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BRISTOL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY (BOGS)
Spanning from the time before conception to our last breath, obstetrics and gynaecology is a speciality deserving of its own platform within the university. Whether your interest lies in medicine or surgery, the intimacy of the one-to-one consultation, or the adrenaline-rush of the emergency room…this speciality has something for you. As a future doctor, it is important that you are aware of the issues surrounding female and maternal health, both within the UK and worldwide. It
is our aim to further your interest in the fi eld by providing you with a fantastic array of events throughout the year. These will include seminars featuring successful and experienced O&G doctors, documentary film screenings, career evenings, powerful drama productions (in collaboration with Medics Drama), revision sessions, and evening talks exploring global O&G topics.
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BRISTOL UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY MEDICINE SOCIETY (BUEMS)
Thinking of a career in emergency and prehospital medicine, or are you just interested in learning key
medical skills that will be valuable to any junior doctor? Join BUEMS! We are a large society that organise a variety of
exciting and informative evening lectures, practical skills workshops, and clinical experience in the fi elds of emergency and prehospital medicine, acute medicine, intensive care and anaesthetics.
‘BUEMS’ Lecture topics include:
• Sepsis and Multi-Organ Failure
• Assessment and management of
Polytrauma
• Major haemorrhage
• Pre-hospital anaesthetics and
airway management
• Paediatric Emergencies
Practical skills workshops include:
• Emergency vascular access
• Spinal stabilisation
• FAST scan
• Resuscitation and Life Support‘
The society hosts an annual National Conference that attracts medical, paramedic and
nursing students as well as military medics. The conference and our many other events
allow students to hear from world-leading expert speakers and provides them with
fantastic opportunities to network with colleagues in allied healthcare professions.
Cardio Soc
We aim to help students in understand what is involved in the specialty of Cardiology and to stimulate
interest in pursuing this specialty as a career. Cardiology remains one of the largest specialties in
hospital medicine and one of the most competitive ST3 jobs to apply for. As such, we believe it is important that Bristol student’s have Cardiology represented within the many academic societies off red by Galenicals. In Bristol we are fortunate enough to study near ones of the country’s fi nest Cardiology units, the Bristol Heart Institute. Therefore, Bristol students could easily benefit from teaching and advice from the Cardiologists who work there. We are responsible for
running events pertinent to the field of Cardiology and running talks, teaching, events, fundraising and more.
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BSMER
Exploring medical research, academic medicine and ideas from bench to bedside!” Interested in scientific research and pursuing a career in academic medicine? B-RES is the lead society that organizes workshops and presentations to promote current research, recent scientific advances, and life as an academic clinician. We are proud to be working in collaboration with INSPIRE and the National Student Association of Academic Medicine, which will give students involved with the society the chance to present their own research and gain networking opportunities.
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BUMPS
Hello! We are Bristol’s Paediatrics society. We are a fun and friendly society that welcomes members
from all years. Our events include careers evenings, film nights and pub quizzes. Last year we also
brought back our Teddy Bear Hospital scheme which involves going into primary schools and delivering some teaching on things such as basic anatomy and radiology. The aim of these sessions is to provide children with an opportunity to discuss
their worries and fears associated with going to the doctor. Joining our society is completely free and we would love to have you involved!
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GPSoc
GPSOC is an active society that aims to showcase all the opportunities provided by a career in primary care through a wide variety of events involving inspirational GPs. Our events aim to inspire students and facilitate opportunities to meet and network with local general practitioners, as well as providing a chance to practice and develop clinical skills at our workshops. We are an offi cial Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)-affiliated society. Last year we held the first ever South West RCGP Student GPSOC Conference with over 100 delegates from Bristol, Cardiff , Swansea, Exeter and
Plymouth medical schools. So if you’re set on general practice, unsure or just curious, join our society and take advantage of all the opportunities we have to offer—it’s set to be great year!
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Haem Soc
We hope to open your eyes to the opportunities that exploring a career in Haematology offers, from playing detective in the lab to being with a palliative cancer patient, or advising on blood products to give in a hemorrhaging patient. Despite
being known as a rather specialised speciality, much of Haematology is very relevant to whatever speciality you choose. We also hope that our events will also encourage thought about if Haematology could be right for you.
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MED TECH
We at Bristol MedTech believe that medical students are uniquely poised to tackle the many challenges facing healthcare and medical education and we want to provide you with a platform that will enable you to develop your innovation and entrepreneurial skills. Through high quality events such as lectures, workshops, hackathons and conferences you will have the opportunity to expand your network while being empowered to create solutions and effect change.
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BRISTOL ORTHAPAEDIC SURGICAL SOCIETY (BOSS)
Bristol University Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Society (BUOS) was founded in 2015. We aim to support all students at the University of Bristol with an interest in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (T&O). We run the MDEMO Mock OSCE and Revision Days for the third year students and are currently in the process of organising some practical orthopaedic skills workshops. Our fi rst national conference for medical students and junior doctors will be held in Bristol in October 2017 and is set to be a fantastic event with lots of amazing speakers, all of whom are certain to inspire you to pursue a career
in T&O! Look out for our other events throughout the year, for the opportunity to get to know some fellow T&O enthusiasts or just the chance to see whether this could be the specialty for you
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PALLIATIVE MEDICINE SOCIETY (PALLMEDSOC)
We are a new society and want to increase your awareness of palliative medicine. It impacts on all specialties so it will affect you at some point. We want to open the discussion, debunk the myths and talk about that elephant in the room… Our patients die sometimes. Do you know what happens to patients when they’ve died on a ward? Has a patient told you they have a terminal illness and you haven’t known what to say? What does the media say about death? These are just some questions we will discuss. We have a big event planned but for now, let’s just chat. After all, if we can’t talk about it, how can we expect our patients to be able to? Considering palliative medicine as a career? We would love to help you with that so come along for a chat!
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Our main aims of PsychSoc are:
1) To give students with an interest in Psychiatry the opportunity to learn more about it
2) To promote Psychiatry as a future career
3) To increase mental health awareness across the university
The hugely successful MedFest has come to Bristol the last six years, and will be returning again in 2019. We also organise regular revision sessions for third year medical students preparing for exams, as well as talks and events to promote psychiatry as a career. We hope to host a variety of interesting and informative events this year.
Our Blog: www.bristolunipsychiatrysoc.wordpress.com
‘Bristol University Psychiatry Society’
@brisunipsychsoc
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The Renal & Endocrine society exists to enable Medical Students to access reliable information & training in the clinical practice, research and physiology of Endocrinology and Nephrology. Our events help you to explore these career specialties (and their role in other medical & surgical specialties), revise the key concepts for your exams and keep you up-to-date with emerging research in these fields. Above all, our events aim to inspire and engage you as you study Medicine and as you search to find a career that best suits you!
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Scrubs
Are you interested in surgery? Would you like to learn fun practical skills, find out about surgery as a career and meet top surgeons in a friendly and relaxed environment? We are here for you! SCRUBS is the undergraduate surgical society at
Bristol medical school and we exist to put on great events which will inform and inspire the next generation of surgeons. Coming up this year are a packed Surgical Skills Day, the National Conference for Aspiring Surgeons held in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, regular suturing workshops and more. We are an open, welcoming and friendly society and we look forward to meeting you. Whether you’re already keen on surgery or if you’re just curious and would like to learn more then sign up to get all the information you need! Meet us at the Fresher’s Fair & Sign up
for special info!
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PLASTIC, AESTHETIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Ever thought Plastics was just about those glamorous aesthetics? Think again! Plastic surgery is awarded very little attention in the Bristol Medical School undergraduate syllabus. Depending on which academy you are placed, you will receive more or less exposure to the speciality, with most receiving none. Thus, the purpose of the newly established UoB Plastics Soc is to ensure equal and fair exposure to Plastic Surgery to all students across all academies to raise awareness of Plastic Surgery as an extremely fascinating, varied, and rewarding career choice. Throughout the year, we’ll hold a local surgical conference, talks and lectures on plastic surgery (including career advice), as well as some surgical workshops!
New committee members are still being recruited: if you’re interested in Plastic Surgery or surgery in general and want to get involved, we’d love to hear from you!
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One Health Bristol is a student initiative aiming to bring together students from across health sciences at Bristol University to share experiences, knowledge and ideas in order to contribute to the One Health movement that is becoming more apparent globally in all aspects of public health and welfare. The committee at Bristol includes representatives from a variety of departments, working together to bring the One Health concept to both students and professionals through a series of engaging events. It aims to make us think about how we work within health, medicine and science, challenging us
to change how we do things in order to face the rising issues in global health together.
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BRISTOL UNIVERSITY NEUROLOGY SOCIETY (BUNS)
The Bristol University Neuro. Society is a fantastic forum to keep in touch with all things ‘Neuro’. Our society focuses mainly on careers in Neurology and Neurosurgery, with our main aim being to provide you with opportunities to learn more about these specialities and to gain an inspirational insight into these fascinating areas of medicine. We host an annual conference, teaching in neurology and neuroanatomy and regular updates on opportunities available beyond Bristol. Our society is free to join - add your name to our mailing list at Medics Fresh.
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ANAESTHETICS AND CRITICAL CARE (UBSACC)
The University of Bristol Society for Anaesthetics and Critical Care (UBSACC) is a society set up to promote the fields of anaesthetics and critical care - specialities not experienced currently until year 4 of the current Bristol curriculum. UBSACC aims to provide opportunities for interested students to hear from anaesthetists and ITU doctors to gain an insight into the opportunities within the field. The society also hopes to raise the profile of relevant SSC project options to help students build up their own CV/portfolio. In addition to this UBSACC aims to facilitate events to enable students to learn key clinical
skills; whether from scratch or to brush them up before an OSCE.
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BRISTOL MEDICAL ETHICS AND LAW SOCIETY
Ethics and law in medicine is one of the six vertical themes of the medical school. The BMA recognises that doctors will encounter diffi cult ethical situations daily and makes it requirement that doctors should be up to date with the law, which concerns practice. The society aims to support and inspire interest in this area. We aim to hold revision sessions for year one, invite interesting speakers throughout the year and keep you to date with ethical and legal news.
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Thinking about a career in Sports & Exercise Medicine or just interested in sports? Ever wondered how the medical profession is involved in looking after our greatest football, rugby and athletics stars? Want to know how you can improve the fitness and health of you and your patients? Then this is the society for you! It has been set up for all to find out more about this career path and will include fun and informative events throughout the year with specialist guest speakers and
practical opportunities. Members will learn where a life in SEM can lead you, how sports and exercise influences the health of our patients and how to pursue an career in SEM. It is also a great chance to gain contacts in SEM and we can help facilitate work experience opportunities for members. UoBSEMS allows you to meet like-minded and sports-interested people, suitable for pre-clinical and clinical students alike. If you feel like joining a fun and social society this year with a chance to do something diff erent, give UoBSEMS a go!
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