Category Archives: News

e-Learning materials on prescribing

Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare has worked with the British Pharmacological Society to develop an e-learning programme based on the principles of clinical pharmacology that underpin safe and effective prescribing. “Prescribe” provides e-learning materials to help healthcare students to develop a firm grounding in the principles of clinical pharmacology and use of medicines more… Read More »

TASME Spring Conference 2017 Saturday 22nd April

The TASME Spring Conference will be taking place on Saturday 22nd April 2017 at Keele University. This is a one day medical education conference featuring lectures from dynamic prominent keynote speakers, with interactive workshops on topics including career pathways in medical education, simulation, practical teaching skills and medical writing. Aimed at students, trainees, consultants, GPs… Read More »

General Practice: What’s the Prognosis?

Bristol GPSOC are proud to present the FIRST EVER South West GP Society Conference, held in conjunction with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), where we’ll be welcoming delegates from Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Swansea and Plymouth Universities! **General Practice: What’s the Prognosis?** Do you want to know more about…. * The exciting future of… Read More »

Interesting snippets from the BMJ last week (dated Feb 11th)

An interesting paper (for a gynaecologist anyway) examined the outcomes of women having two ovaries removed at hysterectomy, as opposed to one. Those with only one had less likelihood of an admission with ischaemic heart disease, and were less likely to die from any cause. They did not mention symptoms arising from pain in the… Read More »

Generally Speaking Student & Trainee GP Conference

On 5 April 2017 MSC will be hosting a joint conference with RCGP for medical students and GP Trainees. The conference will help both organisations formulate their response to the Wass report; ‘By choice, not by chance’ by ensuring the views of medical students and trainees are central to policy development in this area. The… Read More »

Volunteers needed for BSc​ research project

A current BSc​ research project is recruiting males who are 20 to 30 years of age.  The experiment requires an initial brief introduction, followed by two 20 minutes periods of testing on three separate days.  Importantly, the experimental design requires that each subject  donates a small sample of blood on each of the three separate occasions. … Read More »

Your campus, your choice

Tyndall Place is a major strategic project which will see the redevelopment of Tyndall Avenue and Woodland Road, one of the busiest areas on the Clifton campus. With new facilities clustered around a bright, open public space, this will provide a welcoming heart to the University. The first phase involves public realm improvements and the… Read More »

National Student Association of Medical Research (NSAMR) conference

The National Student Association of Medical Research (NSAMR) conference will be held in Manchester on 11th February 2017. Organised by MMRSSoc – Manchester Medical Research Student Society, the conference will be an exciting opportunity to hear from renowned researchers in the field of medicine and attend innovative workshops. This is a great networking opportunity for students… Read More »

Clinical Revue 2017 – Save the Date!

The 2017 Clinical Revue, Fantastic Skills and Where to Sign Them will be held at the Bierkeller Theatre (All Saints Street) on the evening of Sunday 19th March (the day after Grad Ball), starting at about 7.30pm (final time TBC). We would love to see you there for what is always described as ‘indisputably an… Read More »

Changes to Library lending policy

Significant changes to the lending of library materials are due to take effect on Monday 23 January 2017. To ensure that you are fully informed of the changes, and what they will mean for you, please have a look at the following webpages: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/announcements/lending-changes/