The Royal Society for Medicine invites applications for its patient safety students and trainees prize. This recognises abstracts that define a problem in the hospital or community setting related to patient safety and describe a solution for the problem stated. Submissions may be based on audits, quality improvement projects, prototypes of new devices or software… Read More »
Congratulations to 5th Year medic Christopher Barr on winning the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Surgical Skills Competition. You can read more about the award and Christopher’s thoughts on winning it here: https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/news-public-affairs/news/2017/february/cutting-edge-for-bristol-university-student
On Friday 13th, at the National Foundation Doctors Presentation Day 2017, FY1s and FY2s from around the country presented topics on a range of subjects. In the cohort were some of last year’s graduates and Charlotte Mason-App won a prize with her co-authors for an oral presentation on “Improving the Quality of referrals received by Liaison Psychiatry… Read More »
For more info on grants and awards available now from the Junior Association for the Study of Medical Education (JASME) visit their website: http://www.asme.org.uk/grants-awards/jasme-grants-awards/ Applications are also invited for the 2017 RCEM Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Essay Prize (worth £1,500!). Click here for more information: http://www.rcem.ac.uk/
Aungshuk Ghosh Student Prize for Innovative use of e-Learning within Medical Education: £300 Submissions for the above are now invited. Details of the prize and nomination forms are located at: http://bristel.cfme.org.uk/2017-elearning-prize/ This prize is awarded annually. The selection procedure is a two-stage process. You need to nominate yourself or a fellow student and complete a… Read More »
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 »
There was a regional O&G meeting (South West Obstetrics and Gynaecology meeting) held in Poole recently. 10 Bristol students with posters and oral presentations attended. Their high standard was again rewarded by taking the runner prize for Best poster (Miranda Weller Jones) and an ST2 in St Michael’s (Sophie Walter) (Bristol MB ChB 2012) was… Read More »
On 23 September 2016, 4 days into their first week at medical school, Year 1 students were invited to a reception in the Great Hall to meet with staff. We were serenaded in song on entry by the Galenicals choir – always looking for new members, by the way. … Read More »
In July, we had a great day for the MB ChB graduation. As well as getting their degrees, students were awarded prizes in the now traditional Promise ceremony lead by Professor Richard Huxtable. This was followed a reception for graduates and parents in St Georges on Brandon Hill.
Introduction – this newsletter covers student achievements – and some useful reading for us to help us cope with patients with problems we struggle to understand. In this newsletter: The GMC report Consider how you address patients Student and Staff Achievements at Graduation Focus on Academy deans Staff Departures A personal insight into mental health… Read More »