An Introduction to a Career in Surgery

Severn School of Surgery and The University of Bristol SCRUBs present an evening of discussion around achieving a rewarding career in surgery.

What to expect

  • “the shape of things to come” in insight into current surgical training pathways, and how these may change
  • How to succeed in surgery- what can i do now to ensure i get the job i want?
  • Preparing for the next step- becoming a junior doctor in surgery or applying for surgical speciality training

All discussion topics will be lead by current surgical core trainees or registrars

Date & Time: 11/10/17, 18:30-20:00

Location: Cabot Seminar Room (Level 5 seminar tower) Southmead Hospital

Details of the event are on the flyer here: Intro to Surgery

Please sign up on the eventbrite link below…

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-a-career-in-surgery-tickets-38283101788

Interested in academic research in O&G and clinical research methodology?

This article may be of particular interest to Year 4 and year 5 students interested in a career in O&G.

The RCOG is hosting the Annual Academic Meeting in February 2018 – if you are doing or have done an exciting piece of work in your O&G attachment, or over the summer, consider submitting an abstract to this prestigious national meeting.  

 Feel free to contact whoever supervised you, or Prof Cahill the O&G lead, for advice on submitting the abstract. 

To find out more and submit your extract please go to https://www.rcog.org.uk/

Snippets from the BMJ this week

We all know that exercise is good for us, and most of us spend our lives in an over-sedentary way, not taking any exercise, and laying up trouble for the future. However, a rather scary article in the BMJ (p422) highlights the risk of some more extreme forms of exercise. Triathlons are one of those more testing and varied forms of extreme sport. The BMJ reports on a paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine which highlights the risks of death – which are small – but it is a risk of death! The average risk was 1.74/100000, mostly associated with the swimming section, trebled in men, and up to 18.6/100000 in men over 60. Take from this what you want. There is a rumour that Prof Henderson and Dr Blythe recently attempted to swim from Clevedon to Cardiff but Prof Purdy forbade them, because of the risk to the programme.

On a lighter note, it seems that an Irish drug firm are transferring their business to the Saint Regis Mohawk tribe in the US. American Indian tribes have sovereign status in the US and the drug company hopes this will protect their patents. The BMJ suggests this behaviour might be called “mohawking”.

International MNI Award 2017

€30,000 research prize won by Harrison Carter, a Year 5 medical student, who was awarded the ‘International MNI Award 2017’, at the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN) in The Hague.

He has been awarded 30,000 euros to develop a medical and public health nutrition programme for UK medical students to help improve patient outcomes and implement strategies to advance nutritional care in clinical practice. His project was judged alongside 22 others from across the world and he is to be congratulated for being awarded the 1st prize.

Intensive Care Society ‘Career Day’

The Intensive Care Society is running a ‘Career Day’ seminar. It is for medical students, foundation years and core trainees with an interest in finding more out about ICM. It aims to inform trainees and students about the specialty of intensive care medicine and the potential options and opportunities provided by the training programme. The course is being organised by the ICS Trainee Committee, and will be held at the Royal College of Anaesthetists on Thursday 12th October. Find out more and register online here.

 For students, the cost as a non-member is £85 but you can join the society for £35 and then pay the much reduced member’s fee. There is no funding to pay travel sadly. 

Achieving good medical practice: summer break competition 2017

The GMC are running a summer break competition with a chance of winning up to £300! Full details below:

Honesty and integrity are fundamental aspects of being a doctor. How do they translate to you as a medical student?

We’d like you to create a session that will engage your peers in a conversation about honesty and integrity, focusing on one of three themes;

  • Coursework, assessments and academic life
  • Interactions with patients, peers and professionals on placement
  • Health and wellbeing

The short training session should help other students understand what the joint General Medical Council and Medical Schools Council student professionalism guidance, Achieving good medical practice, says about honesty and integrity. It can be in any format that you think would work: a workshop, quiz, roleplay, or anything interesting and engaging.

Send us your entry to student@gmc-uk.org by 10 September 2017. The winner and runners up will be announced in November.

For full details on how to enter and what we are looking for, download our application form.

High student satisfaction in NSS

The University of Bristol has achieved some significant successes in the 2017 National Student Survey (NSS), scoring highly in many subject areas.

The NSS is an annual national survey of final-year undergraduate students that runs across all publicly-funded higher education institutions across to UK.

The results show some excellent performances within individual schools and departments, including:

  • General Engineering (Engineering Design programmes at Bristol) achieved 100 per cent student satisfaction and is ranked 1st within the sector.
  • Pharmacology is ranked joint 1st in the country, with 100 per cent overall student satisfaction.
  • Aerospace Engineering is ranked 2nd out of all higher education institutions, with 90 per cent overall satisfaction.

Other subjects which received a student satisfaction score of over 90 per cent include Medicine, Biochemistry, Biology, Zoology and Civil Engineering.

Most notably, Medicine scored 95 per cent and ranked 7th for overall satisfaction; Zoology scored 96 per cent and ranked 8th for overall satisfaction; and Biochemistry scored 95 per cent and ranked 11th for overall satisfaction.

Professor Guy Orpen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bristol, said: “The NSS is an important mechanism for listening to student views and it informs our understanding of what we need to do to enhance the student experience.  We are delighted to see such positive progress across many areas, reflecting the hard work and dedication of staff.

“While there is certainly room for improvement in certain subjects and areas of provision, new initiatives and plans are now in place to tackle the key issues identified. These include the introduction of the Bristol Futures curriculum, a new university library and additional investment in our student support and wellbeing services to ensure that we continue to see further improvements in student satisfaction in the years to come.”

British Society of Interventional Radiology Essay Awards 2017

Take part in the Annual Meeting Essay Awards 2017 for Medical Students & Foundation Doctors Y1/2

AWARD DETAILS : An award (£300 plus free annual meeting registration ) will be made towards travel and accommodation at the BSIR 2017 ICC Birmingham 1st – 3rd Nov 2017 . It is anticipated that this award will be given for attendance on all three days of the annual meeting. A prorated rate will be in place for reduced attendance. A record of attendance at BSIR 2017 Annual Meeting sessions will be required for reimbursement.

Essay Titles:

Deep impact: the impact of interventional radiology on modern patient care

The art of intervention: describe a case where interventional radiology played a major role in treating the patient and what you learnt?

  • ELIGIBILITY: medical students and foundation doctors year 1 , 2.
  • Entrants are asked to provide an essay using one of the titles above
  • Word limit is 500 words
  • Deadline for submission is 30th August 2017
  • Once submission is complete an automated email with unique number will be emailed to you  Please retain this
  • Best 2 essays will be published in the BSIR Delegate Handbook 2017 and BSIR website.
  • Certificates of awards will be given to all recipients

Essays will be scored on:

  • Quality of the construction of the case
  • Content
  • Relevance to BSIR& IR

Any queries to abstracts@bsir.org   or call direct  + 44 (0) 141 942 8104

http://www.bsir.org/mediacentre/events/bsir-2017-essay-submission-system/