Category Archives: Get Involved!

Become involved with a new basic life support near-peer training initiative in the Medical Programme

From September 2017 we will be training our year 1 Medical Students in Basic Life Support and Automated Defibrillation and all students will gain a European and UK recognised resuscitation qualification. Working together with RMD Birmingham (Resuscitation for Medical Disciplines), RMD Bristol is looking for enthusiastic staff and students to become instructors on our course in Bristol… Read More »

British Association in Forensic Medicine Student Prize 2017

The British Association in Forensic Medicine (BAFM) offers an annual prize of £250 to medical students from the United Kingdom for what is judged to be the best project on any aspect of forensic pathology carried out during an elective period or short study module. The closing date is 1st August 2017. For more details… Read More »

Complete a short MSC survey for the chance to win £350!

Shift Learning has been commissioned to conduct some research to better understand perceptions around different medical specialties and where these might be formed. They would like to invite Bristol medics to take part in a short online survey and as a thank you for your time you will be entered into a prize draw to win… Read More »

Improving the Health of the Public by 2040

The MSC, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the GMC and NHS Health Education England are working together to deliver a workshop entitled ‘Improving the health of the public by 2040: starting the transformation in educating the health professionals of the future’. This is taking place on 3rd July at Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HD. Expenses… Read More »

Perspectives on the Human Condition

Creative Pieces by students on the Intercalated BA in Medical Humanities at the University of Bristol [view the event page] www.bristol.ac.uk/philosophy/study/undergraduate/ibamh Each year the University of Bristol offers medical students the opportunity to pause their studies and gain an intercalated BA in medical humanities. Joining English and Philosophy students, these medical students are able to… Read More »

Summer school for training & research experience in neural dynamics (TRENDs)

The Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, are offering twelve fully funded positions on the Welcome Trust sponsored summer school for training and research experience in neural dynamics (TRENDs). See link below: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neural-dynamics/information/trends/ For successful applicants all costs to attend the course, including travel expenses within the UK, accommodation and food will be covered.… Read More »

Annual South West Obstetrics and Gynaecology meeting

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 »