Medtime Stories

Medtime Stories

By Tom Thorne and Ashvin SharmaSociety & CultureScience
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Medtime Stories episodes

  • Episode 38: Top Tips to Pass Finals!

    Hello there! Welcome back to the episode where we uncover what happened during our exams, how we best prepared in the days before and kept calm during these stressful times. We offer our tips on how we passed finals, so this is surely one not to miss! We cover:

    • Resources to use for MCQ finals
    • Strategies for MCQs
    • How best to simulate OSCE exams when preparing
    • Proformas for OSCE stations


    Thanks as always for the support!


    Email: [email protected]

    Instagram:@medtimestoriespodcast

    46 min
  • Episode 37: Medical School Finals and Results Day!

    Hello there!


    We're back and we've been away for a while! It has been tough with our Medical School finals but it's all over now! In this episode we talk about

    • How finals went
    • A recap of Ashvin's marathon
    • What we've been up to so far
    • What preparation for finals was like
    • What results day was like!


    Thanks as always for the support!



    Email: [email protected]

    Instagram:@medtimestoriespodcast

    38 min
  • Epiosde 35: Junior Doctor Strikes....Again!

    Hello there! We're back this week talking about the new upcoming junior doctor strikes! In this episode we discuss:


    -Our reaction to the strikes

    -The reaction of the government to the strikes

    -Media reaction to the strikes

    -The new strike dates and reasons

    -Our thoughts and opinions


    Please do get in touch with your own opinions!

    Email:[email protected]

    Instagram: @medtimestoriespodcast

    25 min
  • Episode 34: Location, location, location? How to choose jobs

    Hello there! We're back with another episode this week, talking:


    With the deadline for final year medics to rank the jobs coming up… we’d thought we’d put out an episode talking:

    -Ashvin’s thoughts on sub-deaneries

    -The role of sub-deaneries

    -Consider job lists and order of jobs

    -Consider location push and pull factors

    -How far Ashvin has got in his ranking


    Any questions or comments? Get in touch at:

    IG: @medtimestoriespodcast

    Email: [email protected]

    30 min
  • Episode 33: Deanery Day Reactions!

    Hello there! Welcome back to this episode covering deanery day - the day everyone receives the location of where they will be spending their first two years as a doctor. Join us as we discuss our feeling before the release of deaneries as well as afterwards. Let us know where you've ended up!


    Instagram: @medtimestoriespodcast


    Gmail: [email protected]

    8 min
  • Episode 32: Junior Doctor Strikes

    Hello there! welcome back this week to our new episode covering the strikes. Don't know where to start? This podcast has got everything - who, what, why, when... all of your questions will be answered! Anything we've missed? Get in touch and let us know!


    Email: [email protected]


    IG: @medtimestoriespodcast


    30 min
  • Episode 31: SJT Shock

    Hello there!


    We're back with an emergency episode reacting to the shock release of SJT results yesterday. It certainly caused a big stir nationwide, tune in to hear our thoughts! What do you think? Get in touch!


    Email: [email protected]

    Instagram: @medtimestoriespodcast

    19 min
  • Episode 30: Deaneries....How do you pick?

    Hello there! We're back this week after our PSA exams talking about the upcoming deadline of submitting our deanery choices. Every final year medical student needs to rank all the deaneries (areas) in the country where they would like to practise for the upcoming year. In this episode we discuss:

    -The recent news of the earthquakes, BMA locum rate cards and proposed changes to UKFPO allocation

    -The process of applying to deaneries

    -FP/FPP/SFP

    -What deaneries we have picked

    -What factors influenced our decision to pick those deaneries


    Thanks for the continued support, leave a rating and get in contact with us if you have any comments or questions.


    Instagram: @medtimestoriespodcast

    Gmail: [email protected]

    52 min

About Medtime Stories

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Medtime Stories aims to reveal the reality of the lives as of medical students. Birmingham medical students Tom Thorne and Ashvin Sharma pull back the curtain on everything related to studying…

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