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Members' Area
Meeting Fellows and Members in Hong Kong
Our Hong Kong Regional Advisor, Donald Greig, hosted a College Members’ networking event in April. With around 800 Members, Hong Kong represents about 5% of our total College membership.
All five faculties were represented at the meeting. The guest of honour, President Mike McKirdy, gave a welcome address thanking our Members for their roles in maintaining the principles and values of our College.
Our Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Dr Sam Allen, who was in Hong Kong examining for the MRCP(UK) PACES exam, was also delighted to attend. Across the same week, the Faculty of Travel Medicine and the Hong Kong Society for Immunisations and Travel Medicine (HKSITM) hosted a joint Hong Kong Travel Medicine Conference. Finally, Cheryl Shaw gave a presentation on the travel considerations of an occupational health advisor in her role as Chief Nurse for a major international company.
College Annual General Meeting takes place on 6 December
We are pleased to invite you to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday 6 December 2024. The AGM will include our annual report, where we’ll present the College’s activities during the financial year 2023/24. There will also be an opportunity to see Mike McKirdy complete his term as College President and for Professor Hany Eteiba to take up the role as President. The results of the College Council elections will be announced including the Trustee positions of Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Librarian.
To find out more, including how to attend the AGM, please visit rcp.sg/agm
Founder’s Day Service
This December, President-Elect Professor Hany Eteiba will perform one of his first official acts as President at our annual Founder’s Day service.
Each year, the College commemorates its founder, Maister Peter Lowe, with a service in Glasgow Cathedral followed by laying a wreath on his grave in the cathedral graveyard.
The service takes place on Sunday 8 December at 10.45. Although this is an annual tradition, this year is special as it marks 425 years since our founding.
To help us celebrate this special day, the Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, a member of the College Lay Advisory Group and current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will join us in paying tribute to Maister Lowe. Rev Mark Johnstone will conduct the service with Hany also leading his first formal procession of the Council.
All College Fellows, Members and friends are welcome to attend the service.
Medical Elective Report
Colin Hughes, a final year medical student, has successfully completed an eight-week medical elective in South Africa.
Colin was based at the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, spending his first four weeks in the hospital’s trauma receiving unit. He then moved into the operating theatre, assisting medics in trauma surgery cases.
During his time in the receiving unit, Colin dealt with a variety of injuries from shootings and stabbings to road traffic accidents. When he moved to the surgery team, Colin helped with procedures like sternotomies, thoracotomies, exploratory laparotomies and amputations.
Reflecting on his time in South Africa, Colin said: “I feel privileged that I got the opportunity to experience this specialty in one of the best centres in the world.
“This experience has drastically improved my ability to assess and manage trauma patients.”
Colin’s time in South Africa was partially funded by the College’s Medical Elective Scholarship.
For more info, visit rcp.sg/awardsandscholarships
