Patient safety students and trainees prize

The Royal Society for Medicine invites applications for its patient safety students and trainees prize. This recognises abstracts that define a problem in the hospital or community setting related to patient safety and describe a solution for the problem stated. Submissions may be based on audits, quality improvement projects, prototypes of new devices or software that may be useful in patient safety. Abstracts that rate highly on originality, clarity, show significant improvement in patient safety and impact at a national and international level are prioritised for oral presentations.
All students and trainees may apply. Closing Date 30 Oct 17
The prize is worth £50 for poster presentations, and, for oral presentations, a year’s membership to the society.

David Nutt – “Why scientists should also be revolutionaries”

“Why scientists should also be revolutionaries” – Professor David Nutt
 
When: 8 May 2017 @ 5pm
 
Where: Powell LT, Physics Building
 
What: NeuroSoc is very excited to announce that we have invited Professor David Nutt (Imperial College London) back to update us on his research. 
 
Prof Nutt’s notable research includes: Neurochemical Binding Profiles of MDMA, LSD Enhancing the Emotional Response to Music, Mechanisms of Action by Drugs of Abuse, Illegal Drug Laws and Pharmacological Studies on New Psychoactive Substances
For those of you who are interested in looking at his research in more detail: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.nutt/publications.html
 
Books will be for sale and for signing!
 
This is a FREE ticketed event and University of Bristol students and staff across all faculties are cordially invited!
 
 
Any questions? Contact uobneurosoc@gmail.com or sr14131@bristol.ac.uk 

Neuroscience Society Guest Talk

“What can anterograde amnesia tell us about the brain?” – Professor John Aggleton
 
When: 29 March 2017 @ 1pm
 
Where: Powell LT, Physics Building
 
What: Professor John Aggleton, professor at Cardiff University and the President of the British Neuroscience Association, is going to talk about how research in amnesia can help us understand the brain.
 
Prof Aggleton is a world expert in the neuronal basis of memory. His work combines various approaches to improve our understanding of memory on the cellular, network and behavioural level.
Animal models of amnesic conditions played a major role in his achievement of developing new models of the interaction between recognition memory and recall. But his research also includes clinical studies on patients with brain damage in areas associated with episodic memory. 
If you would like to learn more about Prof Aggleton and/or his research, just follow this link: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/58045-aggleton-john 
 
This is a FREE event and University of Bristol students and staff across all faculties are cordially invited!

Alumni Foundation Conference Travel Awards

The Alumni Foundation offers financial support to students to help with the costs involved in travelling to conferences to present their research findings.

Every student is eligible to apply for a travel grant during their studies at Bristol worth up to £500.

Applications must be received by Friday 28 April 2017 to be considered for funding at the summer term meeting.

Applications for up to £400 can be considered at any time, retrospective awards are not considered.

For more information, including details of how they can apply, please visit:www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/current-students/foundation/

Pre-clinical review

This years pre-clinical review ‘Stan of the Dead’ was performed to a raucous sell out audience last night at the Bierkeller Theatre. No faculty staff member was safe as the lively and talented cast told the story of a zombie apocalypse within the setting of the medical school. It was great fun and enjoyed by students and staff alike. The evening was also a fundraiser for local charity Penny Brohn.

Clinical revue

After weeks of rehearsal and preparation, Sam Millar and Anna Taylor put on an almost flawless production of “Clinical Skills and where to sign them” last night at the Bierkeller. Cleverly using alternate video clips and live scenes to keep the production flowing, they threw themselves into a great production filled with memorable tunes and faces. I took away the learning point that emollients are the cure for all dermatological ills. Below are photos from the last scenes – of which the management of PCOS was a focus (quite right too)

Galenicals choir and orchestra celebrate another successful year

This group of music makers under the administration of Ben Crawshaw (Year 3) celebrated the end of another year of enjoyment of singing and playing music. Gratefully hosted at the home of Dr Jane Sansom last night, they met and performed in front of a small but appreciative audience. Aaron, the conductor, pulled together a harmonious performance, and the singers closed the evening with Bruckner’s Locus Iste, Trevor Thompson’s favourite.

If you sing or play an instrument (and so many of you do, according to your personal statements), get in touch with Ben @ performingarts@galenicals.org.uk. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and music quality is wonderful.

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 and detailed reviews of their rotations. 

For more information please see http://www.messly.co.uk

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 fitness to practise procedures
  • Myth: If I do anything wrong, my school will tell the GMC and it will affect my registration
  • Myth: The GMC makes all decisions about student fitness to practise for medical students

Click on the following link to dispel some common misconceptions about student fitness to practisehttp://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/30642.asp

Category: GMC