Science in Health Live 2017

800 young people and 49 teachers from 51 schools gathered at the School of Medicine for Science in Health Live in March 2017.

The two-day event, now in its 23rd year, is designed to give pupils an insight into the science behind medicine, showing them the range of career options open to them in healthcare, biomedical and scientific fields.

The event forms part of the Science in Health programme of activities, with over 150 members of staff and students involved, and has become the UK’s biggest science event for sixthformers. The aim is to excite students about science by allowing them direct access to the research that is having a real impact on medical and clinical practice worldwide, with the hope that they will go away inspired to pursue a career in science and medicine.

Every participant has the opportunity to see a ‘Sound Science Performance’ and visit a number of hands-on exhibits covering a diverse range of topics.

A key highlight of the day is the laboratory tour - designed to introduce and expose students to a research laboratory environment. For the closing event of the day, students are able to use live-text polling to quiz a number of staff and students from the School of Medicine.

Feedback from this year’s event has been extremely positive and pupil comments included:

"I really found the talks to be very inspiring and they gave me a brilliant insight into different routes you can take in medicine. Those who gave the talks were very enthusiastic and made me very excited to pursue a career in medicine.”

“The exhibitions were interactive, informative and interesting.”

“It has inspired me to realise that a medical course potentially allows me to continue to be curious about the science subjects that I’m interested in.”

“I found the questions and answers at the end really helpful and made getting into med school seem less abstract and complex.”

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This is a shortened version of the full article that features in the edition 25 of ReMEDy.