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Is the spectre of the GMC silencing the next generation of medics?

Listen to Sharp Scratch on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen 🎧

Recent pieces from the Editor !

📰 News: https://bit.ly/4asZALT

🎙️ 150th Episode: https://bit.ly/4aoyiWY (Spotify) / https://apple.co/3ZRQweq (Apple Podcasts)

~ Zaynah :)

Recent pieces from the Editor !

📰 News: https://bit.ly/3NZALQh

🎙️ 150th Episode: https://bit.ly/4kt0Z9S (Spotify) / https://apple.co/4jQUVre (Apple Podcasts)

~ Zaynah :)

Former BMJ Editor-in-Chief Fiona Godlee joins Sharp Scratch to discuss her intentional arrest at a Defend Our Juries protest, and how medical students can navigate activism without risking their future careers

🎧 Listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/4rEP8bg) or Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3ZRQweq)

Resident doctors in England vote for six months more industrial action 🪧

🔗 Read the full news article here: https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s218

A note from our Editor, Zaynah Khan, as the Clegg Scholarship results approach. ✍️

To everyone who applied: thank you for your hard work and incredible applications. We know the anticipation is high, so please keep Elgan’s words in mind as results go out.

Good luck to everyone! ✨

'Like the NHS itself, postgraduate medical education in England seems to be in a perpetual state of crisis.' - says Louella Vaughan, consultant physician. 🏥

🔗 Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/3Z4xIIO

Another year, another change to the UKFPO recruitment... 🏥

'The UK's recruitment for foundation medicine requires radical reform' - Éabha Lynn

🔗 Read the full piece: https://bit.ly/3NBzkqP

📢 The BMJ Medics’ Revue is back 📢


Got a sketch, song, poem, or skit about medicine? Submit your entry by 28 February 2026.


Email jburrell@bmj.com with your script, recording, or idea.


🎭 🎤🕺Perform in London’s West End on 15 May 2026
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2619

Is there a universal medical school experience? 👩‍⚕️

🎙️ The 150th (yay!!) episode of Sharp Scratch is now live - exploring what medical school was like (20, 15, 5) years ago and is now!

🎧 Listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/49SJGtV) and Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/4jQUVre) !

Have your medical school's placement cancellations due to strike action been last minute and disorganised?

🔗 Read Michelle's, a final year medic, reflections on placements during prolonged industrial action: https://bit.ly/4pF0AlG

Do you take medicine home with you? 🏥

In this episode, Zaynah, Nikki Nabavi, and Matt Morgan explore how medicine seeps into their personal lives, through the example of language. 🎙️ (Part 2/2)

🎧 Listen on Spotify (https://bit.ly/4ju7sAG) & Apple Music (https://apple.co/4juxFza)

✒️ ‘The BMJ don’t want or need you to be a perfect applicant, but they want to see that you’d learn from the scholarship. Show them what you’d want to get out of it.’ - Elgan Manton-Roseblade, 2025 Clegg Scholar 🌟

🔗 Apply by 11:59pm on 14/01/26 (https://bit.ly/4j15CHx)

✒️ ‘It’s unique to be able to access and work within a global medical journal as a student, so I would thoroughly recommend applying.’ - Elgan Manton-Roseblade, 2025 Clegg Scholar 🌟

🔗 Apply for the 2026 Clegg Scholarship (https://bit.ly/4j15CHx) before 11:59pm on 14/01/26

‘When applying, I’d recommend choosing a topic that genuinely interests you or draws on a personal experience, as this helps your authentic interest come through.’ - Korianne Muya, 2025 Clegg Scholar

🔗 Apply for the 2026 Clegg Scholarship (bit.ly/4j15CHx) before 11:59pm on 14/01/26 !

✒️ ‘It opened my eyes to the many different ways you can get involved with a medical journal - from more traditional content to areas such as social media’ - Korianne Muya, 2025 Clegg Scholar 🌟

🔗 Apply for the 2026 Clegg Scholarship here: https://bit.ly/4j15CHx

‘The Clegg scholarship has been an absolute highlight of my time at medical school.’ - Audrey McBride, 2025 Clegg Scholar 🌟

🔗 Apply for the 2026 Clegg Scholarship (https://bit.ly/4j15CHx) before 11:59pm on 14/01/26 !

✒️ ‘Take the leap and apply - there is something for everyone and everyone is welcome.’ - Audrey McBride, 2025 Clegg Scholar 🌟

🔗 Apply for the 2026 Clegg Scholarship here: https://bit.ly/4j15CHx

'The fight for doctors’ pay starts in medical school' say Dr Rob Tucker and Michael Nickson.

🔗 Read the full piece here: https://bit.ly/45jdQou

✒️ Apply to the BMJ Student 2026 Clegg Scholarship for your chance to go behind the scenes at a leading medical journal !!

🔗 Apply and find more information at https://bit.ly/4j15CHx

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on the 14th of January 2026.

Working and studying in healthcare leads to very niche experiences, that can be hard to describe to otherss - Join Zaynah Khan, Matt Morgan, and Nikki Nabavi as they discuss creating new language to do so!

Spotify: https://bit.ly/48E5gmD
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4rUCju2

The BMJ’s annual appeal is supporting the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - providing maternity care, containing outbreaks, and performing vital surgeries.

Donate today at https://msf.org.uk/bmj-annual-appeal-2025

'Why not knowing can be a virtue' by Rajeev Dutta - a philosophical take on managing uncertainty in medicine.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3MTFAK2

Ever wondered what it's like to navigate medical school when deaf? Find out about the experience from George and Benny, and ways show support to a colleague !

Spotify: https://bit.ly/4rOrREE
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4pWx7Eq)

The social media influencers your patients are turning to before they get to your clinic - Stephanie Santos Paulo, editorial registrar

Read the full Feature here: https://bit.ly/48CLoir

Between patients and populations: teaching the social determinants of health at medical school - Elisabeth Perreau-Saussine, fifth year medical student

🔗 Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3JR1Gfc

Killer nurse in Germany who murdered patients to reduce his workload is sentenced to life in prison - Read the full News article: https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2367

📢 'We are harming our future doctors’ freedom to speak up?' - Elgan Manton-Roseblade

🔗 Read the full article: https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2193

The NHS strikes have reshaped how medical students see their future, says Srishruthi Thirumalai. 🪧

Read the full article from the link in our bio 🔗

Futureproofing medicine: Why geriatric medicine student societies are a must.

Read the full article - link in bio 🔗 🕰️