EMS300 Student Conference 2026
Showcasing student research, ideas and perspectives as Edinburgh Medical School marks 300 years of medicine, healthcare, discovery and education.
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The EMS300 Undergraduate Student Conference: Medicine and Healthcare – Past, Present and Future took place on 26th and 27th of August 2026 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Held as part of Edinburgh Medical School’s 300th anniversary, the conference celebrated the contribution students make to the School’s academic community and created a space to share ideas, research and perspectives on the changing world of medicine and healthcare.
Over three centuries, Edinburgh Medical School has played an important role in the development of medicine and the life sciences. EMS300 provided an opportunity not only to reflect on that history, but also to consider the questions, challenges and possibilities that will shape healthcare in the years ahead. Central to that conversation were the students who will become its researchers, educators, clinicians and leaders.
Across two days, students from medicine and healthcare-related disciplines presented their work through oral presentations and digital posters, alongside workshops, masterclasses and interdisciplinary panel discussions involving students, academics, clinicians and other contributors. Themes ranged from the lessons of medicine's past to emerging areas such as big data, transplantation and artificial intelligence in medical education.
The conference also reflected a wider principle at the heart of EMS300: that Edinburgh Medical School is a community shaped by its students as well as its staff. Throughout the anniversary year, students contributed to projects spanning research, creativity, storytelling, student experience and the future of medical education.
The conference brought many of those ideas together, providing opportunities to share work, encounter perspectives from across disciplines, make new connections and contribute to conversations about what medicine and healthcare could become over the next 300 years.
Held as part of Edinburgh Medical School’s 300th anniversary, the conference celebrated the contribution students make to the School’s academic community and created a space to share ideas, research and perspectives on the changing world of medicine and healthcare.
Over three centuries, Edinburgh Medical School has played an important role in the development of medicine and the life sciences. EMS300 provided an opportunity not only to reflect on that history, but also to consider the questions, challenges and possibilities that will shape healthcare in the years ahead. Central to that conversation were the students who will become its researchers, educators, clinicians and leaders.
Across two days, students from medicine and healthcare-related disciplines presented their work through oral presentations and digital posters, alongside workshops, masterclasses and interdisciplinary panel discussions involving students, academics, clinicians and other contributors. Themes ranged from the lessons of medicine's past to emerging areas such as big data, transplantation and artificial intelligence in medical education.
The conference also reflected a wider principle at the heart of EMS300: that Edinburgh Medical School is a community shaped by its students as well as its staff. Throughout the anniversary year, students contributed to projects spanning research, creativity, storytelling, student experience and the future of medical education.
The conference brought many of those ideas together, providing opportunities to share work, encounter perspectives from across disciplines, make new connections and contribute to conversations about what medicine and healthcare could become over the next 300 years.