Massive congratulations to everyone receiving A level results, and for those of you who are joining us this Autumn, welcome to the RUMS family! Looking forward to seeing you all soon - keep an eye out on our website and social media for our freshers pages!

The Glasgow Coma Scale is a widespread and important tool for discussing conscious level. After all, "what's the GCS?", barked the stereotypical neurosurgeon at the cowering FY1. But why?! Well, I can't answer that. But let's think about the GCS in this #tweetorial. #MedEd 1/15

Never been more proud that UCL Medical School students have been praised as 'invaluable' and 'outstanding' as they have been volunteering in support of the NHS frontline during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jan/…

🧵Imagine if every branch of Waitrose or Tesco could choose its own IT systems. That is effectively what we have in the NHS with hospitals and commissioners selecting the systems they use. This leads to numerous problems in trying to deliver health services. 1/3

Since 2008, the future for medical students has gotten progressively worse, and the government shows no signs of wanting to fix this.

Delighted to see this publication from myself, Ritika Gera, Fady Kamel, @VikramTRajan, Somar Albani and Rima Chakrabarti finally out! Link: doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S… In this study, we organised a virtual OSCE in response to lack of in person OSCE practice during the pandemic. 1/4

There is nothing 'junior' about junior doctors. This afternoon #ARM2024 recognises this and has voted through proposals to rename to “RESIDENT DOCTORS” from September 2024. More details to follow... #RDC coming soon!