Medical Conferences
A directory of medical conferences relevant to emergency medicine, internal medicine, and critical care. This page highlights both upcoming gatherings and past events that have shaped the FOAM community and academic conversation.
Featured Events & Tags
Many listings reference CME funding opportunities. Check individual event pages for accreditation details and registration deadlines.
Conference FOAM
Free Open Access Medical education conferences and community-driven learning events. A hub for FOAM-based gatherings that emphasize open-access principles and collaborative education.
Conference Archive
Historical records of past medical conferences and related discussions hosted on the site. Reference materials for attendees, researchers, and anyone revisiting prior meeting content.
Planning Ahead
In a February 2014 post, David Marcus encouraged readers to plan their spring conference schedules early — a reminder that still resonates for clinicians looking to combine professional development with a change of scenery. The FOAM resources section and external feeds like FOAM Feeds often highlight live conference listings worth watching.
For the latest EMConf highlights and social-media coverage of emergency medicine meetings, visit the EMConf Archive.
Beyond the featured listings, the conference landscape for emergency and internal medicine continues to evolve through the FOAM movement, where open-access sharing of educational content has reshaped how clinicians connect across institutions and specialties. Many of these gatherings blend traditional lecture formats with hands-on workshops, procedural training, and collaborative case discussions that reflect the combined life of academic practice, residency education, and bedside care. For those unable to travel, recorded sessions and live-streamed talks often extend the reach of these events well beyond their original venues, creating a lasting archive of ideas and evidence. Whether focused on immunotherapy complications, procedural sedation, or the everyday challenges of attendinghood, these conferences serve as touchpoints for renewal, networking, and the kind of shared learning that sustains a career in medicine.