Category Archives: GMC

GMC & MSC student competition 2018

The GMC and MSC are running a summer break competition around designing a short training session on professionalism and why reflection is important for medical students. The winning entry will be awarded a £300 high street voucher. Two runner up entries will be awarded a £100 high street voucher. The winning session will be shared… 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 »

Choose the right hospital rotations with Messly

Messly is the Online Doctors’ Mess – an innovative online platform helping medical students and doctors make evidence-based career choices.  Messly have worked with the GMC to design a Training Navigator which breaks down over 80,000 data points from the GMC Survey 2016 into 5-star ratings as the ‘TripAdvisor for NHS Jobs’. Over 400 junior doctors have written honest… Read More »

Student fitness to practise – myth busters!

Myth: If I tell my school about a health condition or concern I will be referred to student fitness to practise Myth: I shouldn’t tell my medical school about a health concern Myth: If I do anything wrong, the school will call a student fitness to practise panel Myth: Students often get expelled through student… Read More »

Category: GMC

MB ChB Newsletter – academic year 2016-17 No. 1

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 »

MB ChB Newsletter – academic year 2015-16 No. 6

Introduction – this newsletter covers a range of fun and challenging activities. Good luck in your forthcoming exams! In this newsletter: The GMC visit Student Achievements Conferences and Events (incl. year 5 Ball) Staff Achievements Academy news INSPIRE opportunities and conference Academic volunteers needed Student membership and career support from the Faculty of Public Health… Read More »

MB ChB Newsletter – academic year 2015-16 No. 2

Welcome The new academic year is now well underway and events that seemed distant are now nearly upon us. This is a very busy year for the programme with the GMC visit and all the activity around the curriculum review.   In this newsletter: GMC visit What’s new, curriculum review Welcome to Andrew Blythe Academic… Read More »