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The BSA Medical Sociology conference brings together medical sociologists and sociologist of health and illness every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the key takeaways from the conference included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Attendance at the event and the conference program reaffirmed the extant gap in both research activity and awareness around fraud in the health sector, amongst medical sociologists which SCAN intends to address. The scope for the SCAN project to provide a contribution to medical sociology was evident during conversations with new and existing contacts throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. The breadth of conference streams and presentations clearly illustrates the lively research activity within medical sociology across a range of topics. I attended several panels and presentations during the conference day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. 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The day concluded with an excellent, thought-provoking presentation from prominent ethnographic scholars Catherine Pope and Bella Wheeler, who unpacked what a responsible supervisors or managers of ethnographic (and other qualitative) research could and should do better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Networking during in between conference presentations provided an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the SCAN project and more broadly, share the core message about the importance researching fraud in the health sector<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">amongst medical sociologists. 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The BSA Medical Sociology conference brings together medical sociologists and sociologist of health and illness every year. Some of the key takeaways from the conference included: 1. Attendance at the event and the conference program reaffirmed the extant gap in both research activity and awareness around fraud in the health sector, amongst medical sociologists which SCAN intends to address. The scope for the SCAN project to provide a contribution to medical sociology was evident during conversations with new and existing contacts throughout the day. 2. The breadth of conference streams and presentations clearly illustrates the lively research activity within medical sociology across a range of topics. I attended several panels and presentations during the conference day. 3. Some of the highlights of the day included a special event on health policy, more specifically embedded research methods in harnessing the tacit knowledge that is central to system transformation in health care, showcasing collaborative approaches between universities and local authorities, and role of embedded research in building research capacity in social care. 4. I am always on the lookout for developments in methodological approaches and insights, which could be of value to current\/future research I am involved in. I attended several methodology related presentations including ones that explored rhythm analysis and art-based analysis in medical sociology offered some food for thought. T 5. The day concluded with an excellent, thought-provoking presentation from prominent ethnographic scholars Catherine Pope and Bella Wheeler, who unpacked what a responsible supervisors or managers of ethnographic (and other qualitative) research could and should do better. 6. Networking during in between conference presentations provided an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the SCAN project and more broadly, share the core message about the importance researching fraud in the health sector amongst medical sociologists. The SCAN team look forward to returning in 2026 to report some preliminary project findings! I would like to thank the organisers for an insightful conference day and for NIHR and the SCAN project for supporting my attendance at the event. Please note: This project is funded by the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR159714). 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