“If you want a career right at the centre of medicine and of humanity, you can’t make a better choice than GP,” said Professor David Haslam, who visited the Clinical School on 6th March to give the Annual GP Lecture, organised by the General Practice Education Group. Professor Haslam discussed the unpredictable but transformative influences […]
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau discusses her life as a scientist with medical student Chloe Gamlin
PCU Profile Special for International Women’s Day Chloe Gamlin, University of Cambridge medical student and President of the Cambridge student society for general practice, asked leading behavioural scientist Professor Dame Theresa Marteau to describe her career and how being a woman has influenced her work. Chloe said: “I’m leading our GP Society for medical students […]
How my six week primary care SSC project led to my first-author paper in Cancer Epidemiology
Blog by Tessa Stewart, final year medical student, University of Cambridge It’s a common feeling amongst medical students that we cannot meaningfully contribute to patient care, due to our lack of knowledge and expertise. On 4 February, World Cancer Day, I felt that I contributed by publishing my first first-author paper in Cancer Epidemiology. This […]
Exploring the Future of General Practice: five Cambridge medical students consider their career options
Coming face to face with over one thousand GPs and presenting your research at the biggest GP conference in the UK is one way to find out more about GP as a career path. The GP Education Group (GPEG) supported five students to attend the Royal College of General Practitioners Annual Conference in October 2017. […]
Breastfeeding and risk of developing breast cancer
The protective relationship between breastfeeding and the risk of developing breast cancer is well documented. To be able to communicate the protective effect to patients the existing evidence needs to be understood by healthcare providers. As part of their SSC component and the CanRisk project, clinical students Tom Weatherby and Stephen Woodmansey worked with Dr […]