Kate Bartlett is the Developing Talent Lead in Medicine and works with a number of different departments to provide experiences and access to medicine so pupils can make informed decisions about their future.
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Inspiring the doctors of the future
The dark or light side? Insights from the GP-consultant exchange programme
In 2018 Dr Pritti Aggarwal, a GP and University of Southampton academic set up the GP Consultant Exchange Model to improve relationships between primary and secondary care. She tells Medically Speaking, about the aims of the project and the improvements it’s made to caring for patients.
Read moreDon’t use a laser if a drawing pin will do!
Professor Cheryl Metcalf discusses the concept of innovation
Read moreFellowships for three Faculty early career researchers
Three early career researchers from the Faculty of Medicine have been included in a flagship fellowship scheme to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the University of Southampton.
Read moreReflections of The Faculty of Medicine Research Conference
Emma Reeves reflects on the Faculty of Medicine Research Conference 2022
Read moreBringing artistic skills and medical expertise together
A former Southampton medical student is putting her artistic skills and medical expertise together to help children and their families understand Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Disorder (PIMS). PIMS is a new condition that happens weeks after someone has had the virus
Read moreReflecting on 20+ years with the Faculty of Medicine
After more than 20 years at the University of Southampton, and a distinguished career of working to improve the health of mothers and their children around the world, Professor Mark Hanson retires at the end of June. Medically Speaking speaks
Read moreA trip of a lifetime: bringing children with cancer from Ukraine to England for treatment
In March 2022, a group of Southampton clinicians embarked on an important mission to evacuate 21 Ukrainian children with cancer and bring them to the UK so they could continue their treatment. The children ranged in ages from babies to
Read moreWomen in medicine by Professor Diana Baralle Associate Dean (Research)
As I write this, it’s International Women’s Day and I have been enjoying all the support on twitter and the media. Last month we also had Women and Girls in Science Day, championing full and equal access and participation for
Read moreWhy we do research by Professor Salim Khakoo
I was recently in conversation with my NHS colleagues and one of them questioned as to why do research. To a large extent this is related to curiosity about how things work and how we can make things better for
Read moreMy RCGP conference reflections by Estelle Mills
On the train back from the fantastic RCGP conference, I felt inspired and more interested in GP as a career than I ever had before. The conference gave us students a real flavour of what issues are relevant today in
Read moreMaking time by Professor James Batchelor
While speaking with co-workers lately, I felt compelled to discuss “time.” I’ve noticed that everyone appears to be complaining about the absence of it. This pandemic has ushered in a new manner of working that has pushed us all online,
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