Gentlemen’s Clubs or Medical Movers and Shakers?
An illustrated talk by Andrew Hall
What role do they play in the health care we receive?
What might their role be in the future?
For most people, the medical royal colleges come into their consciousness only when some medical stories are in the news. However, the colleges feature heavily in the lives of doctors training to take up specialist medical practice. The colleges have been around in some form and in some cases, for over 500 years. The model has lasted – even if it has changed hugely – new colleges are still being established in the twenty-first century.
So, what do they do? What have they contributed to British and international medical advancement over the years? What might their role be in the future?
With such a long history it is unsurprising that the colleges are far from being a uniform set of bodies. There are similarities, but each is a separate and independent organisation with a different provenance and different characteristics.
Andrew held senior roles in two medical colleges for over 20 years. Do join us for this talk which will lift the lid on the medical royal colleges – unique but, perhaps, obscure institutions. And, may be, answer for yourself if they are “gentleman’s clubs or medical movers and shakers”.
- Date: Wednesday 29 January 2025
- Time: 2.30pm
- Venue: Church Stretton Library
- Cost: £5 per head
- All proceeds will go to the library