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For the last week, students and healthcare professionals have been engaging online in the first zone ever of I’m a Medic, Get me out of here. Together they’ve talked about everything from the wide range of medical careers available, to how to achieve a good work-life balance, to what could be done with Ultimate Power, to how to deal with ‘diagnosis by internet’.

The six healthcare professionals talking to the students in the General Practice Zone include a Practice Nurse, General Practioners, a Practice Manager and a Nurse Practitioner.

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This June, we’re launching the first I’m a Medic, Get me out of here event! Between 12th – 23rd June students at 18 schools will put 6 healthcare professionals through their paces, in fast-paced live chats and probing questions on everything to do with general practice, from vaccinations, to prescriptions, to what it’s like to run a GPs surgery. For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter, @imamedic_uk, and follow the hashtag, #IAMUK. Let’s meet the healthcare professionals and schools taking part… General Practice Zone This zone is funded by Health Education East Midlands, in partnership with The University of Nottingham, University of Leicester and Derby and Derbyshire LMC. The Healthcare Professionals Simon Browes | Nurse Practitioner, University of Nottingham I’m a Clinical Director and Advanced Practitioner in charge of more than 60 nurses, paramedics and healthcare assistants Shehla Imtiaz-Umer | Trainee GP, Royal Derby Hospital I’m a junior doctor training to be … Continue reading →

Thanks to funding from Health Education East Midlands, and in partnership with The University of Nottingham, University of Leicester, and Derby and Derbyshire LMC, we are launching I’m a Medic, Get me out of here! Based on the long running I’m a Scientist project, I’m a Medic will give school students the opportunity to meet and interact with healthcare professionals online. Through reading profiles, questioning, and taking part in live chats, school students will see that healthcare professionals are normal people while being introduced to the range of careers in medicine and General Practice. The first event will run 12th–23rd June 2017, with a General Practice Zone. Followed by two more zones in November 2017. Apply now to take part Teachers TEACHERS APPLY The I’m a Medic project is open to all secondary schools and colleges in the UK, with priority places for schools in the East Midlands. Take a look at this page … Continue reading →