MEDICAL STUDENT OUTREACH PROGRAMME
Working with the 'doctors of tomorrow' to turn patient experiences into valuable education. Taking your feedback to drive patient-centered care.
Through working with patients across all health conditions we are continuously collating feedback about the challenges, barriers and experiences they face across the healthcare system. It is our mission to collate this passive research, as well as actively researching specific areas, to turn this into something constructive.
By working with medical schools across the country we aim to deliver valuable teaching and education, so that the 'doctors of tomorrow' are hearing from patients of today.
Patient voice and journey will hopefully improve the experience of someone following in their footsteps.
part of our higher change mission
Connecting our charity with medical schools across England & Wales to maximise impact and outreach
There are approximately 36 medical schools across England training medical students to become our country's future doctors.
Whilst medical training already includes patient-centered care as part of their curriculum - we want to connect and contribute to their training.
Providing a unique opportunity to bridge healthcare with patient experience and the voluntary sector to reinforce the value and need for compassionate, integrative healthcare. Reinforcing the importance of emotional wellbeing care, the value of the voluntary sector in a patient's journey. Sharing a unique insight directly from patient experience to be part of the training of our future healthcare providors.
OUR VISION
To integrate with all the medical schools across England & Wales, establishing a sustainable programme guided by us, delivered by medical students. Each year providing an educational training session for medical students to share valuable patient-experience-informed training. Connecting with future doctors so they are aware of the value of our work to signpost their patients to us.
OUR MISSION
Begin connections with medical schools and grow our outreach over a 5-year plan until we have a team of MSOP ambassadors within each of the 36 medical schools. Training the MSOPa's and equipping them with the tools to deliver the training days, providing volunteer and teaching experience and opportunities for their portfolio. Collating research actively and passively to ensure that patient voices are heard directly at the source of doctor training.
The MSOP programme
Following approval from the medical school, we confirm a group of MSOP ambassadors (MSOPa's). Each MSOP volunteer team will work with the charity, deliver the programme and meet the year's objectives, and then receive a certificate and reference for their time and contribution to enhance their portfolio. They then recruit and train the following year's team to continue the work. Programmes like this are commonplace and familiar with medical students, with projects such as the Teddy Bear Hospital. This will be the first time a charity organisation has developed such a programme of this nature.
MSOP Ambassadors
A core team of MSOP ambassadors within 2nd year medical student cohorts will be trained and represent the charity for that year. MSOPa's will be responsible for organisation and delivering the teaching day, with the core themes and objectives outlined by us, informed by the patients we work with.
MSOP Teaching Day
The annual teaching day will cover important themes and objectives:
- Diagnosis Spiral and Thrive Arc
- Value of integrative healthcare recognising the role of voluntary organisations in the patient journey
- Patient-feedback: What patients want doctors to know. Case studies, and key issues commonly faced by patients.
MSOP Fundraising & Awareness
One of the annual traditions of the MSOP programme is for the new MSOPa's to organise and host an exciting and new fundraiser for the charity. They get to pick the theme, working with us to ensure our fundraising regulatory requirements are met for transparency, they provide something unique and exciting, each year trying to surpass the previous year's target.
Each year the MSOP team from each medical school will receive a certificate for their portfolio recognising their teaching and volunteer efforts. This is valuable for their higher training.
Do you want to be one of our MSOP ambassadors?
If you are medical student and would like to know more about our MSOP programmes or sign up to take the MSOP to your medical school, we'd love to hear from you! Apply below and we will be in touch!
We also have a range of volunteering roles for medical students such as content creation, health resource production and campaign support. If you are looking to advance your skills or gain experience in health-communications or volunteer work we would love to hear from you!