Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
| Founded | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sir William Osler |
| Type | Educational |
| Focus | General Medicine |
| Location |
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Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Donald Singer, president; Wendy Currie, treasurer; Tim Nicholson, secretary |
| Website | http://www.fpm-org.uk/ |
The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine is a British non-profit organisation that was founded after World War I and pioneered the development of postgraduate educational programmes in all branches of medicine.[1][2] Its foundation in the autumn of 1919 was the results of a merger between the Fellowship of Medicine and the Postgraduate Medical Association[3] and Sir William Osler became the first president of the new organisation.[4] The fellowship is supported by national and international fellows with expertise in the practice of medicine, medical education, clinical research, and related disciplines. The office and meeting rooms of the fellowship are in Central London. It is governed by a council that meets quarterly.
Current activities
The fellowship aims to achieve its objectives through publications, organising educational meetings and supporting other relevant activities.
- The fellowship has since 1925 published the international journal, the Postgraduate Medical Journal.
- In 2012 the Fellowship launched a new international journal:Health Policy and Technology,[5] published on the Fellowship's behalf by Elsevier.
The fellowship hosts a range of seminars and conferences.
- In 2008, the fellowship supported the 2nd International Symposium on Progress on Personalising Medicines.[6]
- The fellowship also supported in 2011 the 3rd International Symposium on Progress on Personalising Medicines, in partnership with the British Pharmacological Society.[7]
- Since 2009, the fellowship has also arranged joint events with the Medical Society of London.[8] The inaugural joint debate for the fellowship and the Medical Society of London was held in January 2009, on NICE and personalising medicine, between FPM Fellow Munir Pirmohamed[9] and Michael Rawlins.[10]
- The first FPM summer public lecture was delivered on 6 June 2011 by FPM Fellow Allister Vale on 'Chemical terrorism: what the clinician needs to know'.
The fellowship is a major supporter of the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.[11]
Honorary fellows
- Dannie Abse CBE
- John Hopewell FRCS
- David Ingram FBCS
- D. Geraint James FRCP
Official journals
- Postgraduate Medical Journal. Monthly: established 1925.[12]
- Health Policy and Technology. Quarterly: established January 2012.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ John MacAlister's Other Vision: A History of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine by Gordon C. Cook, 175 pp, £29.95, ISBN 1-85775-789-0, 2005. Oxford, England
- ↑ Singer, D. R. J. (2008). "Nine decades for the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine". Postgraduate Medical Journal 84 (987): 2–2. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.067017.
- ↑ John Lister. Scenes from Postgraduate Life. The history of postgraduate medicine education. Postgrad Med J 1994;70:728-731. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2397773/pdf/postmedj00046-0057.pdf Based on Lecture at 75th Anniversary Dinner of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
- ↑ Cook, G C (2005). "History of the Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine". Postgraduate Medical Journal 81 (961): 673–673. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2005.040329.
- ↑ "Elsevier". Healthpolicyandtechnology.org. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "2008: 2nd International Symposium: Progress on Personalizing Medicines". .warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "3rd International Symposium on Progress on Personalizing Medicines". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
- ↑ "The Medical Society of London". Medsoclondon.org. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "Munir Pirmohamed - research profile on BiomedExperts". Biomedexperts.com. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "Sir Michael Rawlins, Chairman". Nice.org.uk. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ Singer, D. R.; Hulse, M. (2010). "Poetry, medicine, and the International Hippocrates Prize". The Lancet 375 (9719): 976–977. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60427-8.
- ↑ "Postgraduate Medical Journal - BMJ Journals". Pmj.bmj.com. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ↑ "Elsevier". Healthpolicyandtechnology.org. Retrieved 2013-05-05.