External Awards
Group Prize and Summer 2022 BAD Elective prize/project grant winner - Andrew Zhao
Congratulations to final year student Andrew Zhao for accepting a group prize on-stage at the British Association of Dermatologist’s (BAD) annual
meeting, for his co-authoring of the project: A UK-wide study to describe resource consumption and waste management in skin surgery including Mohs micrographic surgery. As part of the steering group, Andrew oversaw the data analysis and statistical write-up for the paper, which has now been published in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology.
During his time at WMS, Andrew has also received a student grant/prize from the BAD for a separate solo project on best practices in dermatological surgery, which took him to multiple departments across the UK.
“Sustainability and dermatology are two things I’m passionate about so I’m happy to have contributed to this national project. Being a mathematics undergraduate has been big selling point for getting involved in research , and I think the diversity is one of the advantages of being a grad medic from Warwick”
Andrew will be starting his F1 in NW London as he pursues a career in clinical dermatology and research. We wish him all the best!
Tackling inequalities in medicine, with 'Women of the Future' nominee - Ramat Ayoola
Our second nominee for Women of the Future Awards this year for Warwick Medical School (WMS), was Ramat Ayoola, for the Community Spirits category, nominated by her tutor Dr Anne-Marie Chilton.
Ramat is a busy final year medical student but has still found time to make a significant contribution to tackling health inequalities amongst vulnerable and marginalised groups. She has also been instrumental in developing and establishing networks to support black and ethnic minority medical students to thrive in their studies and future careers. Read the full inspiring interview here
National Medical Schools Widening Participation Conference- Best Abstract Prize
Warwick Students Aryaki Kothari and Maariyah Vankad were awarded the best abstract prize at the National Medical Schools Widening Participation Conference 2020 for their project The BAME Medical Student Experience, and its impact on the attainment gap: A Meta-ethnographic review.
Congratulations you two!
National Widening Participation Conference-Most Sustainable Project Award
Alongside a colleague from Imperial College London, Gabriela Barzyk was awarded the Most Sustainable Project Award at the National Widerning Partipcation Conference in 2020 for her project In2MedSchool.
The award recognises "a project that is well planned and has the potential to be effective in the long term" acknowledging that "the project is resourceful and appropriate for the current working environment".
Congratulations Gabriela.
John Fry Primary Care Essay Prize
Jean-Pierre Laake, a final year student, was presented with the Certificate of Merit for the John Fry Prize, by the Royal Society of Medicine. His essay was titled “Auditing the management of depression in primary care: towards equitable access to psychological therapies for older adults”.
This national competition was open to GP registrars, postgraduate students in primary care, and medical students.
Submissions were based on audits or quality improvement projects that participants had carried out.
Congratulations Jean-Pierre.
George Eliot Hospital EXCEL Award
Thomas Dale Maclaine, a third-year student, was nominated by his colleagues at George Eliot Hospital for an EXCEL award for his excellent work in the trust. Congratulations Thomas.
Healthcare Leadership Academy Fellowship
Leila Eillis, a finalist at WMS, was awarded the 2020 Healthcare Leadership Academy Fellowship, an award for healthcare students and young professionals who demonstrate excellent leadership skills, research, and innovative solutions to clinical problems. Congratulations Leila!
George Lewith Prize
Congratulations to Hannah Reichel who has won the George Lewith Prize for General Practice by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
“I was very pleased to receive the George Lewith Prize, an undergraduate primary care research prize, for my SSC2-based project “The impact of NHS England guidance on primary care prescribing of simple analgesia”.
In March 2018, NHS England published guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to encourage implementation of policy to reduce primary care prescriptions of medications that are available over-the-counter. My project aimed to evaluate the impact of this guidance on the prescribing rate of simple analgesia. Additionally, we determined this guidance did not appear to create a health inequality based on socioeconomic status and we explored the response to the guidance from every CCG by Freedom of Information requests, particularly looking at education, incentives and enforcement.
Since completing the SSC2 module, I have presented the findings at SW SAPC 2020, an academic primary care conference, and we are now working towards publication.
I would like to thank my supervisor, Saran Shantikumar for his continued support and guidance throughout this entire project.”
Prescribing Safety Assessment- Letter of Commendation
Many congratulations to Isabel Rimmer who has been awarded a letter of commendation for her exceptionally high score in the 2020 PSA- 95.5%
She is moving to Cheltenham & Gloucester for her Foundation Programme & we wish her every continued success.
JASME Student Innovation Award 2020
Clarissa Brierley has been awarded the JASME student innovation award for her project developing a Certificate in Peer-Led Medical Education. Clarissa started the project as WMS' first summer intern and has led the project through two iterations of level one, both oversubscribed. Once the pandemic is over the programme will resume with levels two and three. The content includes workshop-based teaching, reflection, and peer observation of teaching.
ICUR 2019- Best Poster Award
Academy of Medical Educators- Poster Prize
Third year Dean Skutela and second year Jordan Moss were awarded the poster presentation prize at the Academy of Medical Educators annual general meeting in April 2019.
JASME Innovation Prize
Sachin De Stone, a third year student on our MB ChB course, was named the Association’s 2019 Foundation Innovation Prize winner for his work supporting non-biological science background graduate medical students.
BJGP Research Conference- Best Student Research Project
Third-year Warwick medical student Stephanie Soyombo has been awarded the prize for Best Student Research Project at the British Journal of General Practice Research Conference, in recognition of her work looking at reducing the use of benzodiazepines in primary care.
Wild Trials- Wilderness Medicine Competition Win
In February 2019, two teams from Warwick Medical School came first and second out of 22 teams in the 2019 Wild Trials competition, which tests participants on a number of pre-hospital, emergency, and trauma-based medical scenarios in the wilderness.
BMFMS Medical Student Prize
In 2018, Nyree Jackson took part in a poster presentation at the BMFMS conference and won the medical student prize for foetal medicine. The poster was based on research concerning 'Maternal use of beta blockers during pregnancy and the effect on neonatal outcomes' conducted for her SSC2.