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 »
Well done to UHBristol for winning two 2017 BMJ awards. Professor Karen Forbes and team won the Palliative & Hospice Team of the Year for an innovative project that has measurably improved palliative care for patients or their carers and UHBristol also won the Prevention team of the year which recognises teams whose work shows the… Read More »
On Friday May 5th, several of our students (Laura Medhurst, Curtis Wright and Callum Hunter) attended and presented at the Annual South West Obstetrics and Gynaecology meeting, held this year in Plymouth. Pictured below, they presented on topics of Female Genital Mutilation, Cleft lip and palate, and prophylaxis against HIV. As has happened every year… Read More »
The Black Bag has been the medical school student magazine since 1937. The latest edition published yesterday can be accessed via this link https://goo.gl/pL1oV4 or via the Black Bag Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BlackBagBristol/
The Health Through Peace conference is running between 4-6th September 2017, at the University of York. Medact and the IPPNW are bringing together health professionals, students and peace activists to debate, discuss and discover how to confront global insecurity as an international health community. They’re inviting researchers, speakers and organisations to present on a range of topics,… Read More »
On Thursday 11th May, 2 to 3.30 pm, at the Paintworks, there will be a chance to hear about the work of The Drive Project. This arts / theatre company set up their first Recovery Project in 2011, bringing wounded service personnel into the world of theatre. The Two Worlds of Charlie F was the… Read More »
The Complete University guide (just published) for this year ranked the University overall as being 17th in the country. The data are all on https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings. The medical programme is ranked 10th, up 7 places since the last publication, and indeed, Prof Cahill can remember about 10 years ago when we were 31st out of 32. This… Read More »
Anna Taylor, Year 5 on elective, has published a paper based on her work in the year 2 Disability, Diversity and Disadvantage Unit which shows the benefit of formal teaching for undergraduates on interacting with patients from the LGBT community. The teaching programme she and Hannah Condry used (3D lead, GP and co-author) has been… Read More »
For the first time since the SJT process came in, there are no Bristol students still waiting to be placed at this stage of the year on the Foundation School Programme. Our students this year have scored on average higher than the national average of scores, which is partly why they have all done so… Read More »
The RMBF aims to support and protect the future of the medical profession, offering financial help in the form of grants for students facing critical and unexpected hardship while studying. Previously this support was offered in the form of loans, but by switching to grants the RMBF hopes to reach more students in need who… Read More »