Our first annual conference in Manchester brought together doctors, medical students and patient groups to consider and debate the challenges affecting medical professionalism in the 21st century. This interactive workshop discussed three different statements which the audience had an opportunity to vote on and involved debating teams of medical students from Queens University Belfast, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Manchester and University of Southampton.

2. Vote: who’s in the room
1. Medical Student
2. Doctor
3. Educationalist
4. Other

3. Vote: Debate one
You will ruin your career if you speak out about
poor practice you witness
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure

4. Debate
For the motion:
Queens University Belfast

5. Debate
Against the motion:
Barts and the London School of
Medicine and Dentistry

6. Debate
You will ruin your career if you
speak out about poor practice
you witness.

7. Vote: Debate one
You will ruin your career if you speak out about
poor practice you witness
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure

8. Vote: Debate two
What a doctor says on social media is of no concern to
anyone other than the doctor and their friends and family
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure

9. Debate
For the motion:
University of Manchester

10. Debate
Against the motion:
University of Southampton

11. Debate
What a doctor says on social
media is of no concern to anyone
other than the doctor and their
friends and family.

12. Vote: Debate two
What a doctor says on social media is of no concern to
anyone other than the doctor and their friends and family
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure

13. Vote: Debate two
What a doctor says on social media is of no concern to
anyone other than the doctor and their friends and family
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unsure

14. Vote: best debating team
1. QUB (Queens University Belfast)
2. Medcas (Barts and the London)
3. Manchester Medics (University of Manchester)
4. #Sotonmedics (University of Southampton)

15. Lunch and exhibition
Upper foyer and Exchange hall