The Royal Society of Medicine

"Leadership is about bringing people together."

In The Expert Exchange, Dr Richard Moore reflects on leadership from a varied career in Primary Care.

📧 Members can read the full interview with the incoming RSM Senior Fellows Forum Chair via our monthly magazine

Congratulations to RSM member, Naireen Asim, winner of the RSM Professor Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE Urology Communication Award, led by the RSM Urology Section.

Naireen presented WardWise, a patient-facing digital platform that helps patients prepare questions in advance and speak up confidently during inpatient ward rounds. It's already improving health literacy in urology, and it's now expanding into general surgery.

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The RSM Coloproctology Section recently held a meeting on the Adriatic coast.

From collaborative educational sessions to exciting boat trips – we asked RSM member, Orestis Argyirou (Colorectal Surgery Research Fellow) to share his reflections of what made this trip so unforgettable.

➡️Here are his highlights

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The RSM "Medicine and Me" series provides a platform for patients' lived experiences to be shared.

Join us for our next free online event exploring how digital environments shape men's health behaviours and attitudes 💻

From fitness influencers to AI symptom checkers, men are increasingly turning to digital spaces for health information. But are those spaces helping - or making things worse?

We are joined by expert researchers from the Movember Institute of Men's Health for a free webinar on the opportunities and challenges in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Sessions include:
🎤Strengths- based masculinity and how peer misperceptions shape health behaviour - Brian Heilman
🎤Fatherhood, identity and health - Michael Wilson
🎤Gender dynamics in clinical settings, why men feel disconnected - Dr Bethany Croak

⏰Wed 15 Jul 2026 | 10:00am to 1:30pm
Claim your free ticket here: bit.ly/4fTjx2F

The RSM Great Debate is a free public event series that brings together healthcare professionals, policymakers and the public to discuss and debate some of the most rapidly evolving issues in medicine.

Next in the series ➡️ we're debating whether or not it is advantageous for doctors to have a social media presence.

Professor Elena Mucci (Consultant Geriatrician, East Sussex Healthcare NHS) is renowned for translating complex clinical topics into practical online guidance for the public and healthcare professionals.

Join us at the RSM on June 29th to hear her argue that social media is a credible platform for medical insights and meaningful change.

🎟️Free tickets: bit.ly/3PjuXC1

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