50 at 50: PRIMIS – Transforming primary care data
December 4, 2020
Alongside the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the School of Medicine, a small but important team within the School is celebrating a significant birthday itself in 2020. Over the past 20 years PRIMIS has become the leader in extracting knowledge and value from primary care data, helping to achieve better health outcomes across the UK. The PRIMIS team produces highly effective and …
50 at 50: Reflections on directing the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme and being a Welsh sheepdog during the pandemic
November 27, 2020
On September 30th 2020, I stepped down as the Director of the NIHR HTA Programme after five very busy years. To set the scene, The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme sits within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – the UK’s largest funder of health and social care research funded by the UK Government. HTA is the largest NIHR Programme and in 2018/19, it supported 584 live projects …
50 at 50: The First Year of Graduate Entry Medicine
November 20, 2020
I was delighted to be asked to do this blog to reflect on my time as a student at the University of Nottingham and talk about coming back to the University as a member of staff. I started at Nottingham University back in 2003. I still find it hard to believe that this was 17 years ago! This was the first year of the Graduate Entry Medical (GEM) course, the first 18 …
50 at 50: Students responding to 999 calls in Nottingham
November 16, 2020
By your side I’ve dressed your bloody wounds Held your hands and kept you warm When we stepped in the prognosis looked poor Medicine is complicated but CPR is simple and that time you got a second chance We help triple immobilise, sometimes medicate, always dedicate ourselves to our patients Patience is our virtue, but we know when urgency …
50 at 50: Sir Peter Rubin: Overcoming challenges and embracing opportunities
November 6, 2020
Sir Peter Rubin was Professor of Therapeutics at Nottingham from 1987 – 2014 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences from 1997 – 2003. While at Nottingham, Sir Peter led a number of momentous developments within the Faculty, including the development of the Graduate Entry Medical School in Derby and the Nottingham …
50 at 50: Celebrating Diversity
October 30, 2020
With Black History Month upon us we realize the importance of our shared culture and dedicate time to celebrate the amazing and diverse community in which we live in. We celebrate passionate and driven medical students such as Malone Mukwende. A medical student at St George’s, University of London who in only his second year …
50 at 50: Black History Month and Diversifying Medicine
October 23, 2020
For Black History Month this year, Medsoc has been showcasing the contributions of twelve Black healthcare workers and will be hosting an Instagram takeover in collaboration with ACMN and BME medics. Medsoc itself, acts as a representation for all students in Nottingham’s School of Medicine and within Medsoc, there are a range of BME medical societies that represent a variety of ethnic …
50 at 50: Making the First Cut – Increasing diversity in surgical careers
October 16, 2020
Surgeons aren’t born. They’re made. A cliché statement, we know, but true in every sense of the word. As medical students we commit to spending a lifetime training to be effective doctors and providing quality care for our patients. We can all speak to a time where we did whatever it took to get into …
50 at 50: Mental Health and Medical Students
October 9, 2020
I’m Issy and I’m a fourth-year medical student. Going into the 50th year of medicine here at Nottingham, obviously a lot has changed from that first cohort to my own, with cohorts in between producing doctors that have even treated me! Even since I started in 2017, there have been changes. Particularly close to my heart are changes in …
50 at 50: A message from the MedSoc President
October 2, 2020
My name is Pascal Vogiaridis and I am going into my 3rd Year of Medicine, here, at Nottingham. In June, I took over as President of MedSoc from the wonderful Callum McIntyre. MedSoc is a student-led organisation that every single medical student is automatically part of at no cost. The committee is responsible for ensuring that every member feels like they are fully involved in this …
