TSR Med Students' Society Part III

The 'someone' who is paying the bulk of your education (i.e. the Government) determines what they want you to go to: in this case, a minimum of 5500 hours worth of full time education to register as a medical practitioner.

I understand that, but the student is the single largest stakeholder in this cost. Each member of the tax-paying public (i.e., the government) pays a negligible amount towards this.

I just think there needs to be less of a 'high school' attitude towards medical education. I think registers for anything other than fire safety are a waste of time (unless they'll be used should a student fail). There are better ways to record whether people are struggling or in some way not progressing as well as they should be.

Either way, those 5500 hours should be learning opportunities worth going to and to push towards that medical schools themselves need to be held to account more than they are now.

The 'someone' who is paying the bulk of your education (i.e. the Government) determines what they want you to go to: in this case, a minimum of 5500 hours worth of full time education to register as a medical practitioner.

I dread to think how many of those hours are wasted because the placements are not appropriate for students, or waiting around for teaching to happen. Medical education needs to reform towards nursing training - you should become part of te team, imbed and work as a useful part of the team rather than oscillating around placements hoping to learn via osmosis. Much depends on the student tbh.

how ethanol produces it's effects are pretty interesting, especially bearing in mind how shoddy an explanation effects at a cellular level are when trying to bring them together to explain the behavioral phenotype. maybe I'm just sad

If people honestly need a lecture to be registered just so it makes them go then that's a bit pathetic really.

One thing that really pisses me off is the thought that the same consultants who say "I'm busy, don't interrupt me. Sit in the corner, I'm not teaching you" will most probably be taking credit for teaching in their appraisals etc

It's ridiculous.

(1) If the lectures aren't worth going to then the school needs to sort the problem out, not force students to go to them.
(2) Non-compulsory lectures don't result in nobody going. There'll always be an audience (though it might be small at times).

I actually don't like the concept of registration to monitor attendance at all. We pay tuition fees; students need to get a more consumer-based mentality I think. If someone who's paying for their education doesn't deem a session worth going to, then they should have the right not to attend (though I think the medical school should have the right to use that information should a student fail). I think regular formatives would be a better solution in terms of identifying those who're struggling, which is the excuse my school uses for registering people.

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Hello! Been a while, was just wondering, which iBSc did you do? I have immunology and primary health as my choices but I can't decide which one to put first. Does having a clinical one help with ST applications? Does having a more 'scientific' one make you 'look better'? Any help appreciated (from anyone!)

Forgive me for sounding patronising (), but how on earth are you at iBSc applications already?? I thought you were still a fresher... Now I feel old

AFAIK clinical or science based won't make a difference. Pick the subject you enjoy the most rather than which you think you *might* gain more from - the jobs system is changing so frequently there's little point trying to guess what will look better in a few years time.

I'm a second year and we are obliged to do ours in third year so it's all got to be organised! Technically the deadline has gone, and I'm just being an idiot and having second thoughts!

Your second thoughts about which medical school to pick seem to have worked out pretty well for you, so I wouldn't say you're an idiot for having them

Give them -ve feedback, was attached to a consultant who had no inpatients, he took 3 weeks off (bearing in mind our blocks our 7 wks long, and week one was just full of lectures for one of our blocks so that was 50% of my clinical attachment) and he only had two part time regs. I don't blame him but moreso the medical school for allocating us to consultants who can't provide us with the best teaching. Other medics were paired to one consultant - but three of us got our own. I'd much rather have been paired with student and attached to a consultant who actually had inpatients.

So I just left and became 'adopted' by this amazing hepatology reg who took me on all his ward rounds, let me sit in on everything and asked me to examine each patient he saw. Then my original consultant got a bit p***ed off with me for disappearing. But meh, I've only got a 6 week window into that speciality and I might never do it again, so I am going to get as involved as I can.

Well to be honest, its your learning - so take initiative. If they won't teach you, find someone who will.

the feedback system doesn't really work in our med school tbh, they only ask for feedback after they've done some decent teaching with you.