Dom Mahoney a medical student from Bristol took part in the fifth National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition at the University of Southampton (8 Apr 2017) and received a distinction award. https://twitter.com/NatNeuroComp/status/856785925975756800 Katie Lloyd a final year medical student from Bristol attended the International Joint Summer Meeting of the British & European Associations of Clinical Anatomists at the… Read More »
Click here to read the recently published MB ChB Programme newsletter: MB ChB Programme Newsletter 7 2016-7 If you would like to include something in the next edition please contact Programme Administrator Susan Pettinger-Moores (susan.pettinger-moores@bristol.ac.uk)
Chantal Cox‐George (MB ChB 2016), while a student in Swindon Academy, wrote a paper on Domestic Violence and its relevance to O&G. The paper focuses on the ways that domestic violence occurring during pregnancy has negative effects on both the mother and the unborn child. It highlights the high proportion of pregnant women who present… Read More »
Click here to read the recently published MB ChB Programme newsletter: MB ChB Programme Newsletter 6 2016-7 If you would like to include something in the next edition please contact Programme Administrator Susan Pettinger-Moores (susan.pettinger-moores@bristol.ac.uk)
Well done to UHBristol for winning two 2017 BMJ awards. Professor Karen Forbes and team won the Palliative & Hospice Team of the Year for an innovative project that has measurably improved palliative care for patients or their carers and UHBristol also won the Prevention team of the year which recognises teams whose work shows the… Read More »
Anna Taylor, Year 5 on elective, has published a paper based on her work in the year 2 Disability, Diversity and Disadvantage Unit which shows the benefit of formal teaching for undergraduates on interacting with patients from the LGBT community. The teaching programme she and Hannah Condry used (3D lead, GP and co-author) has been… Read More »
Have you ever wondered about research in medicine – what it is like, and how you might get in to it? The Head of the Medical School whose research has been been non lab based and a final year medical student whose research has been non-lab based, Sarah Purdy and Anna Taylor, wrote an article… Read More »
Jane Blazeby, 53, champions better understanding and use of evidence in surgery through randomised controlled trials, a course often advocated but seldom adopted because of methodological challenges and “eminence based” surgical practice. She is professor of surgery at Bristol University and an honorary consultant surgeon focusing on gastrointestinal cancer and emergency care. She directs an… Read More »
In collaboration with the INSPIRE initiative and Dr Barnaby Hole from the School of Clinical Sciences, 3rd year medic Joseph Salem has recently had a paper published in the BMJ Open titled ‘How long do patients with chronic disease expect to live?’ This is an open-source publication available to read on the BMJ website: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/12/e012248.full or download… Read More »
Click here to read the recently published MB ChB Programme newsletter MB ChB Programme Newsletter 3 2016-17 If you would like to include something in the next edition please send it to Susan Pettinger-Moores susan.pettinger-moores@bristol.ac.uk