Sharp Scratch BMJ Podcasts

Starting medical school can be a shock to the system. From day 1, there is so much to learn, there’s exams to pass and all these new practical skills to get your head around. This podcast is all about how you can learn best and boss those exams without letting them take over your whole life. 
 
In this episode, we talk all about how to do the best you can do in exams, about learning and the study tips and tricks that have and have not worked for us. Sarah, our expert guest, is an educational psychologist who works in the South West of England. 
 
Find us on social media:
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/ 
 
This podcast is produced and edited by Geoff Marsh and Duncan Jarvies

They say nobody parties harder than medical students, but is that really true? What do our panellists think? Long-time listeners of sharp scratch may remember the fresher’s firsts: socialising episode recorded in the middle of the pandemic, so we are happy to be revisiting this topic now that medical school, and University, feels a little more normal. 
 
In this episode, the panel talk all about socialising at medical school; from freshers' weeks, to sports and societies, to all the friends they made along the way. 
 
Expert guest Christina Aaliyah is a final year medical student at Newcastle University and a content-creator who’s content about studying medicine and university life has amassed a following of over 140,000 on TikTok.
 
You can find Christina’s social media here:
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@christina.aaliyah?lang=en 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrstinna/

Check us out on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/  
 
This podcast is produced and edited by Geoff Marsh and Duncan Jarvies.

Spooky season is here, and sometimes there is nothing scarier than a medical degree. From broken bones, to early morning buses, we medics are fond of a horror story.
 
This episode, to celebrate halloween, we are sharing some of our spookiest medical school scaries - the good, the bad and the funny. We talk about some of the things we find scary about medical school, and why we find these things so scary.
 
In this episode the panel are joined by Dr Megan Brown, a ‘doctor-turned-academic’. With a background in clinical medicine, she now works full time in academia, and is a senior research associate in medical education at Newcastle University. 
 
Check us out on social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/  
 
This podcast is produced and edited by Geoff Marsh, Dom Byrne and Duncan Jarvies.

Here at sharp scratch, we are taking a short break, so in the meantime we'd like to highlight some of our favourite episodes from the archive. I thought these episodes might be particularly helpful for those of us starting out at medical school, and I hope you enjoy them. 
In this episode, the panel were joined by medical school expert David Brill, as they discuss how to approach practical exams and manage nerves, as well as their OSCE disaster stories.

Here at Sharp Scratch, we’re taking a short summer break, so in the meantime we’d like to highlight some of our favourite episodes from our archive. I thought these episodes might be particularly helpful for those of us starting out at medical school, and I hope you enjoy them.
Starting university or medical school can be a daunting experience for anyone, but when you're the first person in your family to study medicine, it can feel even scarier. In this episode, the panel talk all about what it is like to be a first generation medical student, starting from the very beginning and talking about when they realised they first wanted to study medicine and what it was like to apply. They also talk about their time at medical school, and the culture shock when they arrived. To finish up, they talk about positive changes they'd like to see in medicine and how their feelings have changed over time. 
 
Check us out on social media: 
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/

We are taking a short summer break from Sharp Scratch, so in the meantime we’d like to highlight some of our favourite episodes from our archive. I thought these episodes might be particularly helpful for those of us starting out at medical school, and I hope you enjoy them. 
In this episode, the panel were joined by Richie Oparka, consultant pathologist and head of first year at Dundee medical school. They discussed and reminisce on their own first years, including their first dissections, lectures and exams.