DEMEC 2025 | Programme

The 2025 DEMEC conference programme will focus on the following core themes:

Patient needs, service requirements and training – are they all the same?

  • Balancing the needs of the healthcare service and individual career aspirations
  • Assessment
  • Curriculum content
  • Remote, rural and coastal service delivery
  • Role of regulation
  • Co-development of service and workforce to consider training needs

How employment practices can enhance well-being, retention and training

  • Recruitment and retention
  • Digital improvement for employment in education and training eg rotas, study leave
  • Professional support

Supporting every doctor and dentist to be the best they can be

  • EDI – accommodating the needs of learners
  • Widening Participation – fostering potential across the continuum
  • Impact of representative workforce on improving patient outcomes

How we encourage career development in all grades of doctor and dentist

  • Meeting patient needs
  • SAS and locally employed doctors

Medical education leadership development

  • Career development in educational delivery within both the health services and academic institutions
  • Knowledge and skills required by educators
  • Knowledge and skills required by those that manage educators
  • Potential role of support and regulation of NHS Managers 

Programme summary

  Morning Midday Afternoon Evening

Monday 8 December

10:00 - 20:30

Welcome

Plenary 1

Breakouts A

Spotlight on posters

Breakouts B

Plenary 2

Calman lecture and awards

Meet the poster authors networking session

Networking, exhibition and posters

Tuesday 9 December

08:00 - 16:00

Breakfast sessions

Welcome

Plenary 3

Breakouts C

Spotlight on posters

Breakouts D

Plenary 4

Conference close

 
Networking, exhibition and posters