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“A deeper understanding of depression”: A medical student perspective

GMC as an area of excellent practice after their visit to the region in 2016 (General Medical Council 2016). In 2018, the programme currently provides 30 completely free spaces for year 12 students from Norfolk or North Suffolk. The aim of the three-day residential course is to raise aspirations and encourage more applications from students from a socio-economic background traditionally under-represented in Medicine. The course is designed for addressing the key perceptions and barriers currently hindering young people from viewing Medicine as a career as a realistic option. The programme consists of interesting taster sessions including Problem-Based-Learning, anatomy lab tours, OSCEs and practical skills sessions. The AS level students also get to shadow clinicians at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. The highlight of the programme is a Q&A session with current NMS students and doctors to demystify the “medical student’s life”. After the residential course, the attendees are offered invaluable opportunities for Mock UKCAT and interview practices, personal statement workshops, and a three-day GP placement. The unique feature of UEA Medical Aspiration programme is the online mentoring scheme through Brightside – an online platform connecting NMS students who act as mentors for the programme participants. The medical students are formally trained in safeguarding and equipped with knowledge in helping their mentees to develop essential skills for the application process. This ementoring scheme provides the mentees with regular contact with their mentors, approximately once a week over a period of 10months. The majority of previous attendees have given extremely positive feedback that they feel well supported through the application process and found that the programme helped to strengthen their passion of pursuing a career in Medicine (Anglia 2017). Since the programme was launched, 13 students have been awarded scholarship places at NMS to fund their training. In conclusion, UEA Medical Aspiration programme has successfully helped to diversify the range of applications to Medicine in East of England and nationally.