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March top picks: uncertainty and opportunities

April 4, 2024

How to make the most of your ophthalmology placement

March 21, 2024

The BMJ Editorial Scholar 2024/2025

March 19, 2024

A day in the life of a medical student from Ukraine

March 18, 2024

February top picks: new beginnings

March 8, 2024

January top picks: loving medicine

January 31, 2024

Five books to illuminate the patient experience

January 19, 2024

Implementing a hospital sustainability quality improvement project: challenges and best practices for trainees

January 18, 2024

December top picks: festive season at The BMJ

January 3, 2024

November top picks: A strange time to study medicine

December 6, 2023

Apply for the 2024 BMJ Student Clegg scholarship

December 4, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 99: A problem shared is a problem halved

November 22, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 98: Medical milestones

November 17, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 97: The first generation medical students

November 15, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 96: How good is a good enough doctor?

October 27, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 95: Is the grass greener elsewhere?

October 26, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 94: How do I choose a specialty?

October 25, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 93: Baptism of fire

October 13, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 92: Being yourself at work

October 6, 2023

A day in the life of a medical student from India

October 5, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 89: What’s in a name?

September 21, 2023

Meet the new editorial scholar: Éabha Lynn

August 31, 2023

Editor’s Choice—going your own way

August 1, 2023

Celebrating 100 episodes of Sharp Scratch

July 13, 2023

Catherine Heyes is a speech and language therapist

June 30, 2023

“Why I . . .” medical students discuss their hobbies and passions

June 30, 2023

The BMJ Editorial Scholar 2023/2024

March 27, 2023

Junior doctors’ strike—what do medical students need to know?

March 10, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 88: Nothing like Grey’s Anatomy

March 6, 2023

So you want to be a writer? An introduction to BMJ Student

March 3, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 87: It’s not just you, medicine is weird

February 27, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 86: I’m a (Phobic) Medical Student . . . Get Me Out of Here!

January 6, 2023

Apply for the 2023 BMJ Student Clegg Scholarship

December 13, 2022

What are medical doctor degree apprenticeships? A brand new route into medicine

December 7, 2022

A day in the life of a medical student in China

November 25, 2022

Sharp Scratch episode 85: everyone has an accent

November 23, 2022

Do medical schools care? Rethinking compassion within medical training

November 10, 2022

Sharp Scratch episode 84: compassionate medical schools

November 9, 2022

My top BMJ Student picks—shake it out

October 26, 2022

Sharp Scratch episode 83: students, sex work, and stigma

October 25, 2022

Meet the new editorial scholar: Charlotte Rose

September 23, 2022

Clinicians in the 21st century—caring for the people and the planet

September 12, 2022

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on medical school applicants

July 8, 2022

How to make the most out of your dermatology placement

July 1, 2022

Ten things medical students need to know about diabetes when going on placement

April 7, 2022

Health think tanks: what are they and how they shape our NHS

March 30, 2022

The NHS bursary: what am I entitled to?

March 23, 2022

Reflecting on medical school while playing Wordle

February 14, 2022

A day in the life of medical students in Lebanon

February 9, 2022

Zoe Morgan is a critical care dietitian

December 23, 2021

Time waits for no one

November 24, 2021

Tips and tricks on how to use Twitter

November 1, 2021

A guide for final year medical students: transitioning to foundation training during the covid-19 pandemic

October 18, 2021

A day in the life of a medical student from Nepal

October 11, 2021

A day in the life of a medical student from Ecuador

August 20, 2021

Wellbeing at medical school: feeling prepared

August 13, 2021

Medical specialties—the reality and the myths

August 12, 2021

“I feel like a spare part”

August 11, 2021

Teaching Careers Clinic

August 10, 2021

A history of psychiatry in 1500 words

August 9, 2021

Swooning, stereotypes, and observing a birth—the Sharp Scratch roundup

August 5, 2021

Taking BMJ investigative journalism into a new era

August 4, 2021

Patient partnership: a roundup from the BMJ patient advisory panel

August 4, 2021

Alternatives to traditional medical work experience for aspiring medical students

July 23, 2021

Covid-19: Looking back at the experiences of graduates and educators during the interim Foundation Year 1

July 9, 2021

Open your mind without leaving your sofa

July 6, 2021

A day in the life of a medical student from Portugal

May 19, 2021

BMJ Editorial Scholar

April 29, 2021

Tomorrow’s doctors, tomorrow’s leaders

March 30, 2021

Starting and running an organisation in medical school: tips from our experience

March 15, 2021

To see or not to see patients: What are your options for a non-clinical elective?

March 12, 2021

A day in the life of a medical student from Pakistan

March 5, 2021

Cautious optimism: Light at the end of the tunnel

March 1, 2021

How to make the most of your psychiatry placement

February 10, 2021

January blues: Exam season in a pandemic

January 29, 2021

Covid-19 vaccination for medical students: the grey area

January 28, 2021

Seeking inspiration at the end of a turbulent year

December 31, 2020

“You’re on mute:” How to organise a virtual medical conference

December 23, 2020

Apply for the 2021 BMJ Student Clegg Scholarship

December 23, 2020

The new normal

December 4, 2020

What can I do during an F3 year?

November 24, 2020

Continuing your medical training in the US

October 30, 2020

Siȃn Kerwin is an adult nurse

October 21, 2020

Jeannine Watkins is a physician associate

October 16, 2020

Claire Murphy is a mental health nurse

October 14, 2020

Robert Cast is an anatomical pathology technologist

October 7, 2020

Meet the new editorial scholar: Nikki Nabavi

September 22, 2020

Tracy Earley is a consultant nurse in nutrition

September 7, 2020

Hannah Grace is an art therapist

September 7, 2020

Adapting to the unexpected

August 26, 2020

How can I get involved in research as a medical student?

August 26, 2020

Sexpression:UK: the university students delivering sex and relationships education to schools

August 21, 2020

Life, learning, and medicine: advice to new medical students from a junior doctor

August 21, 2020

Covering covid-19: stories from The BMJ,’s news desk

August 21, 2020

A day in the life of a medical student from Sudan

August 18, 2020

Lade Oyeyinka is a sexual health nurse

August 18, 2020

Two new series for BMJ Student

August 18, 2020

Dress codes and skydiving: this year on Sharp Scratch

August 7, 2020

Building a portfolio for specialty applications

August 7, 2020

Illustrating your research: design basics for junior clinicians and scientists

July 16, 2020
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