The British Student Doctor Journal

11/11/2024

The Benefits of Online Mock OSCEs 🩺

For this Editor’s Choice, we selected an article that sheds light on the advantages of online mock OSCEs for med students. Calvin Coe and Dr. Pauline Bryant’s study reveals how these virtual practice sessions can reduce exam anxiety, boost confidence, and enhance essential skills for success.

06/01/2022

BSDJ and NANSIG are proud to present our national Essay competition! 😄😄Choose from one of the two essay titles below and enter for a chance to be published in our journal. Deadline for entries is the 30th April 2022! Submissions via nansiggroup@gmail.com

08/12/2021

Do medical students have an opportunity to be involved in research? Do publication practices differ by medical school? These are some of the questions we are asking as part of a new study on publication practices. If you are a UK medical student, please help us by completing this survey:

https://cardiff.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/publication-practices-and-attitudes-of-uk-medical-students

01/10/2021

In the latest edition to our blog, fourth year medical student Caitlin Stuart-Delavaine addresses the role of healthcare professionals in gender-based violence.

A blind eye can no longer be turned.

In this piece, Caitlin Stuart - a fourth year medical student studying at the University of Glasgow addresses an oft underreported and under-addressed topic. In this she tackles the importance of acknowledging the responsibility of healthcare providers in the tackling of gender-based violence. Abstr...

10/08/2021

⭐️ WE ARE RECRUITING! ⭐️

The BSDJ is a student-led general medical journal, that provides an excellent opportunity to develop your peer review, editorial, writing and journalism skills.

We have a number of exciting positions available for medical students within all of our sections:
🧬 Original Research Editor
📚 Education Editor
🗣Discussion Starters Editor
🧠Reflection Editor
🖊 Blog Editor

🎨 And our Design Editor post is open to all students who are looking for experience using Adobe and other imaging and design software.

🌟 No experience is required, just enthusiasm to make and share engaging content with medical students.

👉Visit the link in our bio for more information and to submit your application. Message or email us at editorinchief@bsdj.org.uk if you have any questions!

🕰 Deadline is Midnight (Aug 31, BST)

30/04/2021

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Welcome to the LGBTQ+ Issue of the BSDJ! 😄

We are so proud of all the authors who have contributed to this special issue, it has been a pleasure to edit and curate.

Vol 5, Issue 2 can be found in full here: thebsdj.cardiffuniversitypress.org/10/volume/5/issue2/

02/04/2021

Volume 5 Issue 1: “Antimicrobial Resistance: where are we now?” Of the BSDJ is published and out on the website! Check it out and let us know what you think 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️

17/08/2020

Entries close August 31st 2020 and the winner will get published in the BSDJ!

NANSIG 2020 Essay Competition In celebration of our 10 year anniversary… NANSIG presents the 2020 Essay competition! Top prize will be a journal publication! Open to medical students and junior doctors! Choose one of the two questions: What has been the biggest development in the clinical neurosci...

02/08/2020

The British Student Doctor Journal is very excited to be working on a LGBTQ+ Special Issue, due for publication in April 2021!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

The BSDJ structures its issues under the headings of Editorials, Original Research, Discussion Starters, Education and Reflections, and the special supplement will follow this format, enabling authors to contribute both research and humanities work. This supplement is a unique opportunity for those interested in LGBTQ+ research, improving the cultural competence of LGBTQ+ healthcare, reflecting on a life in medicine (or the journey to medicine!), and raising awareness about health issues within the community. This includes mental health, physical illness, public health, and socio-economic aspects. The deadline for submissions is December 2020.

The author guidelines and submission process for The BSDJ can be found at: https://www.bsdj.org.uk/author-guidelines

17/07/2020

Our latest issue is HERE!!!!

Covid-19 has highlighted the underlying structural inequalities in our society. When we founded The British Student Doctor, we established our policy on diversity and inclusion, with equality and equity in publishing being a vital aspect of our mission.

We cannot be any clearer: Black lives matter. Black medical students matter. Black voices matter.

The June 2020 issue of The BSDJ is now live
https://www.bsdj.org.uk

Big thank you Em Samy for the cover work!

28/05/2020

For the last 10 weeks, every Thursday evening was marked by clapping and the banging of pots and pans for those on the frontline of covid-19. Tonight, Tonight at 8pm (BST), we clap for the final time for our carers and health workers.

We have been publishing new blogs on the experiences of students, doctors and relatives affected by covid-19. To mark 'the final clap', Hetty Breed, a third year medical student, shares the vital lesson she learnt during the pandemic, that medical school could not teach her.

How to comfort a patient dying from coronavirus? Hetty Breed, a third year medical student, took up the responsibility of working as a Healthcare Assistant during the pandemic. She shares the vital lesson that medical school could not teach her. “I’m scared,” my patient whispered, between thei...