For a number of years, recruitment and retention of staff in the NHS has been challenging: 10.7% of nursing posts and 6.6% of medical posts are vacant. How might the […]
Students
Hanad Ahmed: Covid-19 has shown us we need to ingrain values of equality into medical education
The covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted lives, health systems, and economies, but has also brought many of the pre-existing inequalities into sharp focus. The disproportionate impact of covid-19 on […]
Shaun Colley: Learning psychiatry in lockdown—a different type of bedside manner
While being able to connect with patients from home has many benefits, this blurring of different worlds can be an unsettling experience, finds medical student Shaun Colley […]
Anisha Page: Celebrating the gift of the cadaver
Medical students who work with cadavers should give themselves the space to process this experience fully, not tarnish it by trying to pretend it is mundane, writes Anisha Page […]
John Headley Ward: Sign-off based medicine—who wins?
The use of workplace based assessments on clinical placements risks making these experiences more about getting signatures than learning, says John Ward […]
Covid-19: Learning experiences of a medical student working in intensive care
Five months ago I signed up as a volunteer in one of the hospitals linked to my university. During the induction, I learnt that I was to start the next […]
Perry Crofts: Studying medicine affected my mental health—here’s what I learnt
Perry Crofts shares how the competitive culture of medicine and his worries about the stigma of “not coping” took its toll on his mental health […]
Managing our expectations as we return to clinical school
As students return to medical school after the disruptions caused by covid-19, they should be keeping their expectations realistic, advise Laura Nunez-Mulder, Mahmoud Elbahnasawi, and Saakshi Bansal […]
Additional funds for medical school places must continue beyond 2020
This year’s group of A level students who want to pursue medicine have already experienced considerable disruption. The government and universities must do all they can to support them, say […]
Jane Fagan: Clinical exposure is essential to medical students’ training
We can’t learn standing outside closed doors, says Jane Fagan Similar to hundreds of medical students across my medical school, thousands across Europe and millions around the world, when I […]