Author Archives: Joe McAllister

Medical Students: are you Fiery enough to enter the Dragons Den?

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. For this summer, we have updated the essay submissions to up to 5-minute long video submissions. The title for the video presentation is: “What will dermatological surgery… Read More »

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Are you feeling stressed, anxious or low about your studies? As a medical/veterinary/dental student you may be eligible for a free place on an 8/9 week course of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT). The next MBCT course will be held on Campus at Canynge Hall (near Clifton Down Station), Mondays 5.15-7.15pm, for 9 weeks: January 28th-March 25th.… Read More »

Volunteering opportunity offered by The LIFE Foundation

The LIFE Foundation work in the Oltenia region in Romania with children and adults living in government care. The people they work with all have some form of developmental delay, physical disability and/or learning disability and many display institutionalised behaviours due to spending many years in state care. In the summer they recruit volunteers to… Read More »

Galenicals Carol Concert Saturday 8th December

Galenicals Carol Concert Saturday 8th December A large audience, practically filling St Paul’s Church in Clifton, assembled on Saturday to hear an exquisite concert of carols, festive music and a few non-festive pieces (if you are a Grinch). Under the choir’s conductor (Aaron Grice), we were treated to a programme that was varied and included… Read More »

Faculty of Public Health – Annual Awards and Prizes

Cochrane Prize In honour of the first President of the Faculty of Public Health, the late Professor Archie Cochrane, a medal and cheque are normally awarded each year to an undergraduate student to support an educational activity in the field of public health medicine. The award is for £250 and can support a public health… Read More »

Become an Associate Member of the RCPsych for free

Become an Associate Member of the RCPsych for free Think you might Choose Psychiatry as your specialty? Why not discover where psychiatry can take you? The RCPsych is offering free membership to medical students and foundation doctors that want to learn more about psychiatry as a career. Membership gives you the opportunity to – Network:… Read More »

National Student Surgical Skills Competition

National Student Surgical Skills Competition Do you want to be a surgeon? If so, this competition may be for you. For more information please see the flyer by clicking here: Surgical-Skills-Comp-2018-info Winner of the Surgical Skills Competition 2016-2017, Christopher Barr (University of Bristol) “It is really fantastic and quite unexpected for me to have won the… Read More »

Medics Varsity Rugby Match

Medics Varsity Rugby Match Bristol Medical Students are playing Cardiff Medical Students this Saturday (24 November) Kick-off is at 11:30 at Shaftsbury Park, BS16, 1LG Please come along and support Bristol if you can.

Congratulations to Samya Sarfaraz

Congratulations to Samya Sarfaraz We congratulate Samya Sarfaraz who has been named by Bristol 24/7 as one of the 24 most influential Bristolians under 24 in 2018. This is in recognition of her voluntary work as an advisor for Off the Record, chair of the Wellfest committee and as  a member of the NHS Youth… Read More »

Galenicals Carol Concert

Galenicals Carol Concert The evenings are getting dark earlier, which signifies one thing – the Galenicals Carol Concert must be fast approaching! We would love to invite you to join us in singing carols, drinking mulled wine and eating mince pies. The medics choir and orchestra will perform some pieces, so it is a great… Read More »