Twelve Tips for Applicants from a Disadvantaged Background Considering a Career in Medicine

Ul-Hassan, Awais; Khanom, Salma; Sucharitkul, Penelope; Jones, Christopher M.; Waduud, Mohammed Abdul

doi:10.15694/mep.2019.000144.1

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“…Approximately eight applicants compete for a single place and only 4.1% of entrants are from a WP background. 2 , 3 While progress has been made with regards to gender, ethnicity and age of medical students, socioeconomic background lags behind. 1 The UK Medical School Council highlights that 80% of medical students studied at only 20% of the UK’s schools.…”

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Creating Diversity in Tomorrow’s Doctors: A Student Led, Widening Participation Outreach Programme

Sanders¹,

Brett²,

Paul³

et al. 2021

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Since its founding in 2017, InsideMed, an entirely voluntary medical student led innovation, has offered local London state school students a unique perspective exploring the application process and realities of a career in medicine. Our aim of promoting diversity and widening participation (WP) amongst future medical school applicants is reflected in the fact 80.2% of the students enrolled are from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic groups (BAME). Over an 18 month period, our students are invited to monthly seminars hosted at King’s College London (KCL), where all things “medical school” are explored. Students are paired with current KCL medical student ambassadors and are grouped into ‘Families’. Between sessions, students and ambassadors are facilitated to communicate freely, but safely through the online platform Brightside. Early establishment of our key stakeholders allowed us to anticipate how InsideMed would impact each in turn and, therefore, design our scheme to ensure maximal mutual benefit. Continual feedback and review ensures that we are constantly improving to meet the needs of our students. Feedback also allows us to identify how closely we have served our aims for each cohort; common themes which consistently arise include the creation of community, learning more about specifics of the medical application process, and building self-confidence and student independence. InsideMed has the unique quality of being designed by WP students and constantly updated to ensure the support provided best meets WP needs. This has fed into our tangible and impressive impact, whereby 7 out of 18 respondents from our 2017 cohort of students have been accepted into medical school. Going forward, we hope to expand our scope to include a wider catchment area and will continue online in the COVID era. We aim to create an expansive alumni community to inspire other students from comparable socioeconomic backgrounds that they too can have a career in medicine.

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