Aspiring Bromley High medical students attended this year’s Medicine Day Conference virtually, giving hundreds of future healthcare professionals from the GDST family and local state schools the access to practising medics that Covid has prevented.
The event, which was organised by Oxford High School, gave attendees the opportunity to hear from healthcare professionals at a time when face-to-face work experience placements have been prevented due to the pandemic.
Expert practitioners and current medical students spoke at the event include surgeons, dentists and orthodontists, pharmacists, GPs, a haematologist, an anaesthetist, a microbiologist, and a tropical diseases doctor.
Year 10 pupil Darcey Keegan said “The most interesting part of the conference was following a case study of a woman who had breast cancer. We were able to look in detail at the elements of the diagnostic process for her cancer, such as mammograms and biopsies.
“We learnt about the treatment for her condition and how different types of healthcare professionals would work together to discuss her treatment. We were also able to look at the palliative care that would follow her diagnosis of terminal metastatic cancer. It was fascinating to follow the process in a hospital from primary to tertiary care and how different healthcare workers are involved in each stage.”
UK Student Recruitment Officer at Sheffield University, Ella-Rosa Twyman, also provided useful advice and information about applying to medical school and dentistry.
Ella-Rosa Twyman, UK Student Recruitment Officer from Sheffield University
Bromley High School has a strong track record of pupils going on to study medicine. Last year, four Upper Sixth pupils left school to study medicine at King’s College, Bristol University and Queen’s University Belfast.