Monthly Archives: February 2017

e-Learning materials on prescribing

Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare has worked with the British Pharmacological Society to develop an e-learning programme based on the principles of clinical pharmacology that underpin safe and effective prescribing. “Prescribe” provides e-learning materials to help healthcare students to develop a firm grounding in the principles of clinical pharmacology and use of medicines more… Read More »

TASME Spring Conference 2017 Saturday 22nd April

The TASME Spring Conference will be taking place on Saturday 22nd April 2017 at Keele University. This is a one day medical education conference featuring lectures from dynamic prominent keynote speakers, with interactive workshops on topics including career pathways in medical education, simulation, practical teaching skills and medical writing. Aimed at students, trainees, consultants, GPs… Read More »

General Practice: What’s the Prognosis?

Bristol GPSOC are proud to present the FIRST EVER South West GP Society Conference, held in conjunction with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), where we’ll be welcoming delegates from Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Swansea and Plymouth Universities! **General Practice: What’s the Prognosis?** Do you want to know more about…. * The exciting future of… Read More »

Interesting snippets from the BMJ last week (dated Feb 11th)

An interesting paper (for a gynaecologist anyway) examined the outcomes of women having two ovaries removed at hysterectomy, as opposed to one. Those with only one had less likelihood of an admission with ischaemic heart disease, and were less likely to die from any cause. They did not mention symptoms arising from pain in the… Read More »

Generally Speaking Student & Trainee GP Conference

On 5 April 2017 MSC will be hosting a joint conference with RCGP for medical students and GP Trainees. The conference will help both organisations formulate their response to the Wass report; ‘By choice, not by chance’ by ensuring the views of medical students and trainees are central to policy development in this area. The… Read More »

Need for nominations for student reps for the Students’ Union

Elections for student representatives for next academic year are looming, in fact there are only two and a half weeks to go until nominations for Course and Faculty Rep positions close. It is important there are committed and engaged student representatives to work in partnership with staff to continually monitor the MB ChB programme, to agree… Read More »

From flies to fish to therapy

‘From flies to fish to therapy’ the Academy of Medical Sciences South West Region Sponsored Lecture is taking place at 4pm next Thursday 16th February in Lecture Theatre E29, Biomedical Sciences Building For more information click here to the poster SW_poster_Bristol_v3

Medsin Global Health Conference 2017

Medsin Global Health Conference 2017 Date: 25-26 February, 2017 Location: University College London Seeing the Spectrum – gaining a broader understanding of the multifaceted nature of gender and its impact on global health. Passionate about gender and global health? UCL Medsin are hosting their next Global Health Conference – one of the highlights of Medsin’s… Read More »

Volunteers needed for BSc​ research project

A current BSc​ research project is recruiting males who are 20 to 30 years of age.  The experiment requires an initial brief introduction, followed by two 20 minutes periods of testing on three separate days.  Importantly, the experimental design requires that each subject  donates a small sample of blood on each of the three separate occasions. … Read More »