The implementation of a General Healthcare System (GHS) in Cyprus commonly referred to as GESY has been for a long time a major talking point amongst the politicians and the wider Cypriot community in general. The original GHS legislation was passed in 2001 but the first phase of GHS only commenced in June 2019. For […]
This is a personal account on my iBSc in Sports, Exercise and Health, in Year 3 of my MBBS Degree at UCL (between pre-clinical and clinical years). Get to know yourself Sitting in the same spot of the same lecture theatre and picking the same seat in the library for two years straight can sometimes
Clinicians in training have an important role in driving research innovation and accelerating the movement of research ideas out of the lab and directly into clinical practice. Most training programmes support time out of programme for research (OOPR, for GMC guidance refer to https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/guidance/out-of-programme). This is agreed prospectively by the postgraduate dean and will usually not
Undergraduate medical training Medical degrees in UK can be either 5 or 6 years depending on the medical school. It is common practice for medical students to take a year out of their training, usually after the 3rd year, during which they enrol to an intercalated degree (BSc) in medical sciences. This is an opportunity for