*** Due to the planned industrial action on 13th-17th Jan, the SICS Residents meeting will be postponed. We fully support resident doctors, and will update this page as soon as the new meeting date is confirmed. ***

The SICS Residents Meeting (formerly Trainee Meeting) is back!

Come along for excellent speakers, a chance to present your work at a friendly national meeting, and networking with critical care colleagues from all over Scotland!

The full programme is downloadable from this page and will be updated as final details are confirmed, but our excellent line up of speakers includes:

- Dr Matthew Williams, Vice Dean of FICM

- Haematological Malignancies and CAR-T - Dr Chris Wright, ICM Consultant in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

- Transitioning to consultant practice - Dr Gilly Fleming, ICM consultant in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Deputy Chair of FICM Education Sub-Committee

- Clinical Reasoning - Dr Martin Hughes, ICM consultant in Glasgow Royal Infimary and lead for undergraduate clinical reasoning at University of Glasgow

- Influenza in Critical Care - Dr Stuart Dickson, ICM and ID consultant in Raigmore Hospital

- Airway Management in ITU - Dr Simon Crawley, Anaesthetic consultant in Ninewells Hospital and past president of the Scottish Airway Group

- Liver Failure in ITU - Dr Mortimer Kelleher, Transplant anaesthetist in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

The historic Scotsman hotel is immediately next to Waverley Station so is very conveniently located for commuting by train. 

All members of the critical care MDT are welcome, and registration is discounted for SICS members.  Not a SICS member yet? Visit https://www.scottishintensivecare.org.uk/join/ to see the many benefits of membership and join today!

Abstract Competition:

• We are welcoming abstracts for oral presentation at the meeting. All delegates are welcome to submit an abstract under the categories of Research, Quality Improvement or Case Report.
• The top 3 abstracts will be invited to deliver a short oral presentation at the meeting, with the best presentation being awarded a prize!
• All presenters will receive a certificate, and abstracts not selected for oral presentation will automatically be submitted to the abstract competition for SICS ASM 2026, where both poster and oral presentations will be available.
• Abstracts should be sent to sicstrainees@gmail.com
• Closing date for submissions: FRIDAY 12th DECEMBER 2025.

Abstract guidance:

• Abstracts should be maximum 250 words (excluding title/authors).
• Please list all authors with affiliations. At least one author must be registered to attend the meeting, and all named authors must be aware of submission.
• For Research / QI submissions please comment on ethical / regulatory approval as appropriate (e.g. Ethics committee, Caldicott Guardian approval).
• For case reports, written consent must be sought from patients who have data used in either a case report or case series (click here to download consent form)
• Submission of the abstract constitutes the consent of all authors to publication (e.g. Conference website, programme or promotions).
• Abstracts will be judged on the novelty, importance and impact of the work. The decision of the judges is final.
• Successful submissions will be notified by email within 1 week of the abstract deadline.