Undergraduate Student Conference: Medicine and Healthcare

The conference, open to all students across the University of Edinburgh studying medicine or healthcare, will include keynote talks, interdisciplinary panels, workshops, poster presentations and an evening networking event. The full agenda can be found below. 

Please register for the Wednesday or Thursday only. 

If you have any questions or you are a staff member and would like to join the evening mixer reception, contact EMS300.StudentConference@ed.ac.uk

Agenda

Location: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ


Location: main auditorium


Network and view digital posters over refreshments


Choose 1 of 3 sessions on the day 


Lunch will be provided in the Lower Foyer. 


Choose 3 of 4 workshops (you will receive a separate booking link to choose your workshops) 

Wednesday 26 August: 

  • Designing Qualitative Research Studies 
  • Entrepreneurship
  • What is self compassion and why is it important for medical and healthcare professionals? 
  • Use of AI in research 

Thursday 27 August: 

  • Quantitative Approach
  • Medical Humanities 
  • Digital (education/teaching/AI) 
  • Mental Health

Network and view digital posters over refreshments


Choose 1 of 3 on the day


Location: main auditorium 

Wednesday: Big Data

Thursday: Transplant 


Location: The Great Hall 

Join students and staff for an evening reception with pizza and refreshments.