Spring Meeting 2022
Our ageing population is stimulating extensive NHS service redesign to deal with the challenge of caring for larger numbers of older people both in and out of hospitals. The BGS 2022 Spring Meeting is a virtual conference on 6-8 April 2022 for all specialists responsible for the health care of older people. It will present the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in the core areas of care of older people.
Who should attend:
- Consultants and specialist doctors in geriatric medicine
- Researchers into ageing and age-related conditions
- Doctors training in related specialties
- GPs with an extended role in older people, and GP trainees
- Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
- Advanced and Specialist Practitioners
- Consultant Practitioners/Consultant Nurses
- Physician Associates
- Internal Medicine Trainees (especially those considering a career in geriatric medicine)
- Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professional students
Why participate:
- Understand more on the key areas and challenges faced in geriatric medicine
- Hear focused presentations on core areas of the geriatric medicine
- Present the latest scientific research to British Geriatrics Society members and elected officers
- Attend small group workshop sessions
- Network and socialise with other healthcare professionals over three days
Friday 8 April 12.45 BGS officer panel discussion
Professor David Oliver, who was to have given the Marjory Warren lecture at the Spring Meeting, is unable to do so, owing to Covid. Instead, a panel of senior BGS officers will reflect on healthcare for older people and the opportunities and challenges for the future. If you have a question you would like to ask them in the session on Friday 8th April at 12.45, please send it to Sarah Mistry (ceo [at] bgs [dot] org [dot] uk) by 31 March
Join
- Dr Jennifer Burns, BGS President
- Professor Adam Gordon, BGS President Elect
- Dr Anne Hendry, BGS Honorary Secretary
- Dr Esther Clift, BGS Nurse and AHP Council Chair
- Dr Maggie Keeble, Demitting Chair GeriGPs
To hear about the past, present and future for the specialty, the BGS, workforce, and C-19.
Free sessions at the Spring Meeting
Do join a free to attend a session if you can't make the full meeting.
- Meet up: BGS Green Issues Chat Room
Live 11.00 - 11.30 6 April - Community & Primary Care Group: Panel discussion with members
Live 16.30 - 17.30 6 April - Shaping the BGS’s future strategy
Live 09.30 - 11.00 7 April - Nursing and AHP Breakfast & Social coffee
Live 08.00 - 09.00 8 April - Meet up - Trainees
Live 11.00 - 11.30 8 April - Meet up - Retired Members
Live 11.00 - 11.30 8 April - Workshop: DGM clinical examination in 2022- come and speak to the examiners!
Live 11.30 - 12.30 8 April - Quality Improvement Workshop
Live 3.45 - 4.45 8 April
Register for free to join in Zoom.
Age and Ageing collection
Age and Ageing journal has published a collection of papers to accompany the BGS Spring Meeting. Open University Press, the journal's publisher, has made these articles free to access until 20 April 2022.
Cost to attend
BGS Member Virtual meeting Fee (inc. VAT) |
Non-Member Virtual meeting Fee (inc. VAT) |
|
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Senior Doctors – Post CCT or CESR CP Professions | £180 |
£300 |
Pre CCT or CESR CP Professions, Healthcare professionals (Nurses, Physiotherapists, Researchers) |
£90 | £150 |
Retired member/ Students (Undergraduates in Medical School, Nursing or AHP courses) | £45 | £75 |
Corporate Representatives | £180 | £300 |