Activities and Achievements

1. Presentations to create awareness

• Local presentations:
  • Warwick Education Conference
  • MBChB Education Conference, Warwick
  • Racial Awareness Away Day
• Regional presentations:
  • Midlands Medical Education Conference
  • Race Equity through Pedagogy Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, July 2019
  • Midlands Racial Equality in Medicine (MREM), 2020-2023
• National presentations:
  • Medical Schools Council, London, Feb 2019
  • UK Medical Schools EDI Network Conference, Leicester, 2022
• International presentations:
  • Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Vienna, Austria,
  • International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions (IFDC) Canada, Sept 2019
  • Ottawa 2020 Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb 2020
  • International Medical Education Conference (IMEC), Malaysia, 2022

2. Publications

• Bridging the gap: Understanding the barriers and facilitators to performance for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic medical students in the United Kingdom, 2023

• Diversity Audit of Medical School Examination Questions, Teaching and Learning in Medicine Journal, August 2023

• Where are you really from?: a qualitative study of racial microaggressions and the impact on medical students in the UK BMJ 2023
• Student perspectives on barriers to performance for black and minority ethnic graduate entry medical students: a qualitative study in a West Midlands medical school, BMJ 2019
• The Clinical Teacher - Double Jeopardy: Black and Female in MedicineLink opens in a new window

3. Support and Training

• Student Mentorship Programme

We have a BAME student mentorship programme where our Years 1 and 2 are mentored by the senior years. The mentees undergo training and are supported (further details are available here).

First years can sign up to be a mentee here

Second years can sign up to be a mentor here

Mentors can log the hours they offer support using this formLink opens in a new window

• Active Bystander Training

In conjunction with the Student Union, we have commenced a series of active bystander training for all year group on a rolling basis.

4. Decolonising the Curriculum

Following a survey report by the student union on WMS curriculum which identified the need for more diversity and inclusivity in the pedagogical approach, we are actively analysing and deconstructing the curriculum to improve ethnic diversity and representation. Full details of the survey are available on the right hand side.