Author Archives: Joe McAllister

British Geriatrics Society Awards and Prizes

Essay Prizes are available to Medical Students from the British Geriatrics Society.  For more inormation see flyers and website links below:  BGS AMULREE ESSAY PRIZE 2017 –  Click here for the flyer  for more information and to apply see the website:  http://www.bgs.org.uk/mnutraineefunding-507/resources/grantsawards/amulreeessay BGS Movement Disorder Prize 2017 – Click here for the flyer for more information and… Read More »

Intercalation Fair

Come along to the Intercalation Fair on Monday 12th December 2016 2-5pm, Enderby Room, Physics. For more info please see the poster via this link:  intercalation-fair-flyer-v6

Bristol-Cardiff medical schools inter-varsity sports competition 2016

On Saturday 3rd December 2016, Bristol Medics will take on Cardiff Medics in a day of fierce sporting competition!  Medic sports teams from both universities will be competing for victory across 6 sports – netball, basketball, squash, football, hockey, and rugby.  So get yourselves down to COOMBE DINGLE to support your teams and Bristol Medics!!… Read More »

Mindfulness for medical students

In February-March 2017, Dr Alice Malpass and Sarah Millband will be offering two 8 week courses in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on Wednesday afternoons 2-4pm and Tuesday evenings 5-7pm. These courses are free for medical students who feel they are struggling in some way with stress, low mood or mild anxiety-in relation to work and course or… Read More »

Recent publications from Bristol students

There are two recent publications from Bristol students in broad areas of Women’s Health. Eliza Thomas, a Year 5 student, gave significant help in the publication of this paper of outcomes of fibroid surgery – assisting at weekends by collecting and assuring the data for the paper: Should We Still Be Undertaking Open Myomectomies? Emma… Read More »

Preparing for the SJT

The British Medical Association are putting together a webinar on preparing for the SJT, which might be useful to Year 5 and even all students. You do need to be a BMA member to get to it, and it will be on November 22nd, starting at 6pm. The web link for this page is: https://www.bma.org.uk/events/2016/november/preparing-for-sjt-webinar

What you said…What we did…2015/16

Every year we collect feedback from students on each unit and the programme in general.  It is hugely important to us that we respond appropriately to this feedback and that students know what changes they have influenced. We then use this information to produce a document that aims to summarise “what you said” and “what we did” about some of… Read More »

ASME ASM 2017 Call for Papers Now Open!

The ASM 2017 Call for Papers is now OPEN! You are invited to submit abstracts of papers concerned with research and new concepts in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical and healthcare education, for the Annual Scientific Meeting. Click here for more information and to submit Deadline for submissions is 11th January 2017 at 5pm.