The Mullany Fund is a social mobility charity that aims to widen participation within life science professions by raising aspirations and attainment among young people from more disadvantaged backgrounds They are currently recruiting e-Mentors for an 8 week session in the summer term 2018 (8th May until 6th July) and are keen to hear from… Read More »
Target Ovarian Cancer undergraduate essay prize 2018 in association with RCOG First prize: £500 Second prize: £200 More women die as a result of ovarian cancer each year in the UK than all other gynaecological cancers combined. At the moment, women with breast or uterine cancer are twice as likely to be diagnosed with early… Read More »
Twice yearly the British Society for Dermatological Surgery (BSDS) sets an essay title on a topic relating to dermatological surgery and offers a prize for the winning essay. The title for the next essay prize is: “ Will artificial intelligence and automated technology replace the need for Dermatologists to diagnosis skin cancer in the future?”… Read More »
On Tuesday evening first and second year medics performed the 2018 preclinical revue ‘Scott Paterson vs The World’ to a sell out audience at the Fleece. Directors Jo Jameson and Naadir Nazar alongside producer Rachel Turner put together an hysterical show, full of energy and with some really good musical numbers. All proceeds from the… Read More »
Are you a foundation doctor or clinical medical student with an interest in surgery? Find out how to start your career by attending this afternoon meeting. What can I expect? Delivered by some of the the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the field, topics covered will be: Applications to both core and specialist training Advice on surgical interviews The National Survey of Bullying and… Read More »
This is a one-day conference, organised in collaboration with NHS England, the Royal College of General Practitioners, and the Social Prescribing Network. The conference is aimed at medical students and junior doctors from all years of training with an interest in Primary Care, General Practice, Social Prescribing, Lifestyle Medicine, Social Determinants of Health, and Social… Read More »
This took place at the Engineer’s House in Clifton. Over a hundred people from across the Faculty convened for a real treat of current and ground-breaking work across the educational spheres of the three professional programmes and of several of the Masters programmes running in the Faculty. Tim Dornan from QUB (Belfast) challenged us and… Read More »
Bristol alumni Fiona McCurdie has been published the the journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It is a remarkable achievement. Fiona was a yr 4 student on the Uganda SSC. She was working in a resource poor environment and had 2 weeks to collect her data. She also had to write the SSC report up in… Read More »
Rugby fans take note that this Saturday 17th March is the annual match against Nantes Medical School. An absolutely huge occasion for our medical school and a chance to reclaim the trophy we lost last year. This year the match will be renamed after Ottie Uden. For those unaware, Ottie was a brilliant student who… Read More »
UoB Psychiatry Society is holding an international short film festival, Medfest, on 15th March at 7pm in the Merchant Venturers Building. Medfest is an international film festival which is held at universities and teaching institutions all over the world. Every Spring a selection of short films are shown and discussed by a panel of distinguished… Read More »