Workshops: Friday 20 November

Friday 17:35

A Structural Approach to Cultivating Safety

Drawing on students’ research on structural competence and hidden curriculum, we re-negotiate ways toward cultivating safety in health education and healthcare.

Natasha Chilambolo

Natasha Chilambo is a final medical student and Undergraduate Research Fellow at King’s College London. She holds an MSc in Leadership & Development from the African Leadership Centre. Natasha is working on “Structure and the Clinic” – a space to take an interdisciplinary and transcultural approach to teaching medicine as a social science.

Twitter: @dimah_uk IG: structureandtheclinic

Nivethitha Ram

Final year medical student at King’s College London and a masters graduate in MA Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Health with an interest in decolonising the medical curriculum and teaching on structural factors that shape health.

Twitter: @dimah_uk @structureandtheclinic (Instagram)

Tanveer Sangra

Fourth year medical student, University of Leeds

Twitter: @dimah_uk

Rayna Bhogal

Fourth year medical student, University of Leeds

Twitter: @dimah_uk

Dr Valerie Farnsworth

Lecturer in Curriculum Studies, Twitter: @dimah_uk

Shuangyu Li

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Communication & Cultural Competence, GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, Twitter: @dimah_UK

Friday 18:20

The work of The University of Leeds WAMS group   

WAMS medical students explain what they do and why.

Speakers: Alex Bald, Darius Oraee, Harry Campion, Iman Sulevani, Alice Barber, Penny Sucharitkul from The University of Leeds WAMS (Widening Access to Medical School)

 Contact: n.a.danks@leeds.ac.uk

Friday 18:30

Disability as a medical student: on the wrong side of the curtains?

Aims of the session:
• Discuss and challenge what a “disability” is
• Reflect on our own practice with more consideration to the difficulties faced by those living with a chronic illness
• Highlight the value of disabled

Erin Lawson-Smith

Erin is a fourth year medical student at the University of Birmingham. In the past year, she has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Hypersomnia, a sleep disorder similar to Narcolepsy.. This change in her health has forced her to quickly learn how to live with a chronic illness, which encouraged self-reflection on the responsibilities of a health professional from the unique perspective of being both a patient and a caregiver.

Her experiences have shown her how much more needs to be done, and as a result she is a keen advocate for supporting disabled people into healthcare careers. She hopes by talking about her own experiences that she can encourage more discussion and thought about disability in healthcare, and in society as a whole.

Erin has a keen interest in psychiatry (particularly forensic), sexual health and is also a big supporter of #TeamGP! You can find her on Twitter: @medstudenterin