GEnRE Survey Reminder


 Only a couple of weeks left to fill in the GEnRE questionnaire on Gender and Sexual Orientation!  

GEnRE (GEnder Research Group at Bart’s) is a group of people undertaking research into issues of gender and sexual orientation in IHSE at QMUL. We invite you all to take part in a short, anonymous survey about your attitudes, knowledge and experiences with people who identify as LGBTQ+. Our aim is to understand the degree to which further LGBTQ+ related education and training is needed, as well as serving as a baseline for potential future studies concerning LGBTQ+ related curricula. Please note that this survey is anonymous and is being used as an assessment of training and research needs and individuals will not be identified.  It has been granted ethical approval by Queen Mary Ethics of Research Committee.

 

You can complete the survey here 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions: e.murray@qmul.ac.uk or h.bintley@qmul.ac.uk

 

Brain Training Courses, London 8th December 2018

Brain Training Courses

On Saturday, 8th December 2018 we are holding three seminars in London aimed at helping people absorb and process information more effectively. The areas we cover may be of particular interest to students and staff. If you are interested in attending please visit our website www.oxfordmind.co.uk/London or email us at info@oxfordmind.co.uk for more information.

The seminars are: -

    Master Your Memory 
    Intelligent Speed Reading 
    Introduction to Mind Maps

Master Your Memory (10.00am-12.30pm)

We cover the following areas, with an emphasis on practical exercises to help you get to grips with the various principles of effective memory: -

  • An overview of how memory works and what people are capable of achieving with training;

  • Identifying your current strengths and weaknesses and outlining why memory works differently in different situations;

  • The importance of association: linking new items to already established ideas in your brain;

  • Why using all of your brains skills is important and how to develop these skills;

  • Memory systems: (mnemonics and link systems, for example) to help you store and recall information effectively;

  • Taking advantage of particular memory principles: the primacy and recency effects / the 7 plus or minus 2 rule / chunking / applying meaning and organisation to memory tasks;

  • The process of forgetting and how to combat it by reviewing what you know;

  • Particular uses of memory: focusing on particular strategies appropriate to your subject area.


Intelligent Speed Reading (1.00pm-3.30pm)

An intensive course that will give you a specific set of techniques to help you read anything you want at approximately 1,000 words per minute with confidence and comprehension. In addition, we will outline various reading management strategies that will help you read academic material more effectively, enabling you to concentrate on what is important and eliminate what is irrelevant.


Introduction to Mind Maps (4.00pm-6.00pm)

Anyone familiar with mind maps will tell you that they are an effective way to help you make notes, think creatively and generate new ideas as well as being ideal for mnemonic (memory-boosting) purposes. For those not familiar with them, they do this by  ensuring that what you put on paper reflects the structure of your brain, using a full range of cortical skills: 'right-brain' skills such as colour, imagery, imagination and 'left-brain' skills such as words, association, number and logic. Using mind maps will help you to think, remember, plan and write more effectively than you do at present, as well as ensuring that you eliminate extraneous information and retain what is vital and important. Our course will show you in a structured way how to create your own mind maps for whatever purpose you wish and help you create your first few in the seminar itself.

If you would like to attend any of these courses, please visit us at our website www.oxfordmind.co.uk/London or emailinfo@oxfordmind.co.uk stating which course or courses you would like to attend.

Please note that there is a charge of £20 per person per course (student price) / £30 per person per course (full price).

Poster

Demystifying Women’s Health: What University Doesn’t Teach You

Interested in improving women's health within ever-changing 21st century healthcare? Feel like you read about topics in the news you know nothing about? Realised your training has missed some essential topics? Then join UEA OBGYN Society in collaboration with UEA MidSoc for an exciting and informative day demystifying women's+ health!

OPEN to all healthcare professionals and students regardless of career stage or year group, we will be covering important topics which we get very little exposure to in our training. The day's subjects and events will include:
+ Maternal mental health
+ Domestic abuse
+ Psychosexual medicine
+ Careers advice
+ Presentation of research posters
+ Others to be announced!

'Demystifying Women's+ Health: What University Doesn't Teach You' will be held on the 19th January 2019 in the Julian Study Centre at the University of East Anglia, with LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS provided. 

Ticket prices: 
+ £10 for non-members
+ £7 for members [of UEA OBGYN Society]

Tickets on sale NOW at: https://www.uea.su/events/8387/5885/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2217990288422686/

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Mock medical school interviews for sixth form students

Dear All,

My name is Dipal and I am one of the acute medicine doctors at RLH. I'm arranging a mock interview evening for sixth form students applying to medical and dental school. The event has been fully advertised and there will be 44 students attending. We aim to provide experience of traditional panel interviews as well as the newer MMI interviews. This will all be taking place on Tuesday 20th November 2018 from 6pm to 8pm at Woodford County High School (IG8 9LA). 

We are looking for 15-20 3rd, 4th and 5th year medical students to sit on the interview panels. It will be a great opportunity to offer feedback and advice to sixth form students from medical students who have recently been in that position themselves. It will also be an excellent addition for CVs and we will be providing certificates of participation. 

Please let me know if you are interested and I will contact you directly with more specific details.

Kind regards

Dipal

 
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