Undergraduate SIF Annual Conference
Educating for Excellence: Shaping the future of undergraduate teaching in Palliative Medicine
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2026
Location: The Spine Building, Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA
Why You Can’t Miss This Event
✅ Explore the future of undergraduate palliative care education
✅ Engage with leading voices and innovators
✅ Shape the next generation of medical professionals
This dynamic one-day event will bring together experts to discuss how medical undergraduate curricula can evolve to meet today’s challenges.
Approval being sought for RCP 4 category 1 (external) CPD credits
Hourly Schedule
APM UG SIF Annual Conference 2026
- 09:30 - 10:00
- Registration
- 10:00 - 10:15
- Welcome and overview of the day
- Professor John Ellershaw and Professor Paul Paes
- 10:15 - 10:45
- Keynote Address 1
- Professor Andy McKeown
- 10:45 - 11:15
- Keynote Address 2
- Speaker tbc
- 11:15 - 11:35
- Morning refreshments
- 11:35 - 12:35
- Oral Abstract Presentations: Sharing Research and Best Practice
- 12:35 - 13:00
- Round Table Discussions of the 6 Oral Abstract Presentations
- 13:00 - 13:45
- Lunch and poster viewing
- 13:45 - 14:05
- Project Group updates and Outline for Round Table Discussion
- Dr Jean Potter
- 14:05 - 14:40
- Round Table Discussions (1) • Curricula in New Medical Schools • Palliative Care Ethics in the Undergraduate Curricula • Simulation • Research and Measurement in Palliative Care education • E-ELCA • MLA and Question Writing • Mersey Undergraduate Palliative Care Evaluation Project
- 14:40 - 14:55
- Afternoon refreshments
- 14:55 - 15:30
- Round Table Discussions (2)
- 15:30 - 15:45
- Plenary Discussion: Feedback from Round Table Discussion
- 15:45 - 16:00
- Concluding comments and evaluation
- Professor John Ellershaw
- 16:00
- Conference Closes
