Open AccessWidening Participation in Medicine: The Impact of Medical Student-Led Conferences for Year 12 Pupils
Author(s) -
Ben Ryan,
Charlotte Auty,
Matthew Maden,
Amy Leggett,
Alisha Staley,
Enam Haque
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s314581
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medical education , confidence interval , medical school , test (biology) , psychology , medicine , low confidence , work (physics) , family medicine , nursing , social psychology , engineering , paleontology , mechanical engineering , biology
Individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds are under-represented in the medical profession: confidence is a barrier to them successfully applying to medical school. This study examined the impact of two student-led conferences for Year 12 pupils, at which they had the opportunity to present their work. It looked at the ability of the conferences to improve participant confidence, and the feasibility of its replication by other student-led groups.