Author Archives: Joe McAllister

Clinical revue

After weeks of rehearsal and preparation, Sam Millar and Anna Taylor put on an almost flawless production of “Clinical Skills and where to sign them” last night at the Bierkeller. Cleverly using alternate video clips and live scenes to keep the production flowing, they threw themselves into a great production filled with memorable tunes and… Read More »

Choose the right hospital rotations with Messly

Messly is the Online Doctors’ Mess – an innovative online platform helping medical students and doctors make evidence-based career choices.  Messly have worked with the GMC to design a Training Navigator which breaks down over 80,000 data points from the GMC Survey 2016 into 5-star ratings as the ‘TripAdvisor for NHS Jobs’. Over 400 junior doctors have written honest… Read More »

Student fitness to practise – myth busters!

Myth: If I tell my school about a health condition or concern I will be referred to student fitness to practise Myth: I shouldn’t tell my medical school about a health concern Myth: If I do anything wrong, the school will call a student fitness to practise panel Myth: Students often get expelled through student… Read More »

Category: GMC

Chancellor’s Installation – 22 March

On the 22 March 2017, the University of Bristol will be officially installing Sir Paul Nurse, geneticist and Nobel prize winner as its Chancellor. To mark this occasion, Sir Paul would love to meet students and share with some insights into a career in research, drawing on his own experience that would eventually lead him… Read More »

The Expert Institute’s 3rd annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Scholarship

Each year, the Expert Institute offers a $1,000 scholarship for students who are currently pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees related to healthcare or the life sciences. Students from the United Kingdom are welcome to apply for the award. Full information about the scholarship’s requirements, as well as the application form, can be found on the… Read More »

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 »