Final year medical students at Bristol Medical School are invited to participate in the 4th competition run by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for students with an interest in surgery. There will be 19 regional heats around the UK in which clinical students will have the opportunity to learn and demonstrate basic surgical… Read More »
Yesterday brought its share of excitement, today is no different. In prizes, Thomas Judd, a CTF in Taunton, won the TASME Teaching Innovation and Excellence Prize 2018 – for his presentation on “Virti education platforms – fully immersive interactive 360 degree videos on your smartphone”. He is NOT allowed to have the Shield though. Gloucester… Read More »
Night One at ASME Most of the medical education team in Bristol Medical School met in a restaurant in the middle of Newcastle on Tyne while away at ASME. The excitement, the thrill, the breath holding, and the disappointment made for a memorable night. Pictures below shows some of the group in rapt attention during… Read More »
At ASME today in Newcastle, Bristol medical School is providing much of the content. One of the highlights is the winner of the Sir John Ellis Prize, a Year 4 student Joseph Salem, for his submission of “Video-based Virtual Patient Journeys: Narrative, first-person videos as a novel teaching aid for students.” This afternoon, also, are several other… Read More »
Following the launch of their new platform the AMEE MedEdPublish team would also like to announce their new theme: Humanities in Medical Education. ‘Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field concerned with bringing the humanities back into medical practice and education and aims to improve our understanding of the total human condition in relation to health and… Read More »
David Cahill is a 60 year old, overweight, professorial grandfather. What kind of crazy guy is he to want to cycle 180 Km (120 miles) in a day, up and down hills – the highest of which is 860 feet above sea level and goes all the way from seaside up a 9% gradient – to… Read More »
In this newsletter: • Student and ex-student Achievements • Donations to the Medical Library • Start a heart Day • Sad news • Bristol Teaching Awards • BOF musings • Medical School movements Click on the following link to download the full newsletter: MB ChB Programme Newsletter 6 2017-18 final6
Researchers from Bristol have published a paper examining the link between the development of myopia and years spent in education. This work was led by Denize Atan, Consultant Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology Heretofore it was not known whether increasing exposure to education causes myopia, myopic children are more studious, or socioeconomic position leads to myopia and… Read More »
the opening is tonight from 6 — all would be very welcome; and there are refreshments … Intention: Embodiment and Knowing: An Exhibition of Creative Pieces by students on the Intercalated BA in Medical Humanities on Sat, June 2, 2018 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM Each year the University of Bristol offers medical students the… Read More »
Study Skills Evening On-Line Tutorials What: Evening online Study Skills tutorials. 30 minute appointments. When: 5-6 pm. May 29, June 5, 12, and 19 (Tuesdays) and 7.30-9pm. May 31, June 14 and 21 (Thursdays). Where: Wherever you are! Book: here We have evening on-line tutorial appointments throughout June, starting on Tuesday May 29th, (Tuesdays 5-6 pm and Thursdays 7.30-9 pm, except June 7th), all bookable here. These half-hour sessions are for anyone… Read More »