Conflict is the incompatiblily of two opinions which could escalate resulting in a destructive and negative outcome. Conflict can arguably be present within every relationship between people and human interaction, therefore it’s important to be able to manage it and control it before it reaches an uncontrollable stage. From a healthcare perspective, conflict can arise…
Read MoreDAY 6 – PRESENTATIONS & CELEBRATIONS 🏆
Venue: Queen Mary University Today was the last day of the Medicine residential so it involved polishing off our research and presentations ready to actually deliver them. Our group research concluded that E-cigarettes where not necessarily without harm as may have been assumed and should not definitely be used lightly. Our main concern was the…
Read MoreDAY 5 – VISITING UCL
Venue: UCL Today’s day was organised for us to spend our day at UCL where we first were placed in a carousel with one session involving medical students teaching us how to take blood pressure, followed by BLS and then the tour of the campus.
Read MoreDAY 4 – VISITING IMPERIAL
Venue: Imperial College London Today we went from Queen Mary to Imperial where we spent the day. The first activity planned for us was two medical taster sessions which would allow us to understand and appreciate what sitting in a lecture as a medical student may feel like. The first session was based on the…
Read MoreDAY 3 – SPEAKING TO MED STUDENTS
Venue: Queen Mary University PBL Session This morning we were placed in a PBL workshop which was organised by medical students from UCL and Barts Medical School. We had to identify some of the key problems with patient and respect them in our groups before arriving at a diagnosis and then presenting our ideas to…
Read MoreDAY 2 – GAINING AN INSIGHT INTO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
Venue: Queen Mary University Career Carousel Today was an early start so we could get to the career carousel activity which was organised for us. This involved us meeting 16 different doctors, each working within different specialities and having taken different routes in their career. This was very helpful as it allowed us to understand…
Read MoreDAY 1 – MEETING EVERYBODY! đź‘‹
Venue: Queen Mary University Today was the first day of the Summer School and the day in which everybody arrived from different parts of the country. We were given our rooms and sat in an introductory lecture laying down the ‘dos and don’ts’ if the programme. I managed to also get to know a couple…
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