Student professionalism competition 2020

In 2020, we ran our fifth annual student professionalism competition with the Medical Schools Council.

We asked students to create a teaching session to help their peers understand what our joint guidance, Achieving good medical practice, says about the importance of good communication.

We asked them to focus on one or both of the following themes:

Communicating with patients and those close to them

Communicating as part of the multidisciplinary team

2020's winning entry

2020's overall winners were Pia Zaldua, Jessica Randall and Hannah Mudd, final year students at Cardiff University. Their session wins them a £300 high street voucher and the opportunity to present at our annual conference.

Communicating with patients and those close to them

By Pia Zaldua, Jessica Randall and Hannah Mudd, Cardiff University

The winning students designed an e-learning module, which medical students can access from home at a time of their choosing. The winners successfully managed to explore the importance of communication during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Session materials

E-learning module on communication

Analysis and design of e-learning module

Lesson plan

Storyboard

Samhitha Alavala and Liberty Emerson, Newcastle University (Runners up)

Shreyas Moodalbyle, Dengyi Zhou, Devika Nair and Laxsan Karunanithy, University of Birmingham (Runners up)

Nieve Martin and Rezmin Begum, Queens University (Shortlisted)

Dinaratchagi Raja and Thanh Tran, University of Plymouth (Shortlisted)

Milad Rouf, Cardiff University (Shortlisted)

Back
2019 winners: Speaking up

Aisling Sweeney, Cardiff University (Overall winner)

Rosalyn Bucklandand Matthew Cotton, fourth year at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Runners up)

Edward Mbanasor, Sara Zonza, Sumeet Maras and Niralini Thayaparan, second year at University of Leeds (Runners up)

Sarah Saram and Megan Lee, fourth year at University of Birmingham (Shortlisted)

Louise Chapman and Helen Frank, fifth year at University of Nottingham (Shortlisted)

Muhammad Arham Shahid Sahu, Yasmin Gabrielle Nikookam and Zahrah Goolam-Mahomed, fourth year at University of Birmingham (Shortlisted)

Aiknaath Jain, Ronan Pilkington and Ariel Reingold, fourth year at University of Leeds (Shortlisted)

2018 winners: Reflective practice

Hattie Greig, fourth year medical student from the University of Dundee (overall winner)

Alan Penney, University of Leicester (runner up)

Juliet Sebastian, Victoria Stanley, Annabel Turnbull, University of Exeter (runners up)

Abdul-Rahman Abbas and Sara Memon, UCL (shortlisted)

Gloria Afelumo, Queen Mary University (shortlisted)

Nabila Rehnnuma, University of Cambridge (shortlisted)

Sarah Potts, University of Leeds

2017 winners: Honesty and integrity

Charles Pope, fifth year medical student from the University of Cardiff (overall winner)

Sam Easdon and Luke Reader, sixth year medical students from Imperial College London (runners up)

Ciaran Grafton-Clarke and Kai Wen Chen, fifth year medical students from the University of Liverpool (runners up)

Joshua Burns and Louis Darby, fifth year medical students from King's College London (shortlisted)

Caitlin Stewart, first year medical student from the University of Aberdeen (shortlisted)

Alice Rogers, fourth year medical student from the University of Cambridge (shortlisted)

2016 winners: Student professionalism

Bethany Lloyd, fifth medical student from the University of Aberdeen (overall winner)

Benjamin Quek, Carys Durie and Shafqat Batchelor, fourth year medical students from the University of Cardiff (runners up)

Ciaran Grafton Clarke, fourth year medical student from the University of Liverpool (runner up)

Adam Lee Jones, sixth year medical student from the University of Cardiff (shortlisted)

Nathaniel Quail and Ailsa McRae, fourth and fifth year medical students from the University of Glasgow (shortlisted)

Saad Khan and Lydia Hiddema, third year medical students from the University of Birmingham (shortlisted)

Contact us

For further details on any of these resources, please email quality@gmc-uk.org

Student professionalism and fitness to practise

Guidance to help medical students to meet the standards of Good medical practice, and help medical school provide a consistent, supporting environment.
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