Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine


The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine is a British non-profit organisation that was founded after World War I and pioneered the development of postgraduate educational programmes in all branches of medicine. It was founded in late 1918 as the Inter-allied Fellowship of Medicine with Sir William Osler as its President. In the autumn of 1919, Osler merged the IAFM with the Postgraduate Medical Association of which he had been the founding President since 1911. In October 1919, Osler was appointed President of the combined Fellowship of Medicine and the Postgraduate Medical Association and Sir William Osler became the first president of the new organisation. The fellowship is supported by national and international fellows with expertise in the practice of medicine, medical education, clinical research, and related disciplines. The office and meeting rooms of the fellowship are in Central London. It is governed by a council that meets quarterly.

Current activities

The fellowship aims to achieve its objectives through publications, organising educational meetings and supporting other relevant activities.
The fellowship hosts a range of seminars and conferences, including in partnership with its journals..
- January 2009: inaugural joint debate on NICE and personalising medicine, between FPM Fellow Munir Pirmohamed and Sir Michael Rawlins.
- February 2012: a debate on the challenges to the future of electronic health records.
- January 2014: updates on cardiovascular disease - sudden cardiac death and intravascular treatment for heart valve disease.
The fellowship has provided major support for the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.

Honorary fellows