During the final year of the medical degree, medical students embark on an elective that enables them to get additional experience of health or care. This can take place in clinical or research settings in the UK or abroad. Dr
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An alternative medical student elective…
Student finals by Dr Jane Wilkinson
Our final year medical students are in the midst of exams. Exams are occurring later this year to give the students more time on clinical placement and more revision time before finals. All our students have been disadvantaged by Covid
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 moreMy RCGP Conference Reflection by Alice Weare and Fatima Rahman
Exams in a Covid world by Professor Jane Wilkinson
If someone had told me when I started as Associate Dean Education at the beginning of the first lockdown that I would still be spending so much time on the impact of Covid on the student experience in January 2022,
Read moreMy RCGP Conference Reflection by Morgan Weiland, final year medical student
I thoroughly enjoyed the RCGP Annual Conference and found that it gave me an excellent insight into what a career as a GP entails. My favourite sessions were those that addressed the wider social and planetary determinants of health and
Read moreA student’s view of the Royal College of General Practitioners conference
Five medical students from the University of Southampton received bursaries from the Wessex Faculty Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to attend the RCGP conference. This was a joint venture with the University and over the coming weeks, Medically Speaking
Read moreA reflection on representation in medical school by Samantha Mills, BM6 student
I am delighted to be the first student invited to write a ‘Medically speaking’ blog post. My name is Samantha Mills, I am a BM6 student currently intercalating on the MMedSc programme. Over the past two years there have been
Read more“How do we negotiate the inherent tensions between inclusion/belonging and competitiveness in undergraduate education?” by Professor Sally Curtis
At a recent Faculty Operation Board away day, I was invited to talk about education, and I asked the question: “How do we negotiate the inherent tensions between inclusion/belonging and competitiveness in undergraduate education?” I believe this is a crucial
Read moreA new academic year by Dr Jane Wilkinson, Associate Dean (Education)
You may well have heard on the news about the challenges facing universities with admissions following the release of A-level results based on teacher assessed grades. Some medical schools have found themselves in the awkward position of having too many
Read moreUpdate from Dr Jane Wilkinson, Associate Dean for Education
This is a busy and stressful time for staff and students alike as we are in the midst of the exam period. Last year students sat formative exams and progressed regardless of the outcome. This year the exams are summative,
Read moreLearning from our strengths and successes by Professor Tim Underwood
I met with four of my personal academic tutees this week. They are the life-blood of medicine and the people who will be looking after me in the not-too-distant future. These medical students, the doctors of tomorrow, are hard-working, considered and
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