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Medical Connections

Medical Connections

When is this happening?
Who can apply?
How do I apply?

Medical Connections is a unique opportunity aimed at first year students at Lancaster Medical School to develop your professional connections & networking skills, and increase your confidence, teamwork and leadership skills, to help you to prepare for your future as a medic.

With a series of workshops and one day visit off-campus, Medical Connections will provide you with an opportunity for self-development and an experience to broaden your horizons and connect with others beyond Lancaster Medical School.

 

What sort of time commitment will be required of me?

The Medical Connections initiative comprises of:

Four 2-hour workshops focused on developing skills relevant to helping you get the most out of your clinical placement activities. There are:

  1. What makes a confident leader and a good team member?
  2. Your leadership style & how teams work
  3. Developing your leadership and team work skills
  4. Using your leadership and team work skills

Plus a visit to the GMC's office in Manchester on the afternoon of 10th April to put your learning into practice.

When is this happening?

The 4 workshops will run on Wednesday afternoons in 2019:

  • 20th February
  • 27th February
  • 6th March
  • 13th March

Timings to be confirmed after consulting with those selected to participate.

The full day off-campus visit is to either be the first Monday or the last Friday of the Easter break for 1styears - An off-campus visit to the GMC in Manchester on 10th April

Who can apply?

Having been awarded funding from the Widening Participation Advisory Group to run a pilot programme for 15 medical school students, this opportunity is targeted at 1st year Lancaster Medical School undergraduate students from groups under-represented in Higher Education.

Students from the following groups will be given priority:

  • Students who are the first generation in their family to progress to higher education
  • Mature students (21+ on entry to UG study)
  • Students  with disabilities (including specific learning difficulties or mental health challenges)
  • Students in receipt of a Lancaster University maintenance bursary
  • Students who are a member of an ethnic minority
  • Students who are care leavers
  • Students who are young carers or parents
  • Students estranged from their families
  • Students who are refugees and asylum seekers
  • Students from military families
  • Students from Romani and traveller communities

How do I apply?

To be considered for the Medical Connections Programme, complete an initial application form AND short video recording. The application form can be accessed through the APPLY NOW button to the right. A link to the video recording will be sent to you on request - please email a.potts2@lancaster.ac.uk

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Shortlist criteria

Priority will given to students in the following order:

  1. Those who meet more than one of the eligibility criteria above, and who are 1st year students.
  2. Those who meet more than one of the eligibility criteria above, and who are in other year groups.
  3. Those who meet one of the eligibility criteria above, and who are 1st year students.
  4. Those wh meet one of the eligibility criteria above, and who are in other year groups. 
  5. Those who demonstrate how participating in the programme will be of benefit in developing their own personal professional network, confidence in clinical placements and developing leadership and teamwork skills.