Winner reports

A thank you from the winning team of the Primary Care Zone 🏆🎉

Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub (NATH) is the winning team of the Primary Care Zone that ran in June and July 2021, after receiving the most votes from students! The team win £500 to spend on more healthcare engagement activities. Here’s what their team leader, Adam Jones, has to say about their victory…   Thank you all for such a great experience! We hope that you all had as much fun as we had, whether that was asking questions or answering them! Ahead of I’m a Medic we could never have guessed what a success this experience would be in connecting us to schools. Even the most technophobic of us were busily typing away by the midpoint of a live Chat, making sure that we had answered all of the interesting questions asked. The team never tired of talking about what they had been asked last time they took part and … Continue reading

Posted on August 3, 2021 by modalex in Acceptance Speeches | Comments Off on A thank you from the winning team of the Primary Care Zone 🏆🎉

What Rob Cullum did with his prize money…

Rob was voted the winner of the General Practice Zone in November 2017. Here he writes about how he used his prize money to create a series of videos in partnership with Lincolnshire Talent Academy answering questions students might have when considering applying for medical school. If you’d like the chance to win funding for your own public engagement work, sign up to hear about the future I’m a Medic activities  imamedic.ddev.site/healthcare-apply I used the money to create a series of videos to answer the kinds of questions people considering medical school frequently have. The videos all feature current medical students from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester and cover topics such as money, personal statements and general advice. They are being hosted on the Lincolnshire Talent Academy YouTube channel and promoted via social media. They are accessible to anybody. The project has taken me longer than expected to complete, both because … Continue reading

Posted on August 27, 2019 by in News, Winner reports | Comments Off on What Rob Cullum did with his prize money…

What Shehla did with her prize money…

Shehla was voted the winner of the General Practice Zone in June 2017. Here she writes about donating her prize money to a local project aimed at widening participation in medicine, and the other engagement and outreach she has been involved with since I’m a Medic, including visiting her former college to help students with medical school applications. If you’d like the chance to win funding for your own public engagement work, sign up to hear about the future I’m a Medic activities  imamedic.ddev.site/healthcare-apply My proposal for the winning money was to engage with local schools to encourage students to consider medicine and primary care as a career – particularly to those from less affluent backgrounds. After winning the prize, I was able to visit my previous college to help sixth form students with their applications for medical school – some of whom were successful. As the activities I was involved … Continue reading

Posted on July 3, 2019 by in News, Winner reports | Comments Off on What Shehla did with her prize money…