MedED 2022/23 committee
Executive committee
President
Rehaan (He/Him)
Year 4
Top tip: Start revising early!!! At least one to two months before the exams you should start to recap and consolidate the content so that when you get closer to exams, you’re reviewing the same material for (hopefully) the third time plus
Vice president
Mollie (She/Her)
Year 5
Top tip: As hard as it might be, try not to compare yourself to others. Go at your own pace and trust that you’ll get there in the end.
Secretary
Joe (He/Him)
Year 3
Top tip: Get into a regular routine! It isn’t feasible to work every hour of the day- for 1st and 2nd year, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm works really well, so be strict with yourself and enjoy your evenings and weekends
Academic officer
Robbie (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Focus on the skills you could develop within a project rather than the project itself. Building transferable skills is the most important thing you can do.
Treasurer
Tom (They/Them)
Year 2
Top tip: Find a balance between socialising and studying and it’s ok if it takes a while to work out what works for you in terms of note taking, don’t be afraid to change what you’re doing if it’s not working.
Year 1 leads
Nicci (She/Her)
Year 3
Top tip: My top tip for first year (A101 especially) is to work together and tap into each other’s skills and knowledge, if you are struggling with a subject don’t suffer in silence, reach out to the group as everyone has different areas of strength. Equally, if you are confident in an area, offer to go through it with others on the course, there will often be someone struggling and it is a great confidence boost to be able to help someone else!
Arwen (He/They)
Year 5
Top tip: It’s ok to NOT do medicine 24/7, join clubs, hang with friends, take up a new hobby, medicine doesn’t have to take over your life
Joshua (He/Him)
Year 2
Top tip: Stay on top of it and don’t be afraid to ask for help early, if you wait it’s easy to get snowed under.
Year 2 leads
Joel (He/Him)
Year 3
Top tip: Try writing exam questions. Especially for SAP. Test yourself and your friends- don’t stress about exams if you’ve put the work in you’ll pass. Practice on friends with OSCEs as much as you can
Jack (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: If you can’t put it on one page, you don’t understand it well enough
James (He/Him)
Intercalating
Top tip: Practice questions, practice questions, practice questions
Year 3 leads
Gary (He/Him)
Year 4
Top tip: There’s a lot of things that end up being high yield. Make sure you have them down! CURB-65 memorised got me 4 right answers in exams.
Theresa (She/Her)
Year 5
Top tip: Try to tailor revision to core conditions, don’t leave MACS revision until it’s too late and let ZerotoFinals / PassMed be your best friend!
Catherine (She/Her)
Year 4
Top tip: Seek out opportunities yourself and make friends with the junior doctors. It’ll make a massive impact whenever you need something
Year 4 leads
Theo (He/Him)
Intercalating
Top tip: There’s a lot of self directed learning. Manage your time well, including make sure you have some time off!
Rach (She/Her)
Intercalating
Top tip: Try and make the most of your ACE placements by getting involved in all the different types of clinics, surgeries and ward work your consultants and their teams are involved in and not just stick in the same clinic all year to try and experience as much as you can
Ben (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Try and keep on top of CDM as the year goes on, there’s a lot of content in 4th year so try and keep it manageable
Outreach
Carlise officer
Mogtasid (He/Him)
Year 3
Top tip: Failure is inevitable but it can be overcome, even if the process hurts – This makes me happy because I’m now more excited than scared.
Tees officer
Ned (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Get involved in as much as you can and don’t be afraid to ask questions.
Liaisons officer
Joe (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Make sure to maintain a good work life balance, remember medicine isn’t everything
Liaison officer
Mahrukh (She/Her)
Year 4
Top tip: Stay organised and not compare your self to other medical students
Clinical skills leads
Sinéad (She/Her)
Year 5
Top tip: My tip for clinical skills is to practice on non medics. You’ll soon realise how difficult it is to explain to a patient what you want them to do when you try to do a neuro exam on your Nan.
Joe (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Use Anki (spaced repetition software) from day 1 and come exam time you will already know 3/4 of the content. Make an Osce/Mosler deck, learn everything inside out before practicing with mates, it will be more productive and your cerebellum will thank you!
Ollie (He/Him)
Intercalating
Top tip: use the time you have to read the vignette wisely. Write down differentials, questions to remember to ask, a structure of what you want to cover, anything that’s useful. Don’t walk in with a blank sheet of paper!
Declan (He/Him)
Year 5
Top tip: Make a list of the examinations and histories early, and practice them with real patients as often as possible!