ECOSEP, A tale of European SEM Success – The future’s bright, the future’s SEM!

By Amit Chauhan (@AmitC_SEM) & Liam West (@Liam_West) What was the aim of The European College of Sports & Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP) 2014 Sports & Exercise Medicine (SEM) Trainee Conference (November 22-23rd) that recently took place? We wanted to organise a highly interactive event for delegates from a broad spectrum of specialities and arm them […]

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RFU’s Rugby Medicine Meeting – The Highlights!

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) The RFU’s Rugby Medicine Meeting, suitably held at the location of next year’s Rugby World Cup final, a chance for all those working within the game to catch-up and listen to expert opinion on a variety of topics and their relevance […]

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Technology and Digital Health – the future for SEM?! Part two of a series from the RSM Exercise Medicine Conference, 2014

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Rory Heath (@Roryjheath) Moore’s law states that technological developments double every year.. It also predicts that computer processing power will exceed all human brains combined by 2045. These trends are relevant to healthcare settings as the use of technological tools rise exponentially. Technology […]

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To MSc or not to MSc? Deliberations from two physiotherapists

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series Part 1 of a 2 part series on making your post-graduate plans. By Jonathan George (@J_George85) & Gruff Parsons Is a SEM Masters degree worthwhile for physiotherapists? To get the lowdown we sourced opinions from two up and coming  UK physiotherapists currently enrolled in the Cardiff […]

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Top ‘take home’ messages from London School of Sport and Exercise Medicine conference: How can SEM help the endurance athlete?

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Liam West (@Liam_West) Students looking to get into Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) should attend as many conferences as possible – many examples from the Undergraduate perspective blog series support this statement. London School of Sport & Exercise Medicine’s 5th Annual School Conference, […]

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A less than fatiguing conference #I’mWideAwake: BASEM Spring Conference

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Rachel Cooke & Lysander Gourbault (@lgourbault) After setting up Durham Sport and Exercise Medicine Society (DSEMS) at Durham University for 2013/14 our enthusiasm for the speciality has grown after each event we’ve hosted. So when we walked into Manchester Conference Centre we were […]

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USEMS 2014 National Conference – Tickets going fast, register now!

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) USEMS are proud to announce the second annual student Sports & Exercise Medicine (SEM) conference, hosted in 2014 by the Birmingham University Sports & Exercise Medicine Society (BUSEMS). SEM career aspirations?…then don’t miss this event This conference features engaging and informative […]

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An exSEMplary weekend for students – ECOSEP congress commentator recap

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Mohammed Mahmood I came to ECOSEP, I saw a vast array of SEM and I conquered my Bucket List. For a break from the norm, here is a summary of the Congress through my “sports’ commentary parodying” eyes… Hello ladies, gentlemen, one and […]

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National Undergraduate Sports & Exercise Medicine Conference (Next Month!) – Hosted by SEMSoc in association with USEMS

Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Ashleigh Williams @SEMsocuk The Undergraduate Sports & Exercise Medicine Society (USEMS) has been working to promote the specialty of Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) to UK medical undergraduates. A primary aim for USEMS is to facilitate affordable SEM education as it does not […]

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