how to become a doctor OPPORTUNITIES BLOG
Learn about all of the latest volunteering, competition, awards, leadership, presenting, research, publishing and scholarship opportunities that are only available to Medic Mentor students! If you see something that you like then get involved! If you get stuck or have an idea email admin@medicmentor.org
COVID-19 Student Work Experience Opportunities
With the COVID-19 situation of lockdown and restrictions, a lot of students, parents and teachers have been asking about work experience for applying students. Given that COVID-19 has seen a lot of work experience and volunteer work cancelled, we appreciate this is a...
New Fundraising Opportunity
Hi everyone, it’s your fundraising officers Yosha and Lynette here. As the Covid-19 mission campaign has come to an end and been hugely successful, we have seen an amazing community of like-minded people coming together to support and raise awareness for a...
Meet your new blog coordinator!
Hi there, I’m Tom, a third-year medic at the University of Leicester and I have just begun my newly-instated role of coordinating the blogs posted here on the Medic Mentor website. I started writing articles during my time at medical school, primarily as a learning...
The COVID-19 Volunteering Campaign Has Raised £10,000
A massive thank you to all of our enthusiastic campaign volunteers who have taken part in our COVID-19 Mission, from those who volunteered their time to run creative fundraisers, to those who shared the campaign with their friends and family. We could not have...
Medic Mentor Students Raise Over £8000 for the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
Hi everyone! It’s Yosha and Lynette (the fundraising officers) here and you can find the latest updates on charities that Medic Mentor are a part of on this blog. Currently, we are raising money for the ‘Doctors in Difficulty’ charity in partnership with the Royal...
Virtual Medical Society Presentation Competition
Every 4 weeks, the Virtual Medical Society (VMS) host a presentation competition for all members in medicine, veterinary and dentistry streams. The top 3 winning entries for each speciality will be shown in a VMS meeting. Entering also contributes towards your...
Virtual Medical Society Fundraising Officer Yosha Pathak
My name is Yosha and this is a short introduction to who I am, my interests and what I hope to achieve as a member of the Virtual Medical Society committee. I am currently a year 12 student and aspiring medic. My A levels are Biology, Chemistry and History, and I have...
Virtual Medical Society Fundraising Officer
Hi everyone! My name is Lynette Thomas and I am an S6 (Year 13) student at Cults Academy in Scotland. I am so excited to be one of the fundraising officers for our new Virtual Medical Society! I am an aspiring medic myself, and I am sure many of you will be too, so...
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Virtual Medical Society Meeting 28th April
Virtual Medical Society Meeting 7-8pm 28th April 2020 The meeting video has been split into 8 parts below. If you scroll to the bottom, you can access the agenda, pre-reading and useful links.Agenda for the meeting this evening, hosted by Dr Siva, Chief Mentor for...
How To Write An Application Form And Get Noticed
I am Miss Bailey, Head of Careers and Widening Participation Department at Medic Mentor, and subsequently, one of the people reviewing the sheer volume of applications to our Virtual Medic Mentor Medical Society! Before giving away my secrets, I thought I would...
Join Our Virtual Medical Society
Where did the idea of a Virtual Medical Society come from? During the course of the lockdown campaign our Medic Mentor secondary school students came up with the idea to set up the Virtual Medical Society. This is something that the students can do to keep in touch...
A Message From our President
A Message From our President, Dr Lauren Quinn
Debate: Should I stay or should I go?
Tom Bradley is a 3rd Year Medical Student Scholar studying at the University of Leicester. This is an open debate about an important question that many healthcare professionals are grappling with at this point in time. Tom has posed the debate question to stimulate...
How I made a Viral Video As a Campaign Volunteer
How I made a Viral Video! My name is Petra and I have recently become a volunteer campaigning for the Medic Mentor Covid-19 Mission. During these challenging times it’s hard to know how to help. We are stuck at home, meanwhile, doctors are bravely battling against the...
Students Create Campaign Videos
Students Make Campaign Videos Our students have been working hard this week on the campaign trail to raise £10,000 for the Doctors' Hardship Fund that Medic Mentor has created in partnership with the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund. This week we have passed the £2000...
Inspiring Teachers, Family and Friends By Riyan Shah
My name is Riyan Shah and I have become a volunteer for Medic Mentor to spread awareness and gain support for the doctors on the front line in this COVID-19 crisis. We have all faced a huge amount of uncertainty in these unprecedented times however. I strongly...
Volunteer for the RMBF Campaign
Medic Mentor has launched a campaign to raise money for a Doctors' Hardship Fund, in partnership with the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (The Doctors Charity). Our aim is to raise £10,000 to support doctors facing physical, psychological and financial distress as a...
How to become a campaigner
I’m Koby and am proud to be one of the year 13 Medic Mentor school ambassadors. As an aspiring medic, I’ve volunteered to campaign for the Hardship Fund mission as I believe it is an amazing initiative to provide healthcare workers with the critical emotional and...