Medical events
April 2008
Requests for information about forthcoming conferences are common. Commercial services such as Eventline are comprehensive but relatively expensive to search. Casual users are advised to check the specialist medical web sites first.
The BMA and BMJ both organise and sponsor conferences throughout the year.
www.bma.org.uk/conferences
BMA Medical Conference Unit
BMA House
London
WC1H 9JP
tel: 020 7383 6605
fax: 020 7383 6663
email to: confunit@bma.org.uk
Print resources
Specialist journals or the journals of societies or associations are good sources of news about forthcoming events. The British Journal of Plastic Surgery for example lists forthcoming events in a Notices section.
Web resources
medicalconferences.com
Detailed information on over 7,000 up-coming conferences and seems to be one of the most comprehensive free sites:
www.medicalconferences.com
Doctors' guide to medical conferences and meetings
Allows you to browse by subject, date or location or to search a database:
www.docguide.com/crc.nsf/web-bySpec
Health on the Net
(HON) Foundation produce a database of forthcoming conferences
www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/conferences
Medical Meetings
Includes a useful database
www.doctorsreview.com/cgi-bin/medical_conferences