Educational Performance Measure, or EPM, is one of the ways applicants for the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO) are ranked on a combination of clinical and non-clinical skills, comprising the knowledge and performance of the the medical student.
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6 Things That You Might Have Missed From Last Night’s Student Question Time
Last night saw the first Student Question Time in 5 years with the QMSU President, Talhah Atcha and Principal & President of QMUL, Professor Colin Bailey. Here’s 6 things you might have missed.
The Students of Belsen
As the end of the Second World War slowly approached, the people of Europe were left facing the effects of a war which had ravaged the Continent for over five years.
A Window Into Whitechapel
To some, stained glass is an archaic art form. To most, stained glass is not an art form at all but a relic of old churches. But among the oddities of Whitechapel Library are these remarkable works of art. If you have ever glanced away from your books, you might notice these radiant windows, each casting its own glow upon the Library and the learners below, blending together as one.
Barts in the Sp(O2)light
Take a deep breath in. And hold.
Heart racing, a tightness in your chest, and eventually, loss of consciousness. Such is the power of oxygen; we are entirely dependent on it for mass production of the Adenosine Triphosphate molecule, involved in providing energy for everything from muscle contraction to hormone production.
Happening At BL 1
Happening at BL is our round up of the great things our student community has been up to!
Do It With Thy Might: Autumn 2019
BL Water Polo and BL Afro Caribbean Society are the featured groups in Do It With Thy Might this term!
Volunteers Assemble! All You Need to Know About CW2019
For many students at BL, Charity Week is an established mainstay week of events in October that they have come to know and love. For others, it is simply a Facebook invite that they click on once and proceed to ignore. Well, for all those people in the second group, this is your chance to find out exactly what Charity Week is and what it entails! In its most basic form, Charity Week or CW is a week of various events with the aim of raising money for meaningful causes. This special week doesn’t just occur at Barts but across the UK in many different schools and universities, as well as Qatar, South Africa and numerous other countries.
UK Higher Education: The Beginning of the End?
For centuries, universities in the UK have enjoyed a reputation synonymous with excellence, steeped in history and home to a community of world-class academics and researchers. With 17 of the top 100 universities globally located in the UK , the state of higher education appears stable; yet, this may all soon change if the UK follows through on its decision to leave the EU. British universities have persevered through obstacles far more arduous than Brexit—such as two World Wars— and endured with their reputations intact; however, the threat posed by Brexit will have far greater ramifications for higher education than ever previously encountered.
Deciles: The Hunger Games of Medical School
No one said Medical School would be easy. We were prepared for this when we decided to come here. All those exams, interviews and work experiences have allowed us to be differentiated from the rest. As a result, we are here. There was a lot of competiton to get into medical school, but success makes us feel like we are ready for what awaits ahead of us. Yet a question that often springs to mind: Are we really ready?
The Lost Laureates
If you have recently walked to Mile End, you will notice the displays on the G O Jones Building have changed. They now proudly proclaim that we have had “9 Nobel Prize Winners” at Queen Mary University of London. But could the university claim more?
Preview: First Student Council of the Year
As someone who was a member of student council for the previous 2 years, I’m acutely aware that to most students, it is a part of QMSU they can happily not be aware of throughout their time here. If I’m honest, to some extent, I can understand that.
QMUL Resists Calls to Declare a Climate Emergency
Dozens of students and staff from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) participated in the Global Climate Strike on Friday 20th September 2019, estimated to be the largest climate strike in history with over 4 million people participating in over 4500 locations across the world.
QMSU Executive Officers call upon students to register to vote
Queen Mary Students’ Union has alerted students to the possibility of a snap general election by releasing a statement urging students to register to vote. The statement, which was signed by all four Executive Officers, comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson renews his call for a snap election to break the political deadlock in Westminster.