The Mullany Fund e-Mentoring 1+1 project

The Mullany Fund is a social mobility charity that aims to widen participation within life science professions by raising aspirations and attainment among young people from more disadvantaged backgrounds

They are currently recruiting e-Mentors for an 8 week session in the summer term 2018 (8th May until 6th July) and are keen to hear from students and professionals in all areas of medicine, healthcare and life sciences. For more info please download the poster:  Mentors The Mullany Fund Life Science. You can sign up here: https://themullanyfund.org/mentor-registration/

To find out more about being a mentor, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od563UhFPiY

Target Ovarian Cancer undergraduate essay prize 2018 in association with RCOG

Target Ovarian Cancer undergraduate essay prize 2018 in association with RCOG

First prize: £500

Second prize: £200

More women die as a result of ovarian cancer each year in the UK than all other gynaecological cancers combined. At the moment, women with breast or uterine cancer are twice as likely to be diagnosed with early stage disease as women with ovarian cancer and early diagnosis is key if more women are to survive this disease. Ensuring the doctors of tomorrow are aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer and how the disease presents is a vital step in ensuring more women are diagnosed sooner.

Essays are invited on one of the following topics:

  • Diagnosing ovarian cancer effectively in primary care; symptoms and testing.
  • Family history of ovarian cancer. Implications for prevention, screening and treatment.
  • Public facing ovarian cancer symptoms awareness campaigns. Supporting an early diagnosis or increasing anxiety?

The deadline for submission is midnight on Sunday, 13 May 2018

Entry criteria

The prize is open to all UK medical students. Essays should be up to 2,000 words including a maximum of three figures and/or tables (a 10 per cent margin either side will be applied). Applicants should include no more than ten references. Essays should be submitted in Word format along with an accompanying application to essay@targetovariancancer.org.uk. Application forms can be downloaded at www.targetovariancancer.org.uk/essayprize. Essays will be marked by a judging panel comprising GPs, clinical and medical oncologists. Winners will be announced in summer 2018.

BSDS Medical Student Essay Prize

Twice yearly the British Society for Dermatological Surgery (BSDS) sets an essay title on a topic relating to dermatological surgery and offers a prize for the winning essay. The title for the next essay prize is:

“ Will artificial intelligence and automated technology replace the need for Dermatologists to diagnosis skin cancer in the future?”

Download the poster Medical Student Essay Poster – July 2018 and application form BSDS Medical Student Essay Prize Application Form – July 2018 (with conditions of entry) for the Essay Prize. The BSDS Medical Student Essay Prize is open to any individual who has medical student status at the time of application, or who graduates in 2018.

Closing date for applications is 31st July 2018. The winner will get a place on the BSDS Stitch-Up course in September. For further details on how to apply please click here.

2018 Preclinical Revue

On Tuesday evening first and second year medics performed the 2018 preclinical revue ‘Scott Paterson vs The World’ to a sell out audience at the Fleece. Directors Jo Jameson and Naadir Nazar alongside producer Rachel Turner put together an hysterical show, full of energy and with some really good musical numbers. All proceeds from the performance went to the Jessie May Children’s Hospice.

A great night was had by all!

RCS – Starting your career in surgery conference

 

Are you a foundation doctor or clinical medical student with an interest in surgery?

Find out how to start your career by attending this afternoon meeting.

What can I expect?

Delivered by some of the the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the field, topics covered will be:

  • Applications to both core and specialist training
  • Advice on surgical interviews
  • The National Survey of Bullying and Harassment 2017
  • Research and funding opportunities

You’ll also get the chance to join in the discussion and voice your views through a Q&A session after the talks. The afternoon will round off with an informal drinks reception, where students and speakers alike will get the chance to network and ask any questions not covered in the Q&A session.

Who will be speaking?

RCS President, Professor Derek Alderson, will be on-hand to answer any questions during the drinks reception, and the talks beforehand will be delivered by top names in the world of surgery such as:

Farah Bhatti – Chair of Women in Surgery

Alex Howells – Chief Executive of Health Education and Improvement for Wales
Vittoria Bucknall – President of BOTA, the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association

What about the programme?

Find out more about the structure of the afternoon with our provisional programme.

This event is free for RCS affiliates as it needs only a £10 refundable deposit to secure their place.

National Social Prescribing Conference for medical students

This is a one-day conference, organised in collaboration with NHS England, the Royal College of General Practitioners, and the Social Prescribing Network. The conference is aimed at medical students and junior doctors from all years of training with an interest in Primary Care, General Practice, Social Prescribing, Lifestyle Medicine, Social Determinants of Health, and Social Care.

The conference is free, and they also have a limited number of travel bursaries for medical students.

Full programme and registration can be found here: http://www.rcgp.org.uk/learning/membership/student-events/national-social-prescribing-conference.aspx

CHSE Faculty Teaching and Learning conference, 16th March 2018

This took place at the Engineer’s House in Clifton. Over a hundred people from across the Faculty convened for a real treat of current and ground-breaking work across the educational spheres of the three professional programmes and of several of the Masters programmes running in the Faculty. Tim Dornan from QUB (Belfast) challenged us and our students on “Supporting the identity development of students of the health professions”. This was followed by a Year 1 MB21 who put us all to shame and did great credit to himself – Riki Msindo presented on “The implications of media depictions of medical professionals upon the public perception of doctors”. This was thought provoking and engaging.

Several poster sessions followed, with workshops in the afternoon. What was termed CPR Races took place in a room – supported by Laerdal, who make many of the resuscitation models. Individuals were invited to  participate in a fun test of their CPR skills (correct rate, correct depth of pumping etc) and the picture below show one such – the green person is the clinical lead in the programme, David Grant, and curiously he beat the blue person (an ageing O&G prof) also called David. (article written by Prof David Cahill) 

CPR Races

Vesicovaginal fistula in Uganda

Bristol alumni Fiona McCurdie has been published the the journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It is a remarkable achievement. Fiona was a yr 4 student on the Uganda SSC. She was working in a resource poor environment and had 2 weeks to collect her data. She also had to write the SSC report up in an internet cafe at the airport. Despite these hurdles she has turned her SSC into a paper of a very high scientific standard. Please use this link to read the full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RuafBsg96dTRGgGfFA6a/full

Ottie Uden Memorial Cup

Rugby fans take note that this Saturday 17th March is the annual match against Nantes Medical School. An absolutely huge occasion for our medical school and a chance to reclaim the trophy we lost last year.

This year the match will be renamed after Ottie Uden. For those unaware, Ottie was a brilliant student who unfortunately passed away in October last year. A friend to many in the team it was only right to name this match after her in her honour.

Kick off is at 2pm at Coombe Dingle Sports Complex (BS9 2BJ), the bar will be open, as will the stand opposite the pitch should the weather turn sour…

…and in case you haven’t heard (and with all the international rugby going on as a distraction), let’s not forget the great effort our Medical School achieved in the last few weeks when on a bitter Saturday afternoon (February 24th), they defeated Keele in the final of the NAMS Plate (29 – 8) , a national competition. Another example showing that our students are not “just average” but well above the pack (no pun intended). Well done to them all and their hardy supporters. Photos of the team and one the tries below:

Medfest 2018

UoB Psychiatry Society is holding an international short film festival, Medfest, on 15th March at 7pm in the Merchant Venturers Building.

Medfest is an international film festival which is held at universities and teaching institutions all over the world. Every Spring a selection of short films are shown and discussed by a panel of distinguished experts, before the floor is opened to the audience. Currently in its eighth year the 2018 festival will aim to explore the topic of Silence.

For more info see: www.medfest2018.com Facebook: @medfest2018 Twitter: @medfest and download the flyer here: medfest 2018 poster.