventbrite tickets |
| 16th November 2019 | Annual Dinner – with guest speaker Andy Whittaker | The Art of Being Brilliant | Book tickets (Deadline 12th October) |
| 20th November 2019 | Prof Steve Powis – National Medical Director, NHS England & NHS Improvement | NHS Long Term Plan: Next Steps | Eventbrite tickets |
| 4th December 2019 | Craig Bevan-Davies – Assistant Director Anti-Crime Services | Countering Fraud in the NHS | Eventbrite tickets |
| 15th January 2020 | Doctors in Training | Case Presentations, Poster Exhibition & Bursary Awards | Eventbrite tickets |
| 29th January 2020 | Prof Roy Taylor – Professor of Medicine & Metabolism, Newcastle University | Diabetes in Remission | Eventbrite tickets |
| 12th February 2020 | Open Meeting: Dr Greg Crowley – Portfolio GP | Mountain Rescue Medicine | Eventbrite tickets |
| 26th February 2020 | Prof Paul Crawford – Professor of Health Humanities, University of Nottingham | Health Humanities and Florence Nightingale | Eventbrite tickets |
| 11th March 2020 | Clare Sutherland – Associate Postgraduate Dean for Allied Health Care | Advanced Clinical Practice – Where Are We? An Update followed by Annual General Meeting | Eventbrite tickets |
| 25th March 2020 | Dr Robert Hunter – Senior Coroner for Derbyshire | The Passion of Christ: A Forensic Medical Perspective | Eventbrite tickets |
| 9th or 10th May 2020 | - | Florence Nightingale Walk & lunch around Lea and Holloway | Register for email updates |
Annual Dinner - Deadline 12th October
Dear all,
Please note that tickets for the Annual Dinner are available here until 12th October, when booking will close.
The black tie dinner (£30 for students, £50 full ticket price) will be at 7pm on the 16th November at Makeney Hall Hotel with special guest speaker Andy Whittaker, who will entertain us in “The Art of Being Brilliant”.
If you have any questions, let us know at info@derbymedicalsociety.co.uk!
Welcome to Derby Medical Society!
Welcome to the Derby Medical Society website. The society was founded in 1862 for the purpose of bringing together medical practitioners from the many diverse branches of medicine to discuss the medical science of the day and to present and discuss cases of interest to its members.
To this day, the society maintains the spirit and motivation of its founders through the presentation of a yearly lecture series featuring keynote speakers from all walks of medicine, many of whom have world renowned reputations in their field. Additionally, the society has a proud tradition of supporting the medical community through its long standing association with the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and through the provision of bursaries and awards for medical students and trainees.
Medical Student Bursary Applications For 2019-20 Season Are Now Open!
The Derby Medical Society is proud to support the career development of medical students through awarding elective bursaries. Three bursaries of £250 are awarded to the successful applicants, who are invited back to give a presentation on their elective experiences at the start of the next lecture series.
Applications for Final Year Medical students undertaking their elective in 2020 are now being accepted.
You can either apply by:
- Filling in this Google Form.
- Completing this word document and sending it to shehla.imtiaz-umer@nhs.net.
The deadline for applications is 23:59hrs on 30/11/2019. Late applications will not be accepted. Winners will be announced before 15th December 2019 and names will be posted on the Derby Medical Society website.
Key links
- For dates of upcoming events/meetings, please go to calendar.
- To see information on the current president, please follow this link.
- To join Derby Medical Society or to register for an online account, please click here.
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Latest News
- Medical Student Bursary Applications For 2019-20 Season Are Now Open!
- Annual Dinner – Booking Deadline 12th October
- Events for the 2019-20 Session
- Final meeting 26.03.19: Dr Gareth Hughes, High Times in High Altitudes
- Next Meeting Tuesday 12th March: Lessons from the Ariana Grande Concert Bomb, Professor Simon Carley