**College of Medicine Conference 2017** Students from all health, social and care provider courses are warmly invited to attend the College of Medicine’s national, annual interdisciplinary conference in September 2017. The theme this year is ‘Sustainability- sustaining wellbeing, health and social care, nutrition, physical activity and resilience and even sustainable technology. We have an amazing… Read More »
Creative Pieces by students on the Intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at the University of Bristol [view the event page] www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/study/undergraduate/ibamh Each year the University of Bristol offers medical students the opportunity to pause their studies and gain an intercalated BA in medical humanities. Joining English and Philosophy students, these medical students are able to… Read More »
Last Tuesday morning, we woke to the terrible news from Manchester, with stories of lost children and lost parents, and the distress we felt across the country. We heard at the end of the week that two Bristol graduates, Arun Banerji and Manu Pillai (both MB ChB in 2016 and now working as FY1s in… Read More »
Chantal Cox‐George (MB ChB 2016), while a student in Swindon Academy, wrote a paper on Domestic Violence and its relevance to O&G. The paper focuses on the ways that domestic violence occurring during pregnancy has negative effects on both the mother and the unborn child. It highlights the high proportion of pregnant women who present… Read More »
Philippa Walker-Smith, a year 4 student, was doing her dermatology in the BRI when she came across an unusual inflammatory lesion on a young man’s cheek. It turned out to be due to a relatively new organism, Arthroderma benhamiae, which was isolated after culture. Well done to her for spotting this and for getting it published… Read More »
NACT UK would like to offer an Associate Membership to any trainees or medical students who would like to be involved in a leadership role in Medical Education. This membership would enable you to network with like-minded people; learn from Leaders in Education throughout the UK, have access to valuable resources, attend educational meetings at a reduced… Read More »
As part of both organisations’ response to the Wass report ‘By choice – not by chance’ the Royal College of General Practitioners and MSC have been working together to develop a survey of students’ career aspirations. The survey asks students what is important in terms of your future careers and how you view GP as a… Read More »
Click here to read the recently published MB ChB Programme newsletter: MB ChB Programme Newsletter 6 2016-7 If you would like to include something in the next edition please contact Programme Administrator Susan Pettinger-Moores (susan.pettinger-moores@bristol.ac.uk)
The Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, are offering twelve fully funded positions on the Welcome Trust sponsored summer school for training and research experience in neural dynamics (TRENDs). See link below: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neural-dynamics/information/trends/ For successful applicants all costs to attend the course, including travel expenses within the UK, accommodation and food will be covered.… Read More »
A huge thank you to all the 1st year medical students that attended the University of Bristol Oncology Society (UBONC) element 8 and 9 revision session on the 30th of April. We had a huge turnout with over 140 people attending the session. Our aim was to simplify the more complex topics of Immunology/Cancer Biology… Read More »