Tech in Medicine Conference

The Royal Medical Society organised their 9th national student conference at the Old Medical School in Edinburgh on 2nd March. The theme for this year was Tech in Medicine: “Medical Technology is advancing at an exceptional rate. Experts have utilised technology to better diagnose, monitor and treat conditions that severely affect a significant proportion of the population. For our 9th National Conference, the Royal Medical Society hopes to open a platform for discussing the role of these advancements in improving our knowledge of diseases and in providing a better quality of life for patients.”

Prof Nigel John was one of the invited speakers and spoke about using VR for the cognitive rehabilitation of stroke patients, and gave demonstrations of the software following the talk.

Full details of the event can be found here.