Episode 3: To BMSc or not to BMSc

Episode 4 of The Comfy Medic (A DUMES Podcast). A medical student’s guide to navigating the complexities of medical school, exploring topics that you want to know so we can help you to feel like a comfy medic. We chat with a newly appointed Clinical Fellow about facing setbacks in medical school. We talk about resit exams, facing your fears, and learning from our failures. Find us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeeunimededsoc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DUMedEdSoc Music by Sergio Prosvirini from Pixabay This podcast is produced and edited by Aaron Fernandez Twitter/X: @aaronsden All opinions belong to that of individual speakers and are not necessarily representative of their affiliate organisations.

We chatted with two faculty staff (Dr Gillian Smith & Dr Kevin McConville) involved in facilitating a BMSc (intercalated) degree programme at medical school and hearing from a student guest to talk about what they got out of doing a BMSc in Medical Education. 2:30 - Intercalating is a “break” from Medicine 16:35 - it doesn’t count towards FY application, what now? 20:45 - I’m an international student/previous degree holders 25:45 - Barriers 29:10 - Doing a BMSc in another university 32:36 - Workload - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Episode 3 of The Comfy Medic (A DUMES Podcast). A medical student’s guide to navigating the complexities of medical school, exploring topics that you want to know so we can help you to feel like a comfy medic. Find us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeeunimededsoc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DUMedEdSoc Music by Sergio Prosvirini from Pixabay This podcast is produced and edited by Aaron Fernandez Twitter/X: @aaronsden All opinions belong to that of individual speakers and are not necessarily representative of their affiliate organisations.

Episode 2 (Part 2) of The Comfy Medic (A DUMES Podcast). A medical student’s guide to navigating the complexities of medical school, exploring topics that you want to know so we can help you to feel like a comfy medic. We chat with two foundation year doctors about how their experiences in medical school prepared them for foundation year training. We talk about the transition phase, student societies, and coping with stress. Find us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeeunimededsoc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DUMedEdSoc Music by Sergio Prosvirini from Pixabay This podcast is produced and edited by Aaron Fernandez Twitter/X: @aaronsden All opinions belong to that of individual speakers and are not necessarily representative of their affiliate organisations.

Episode 2 (Part 1) of The Comfy Medic (A DUMES Podcast). A medical student’s guide to navigating the complexities of medical school, exploring topics that you want to know so we can help you to feel like a comfy medic. We chat with two foundation year doctors about how their experiences in medical school prepared them for their career as doctors. We talk about the transition phase, student societies, and coping with stress. Find us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeeunimededsoc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DUMedEdSoc Music by Sergio Prosvirini from Pixabay This podcast is produced and edited by Aaron Fernandez Twitter/X: @aaronsden All opinions belong to that of individual speakers and are not necessarily representative of their affiliate organisations.

Episode debut of The Comfy Medic (A DUMES Podcast). A medical student’s guide to navigating the complexities of medical school, exploring topics that you want to know so we can help you to feel like a comfy medic. We chat with the President and Vice President of the Dundee University Medical Education Society about their platform, what they do for medical students and why we decided to start a podcast. Find us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dundeeunimededsoc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DUMedEdSoc Music by Sergio Prosvirini from (Sunshine Jaunt | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay) This podcast is produced and edited by Aaron Fernandez Twitter/X: @aaronsden