Category Archives: Get Involved!

Grants, Awards and Prizes

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/

Interdisciplinary Research Projects Opportunity

University Research Committee (URC) / Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship Scheme (IRIS) Undergraduate students are invited to apply to undertake interdisciplinary research projects in summer 2017. The interdisciplinary research project must be co-supervised by an academic member of staff in the school or department in which the student is registered for… Read More »

Aungshuk Ghosh Student Prize for Innovative use of e-Learning within Medical Education

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

St Andrews Psychiatry Scholarship 2017

All undergraduate medical students enrolled at a UK based University are invited to apply for £2000 worth of funding towards their elective placement in Psychiatry either in the UK or overseas. www.standrewshealthcare.co.uk/scholarships The deadline for applications is Sunday 18th December 2016 and further information can be found in the attached pdf file.St-Andrews-Psychiatry-Scholarship-2017.pdf

Duke Elder Undergraduate Prize Examination 2017

An undergraduate prize examination will be sponsored again this year on a national basis by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists. This examination is intended for medical students who have completed their ophthalmology undergraduate teaching, but it is open to all medical undergraduates provided they have not graduated at the time of the examination. Students may… Read More »