Saturday 14 November 2026 · Online, in Gather Town
National Medical Education & Research Conference
A one-day national conference for doctors in training. Present in the lecture hall or the poster hall, and leave with a certificate that names what you presented and the date you presented it.
Submit an Abstract — Free Attendance £149 · Free for Erudical Alumni
Submissions close
31 October 2026
Decision
Within 5 Days
Rolling, not one batch
Two rooms
Oral & Poster
Cost to submit
Nothing
ARTICLE I
Submission and Review
Every abstract is scored against a published rubric and reviewed before a decision is issued. You will know inside five days of submitting — decisions are made on a rolling basis.
The rubric is published in full, so you can see what you are being marked against before you write a word.
Originality
Whether the work adds something that was not already known.
Method
Whether the design can support the conclusion drawn from it.
Clarity of Results
Whether a reader can tell what you found, and how confidently.
Relevance
Whether it matters to medical education or to clinical practice.
Oral presentation
Competitive, and selected on score. Slots in the lecture hall are limited and the highest-scoring abstracts take them.
Poster presentation
Acceptance depends on meeting the standard rather than on beating other submissions.
ARTICLE II
Attendance and Fees
Free
To submit
Submitting costs nothing, whether or not you attend.
£149
To attend
The full day, both rooms, and your certificate.
CPD Accredited — 6 hours
£0
ERUDICAL ALUMNI
Anyone who has bought the Erudical Teach the Teacher course attends at no charge.
Erudical Alumni →The Teach the Teacher Course Includes Your Place
A full day of live teaching in Gather Town, over twelve hours of self-paced content, CPD accreditation and a certificate of completion — plus free attendance at this conference.
ARTICLE III
An Immersive Conference
NMERC runs in Gather Town. You move your own character through the space: into the lecture hall for the oral programme, along the rows of boards in the poster hall, out to the courtyard when you need a break. Conversation starts when you walk up to someone, the way it does at a real venue.
Walk the Venue and See the Running Order
Plan of the venue. Illustration, not a photograph.
The lecture hall
Oral presentations to a seated room, with questions after each.
The poster hall
Authors stand beside their boards in two defined windows.
The rest of the day
Breakout tables, a registration desk, and closing prizes.
ARTICLE IV
For IMT/ST Applicants
Recruitment guidance is explicit on two points. An achievement gained after the application closing date cannot be counted. And a presentation you have not yet given must not be claimed. The presentation has to have happened.
You can amend your application until the window closes. If you’re selected to present then you’ll be provided with suitable documents to evidence for your application.
NOW
Submissions Open
31 OCT 2026
Submissions Close
14 NOV 2026
Conference Day
16 NOV 2026, 16:00
Letter and Certificates issued
Check your own dates
The 2027 CT1 and ST1 window has not been published. In the 2026 round, applications opened on 23 October and closed on 20 November at 16:00. Confirm your specialty’s dates when the recruitment offices publish them.
One scoring change worth knowing
For IMT 2027 the maximum available in the presentations domain rises from 6 to 8, while publications falls from 8 to 6. Check the published scoring guidance for your own specialty.
Submitting Is Free and Takes About Ten Minutes
One form, one abstract, one choice of track. You will have a decision within five days, and you can submit whether or not you intend to attend.
NMERC 2026Saturday 14 November 2026 · online in Gather Town
Organised by Erudical. All submissions are free.