Notes Spring 2020

Coronavirus: medical student questions answered

Many of you have been in touch with questions about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect your studies, your entry into practice and your medical defence organisation membership. We want to help you work safety and responsibly so we’ve answered your most common questions.

Also in this issue:

• Final year medical students joining the NHS effort to tackle COVID-19 – recent Manchester University graduate Sarah Allen is due to start working as a foundation interim year 1 doctor (FiY1). She tells us what it’s like just before entering practice.
• Mental health matters to medical students – more students are opening up about their personal challenges with mental health. Nottingham medical student Issy Walker shares her experience navigating medical school with a mental health condition.
• Studying at home – seven revision tips from the Synap team – the team behind the revision app Synap share their favourite digital tools with tips on how you can use and adapt them to make studying from home more efficient.

Read the issue in full.

This page was correct at publication on 27/05/2020. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.