Sharing our newly published @bmj.com Analysis! As IMGs, we support credible pathways for UK graduates 🇬🇧—but IMGs’ career progression must be planned together 🌏 Otherwise, brain gain 📈 risks becoming waste, strain and drain📉. Co-authored with Mo Al-Haddad. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-... #IMG #NHS #MedEd

Brain gain, waste, strain, and drain: international medical graduates after UK medical training legislation

Jun Jie Lim and Mo Al-Haddad argue that credible career pathways for international medical graduates must be maintained after legislation to prioritise UK graduates for specialty training The UK’s M...

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Recent legislation prioritises UK medical graduates for training. If the NHS continues to recruit IMGs for service delivery while limiting their access to training, it has the potential to lead to a cycle of brain gain, waste, strain, and drain, argues Analysis

Brain gain, waste, strain, and drain: international medical graduates after UK medical training legislation

Jun Jie Lim and Mo Al-Haddad argue that credible career pathways for international medical graduates must be maintained after legislation to prioritise UK graduates for specialty training The UK’s M...

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How can psychiatry have competition ratios >20:1 and still struggle with consultant vacancies? In our new #BJPsych Feature, we argue that the challenge is no longer simply recruitment, but retention. The real question is: How many stay, progress and thrive❓ #Psychiatry #NHS @rcpsych.bsky.social

New paper in Medical Teacher led by Anaïs Deere 🎉 We found promising benefits of student-led OSCEs for confidence, preparedness, and educational skills, alongside important gaps! 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0142... #MedEd #OSCE #MedicalTeacher #AMEE #Assessment @uclmedsci.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk #medtwitter

Student-led Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs): A scoping review

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are widely used in undergraduate health professions education, but delivery of formative OSCEs is constrained by increasing student numbers and li...

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📝 New paper in Medical Teacher 🤔 How do simulated patients make judgments in high-stakes OSCEs? doi.org/10.1080/0142... Our realist evaluation shows that judgment isn’t just “rater error”, but is shaped by training, role positioning, assessment design, and fatigue. #UKMLA #MedEd #OSCE

⚠️The clinical academic pipeline is at risk - why are fewer med students intercalating❔ 💸 Cost-of-living crisis deters many 📉 Removal of application points cuts motivation New in @bmc.springernature.com BMC #MedEd 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Understanding medical students’ intercalation decisions to preserve the clinical academic pipeline: a mixed-method survey - BMC Medical Education

Introduction Clinical academics are pivotal in advancing innovations by integrating clinical practice with education and research. The clinical academic workforce in the UK has struggled with a persis...

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🌎 How do we prepare clinicians for a global healthcare system? Our new paper shares 9 practical tips for building global learning networks across borders: 🌐 designing global curricula 🤝 fostering international collaboration 🧑‍🎓 developing culturally competent learners #Meded #HPE #Medicine

Have you heard of sequential OSCEs❓ With UKMLA rollout, many medical schools now use sequential formats — but we know surprisingly little about how students experience them 🤔⁉️ Open access @BioMedCentral: doi.org/10.1186/s129... #MedEd #UKMLA #OSCE

Understanding students’ self-efficacy and motivation in sequential OSCE: a qualitative study - BMC Medical Education

Background With the introduction of the UK Medical Licensing Assessment (UKMLA), many medical schools have adopted a sequential Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format to evaluate clin...

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🚨 Should med students be trained in US-guided cannulation? A structured final-year course achieved a 98% pass rate, 84% full proficiency, improved FY1 preparedness, better patient safety & less senior reliance - Standardised US training works! 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tct.... @asmeofficial.bsky.social

A Structured Ultrasound‐Guided Cannulation Course to Prepare Medical Students for Foundation Training

Background Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation (US-PIVC) is a critical skill for resident doctors, yet standardised ultrasound training remains inconsistent in undergraduate medical.....

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🚨 Big change to IMT 2026: applicants who apply only to IMT will now get +5 shortlisting points 🥼Trainees are worried about: • Job insecurity; Forced risk-taking; Borderline scores; Fairness; IMGs Read the letter here: tinyurl.com/7nm9f84z 🤔Should other specialties emulate?

Five marks for commitment: implications of the sole-application rule for Internal Medicine Training

The National Health Service (NHS) England amended the Internal Medicine Training (IMT) shortlisting matrix on 18 September 2025, introducing five additiona

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"My mentor was like my fairy godmother." 🧚 ✨ 🆕 Paper 👉 “Peer Mentoring as a Community of Practice 👬” published in The Clinical Teacher - @asmeofficial.bsky.social Using CoP, we found: 💭 Shared purpose 🤝 Collaboration 🗣️ Open communication... is 🔑 to belonging doi.org/10.1111/tct.... #MedEd

Peer Mentoring as a Community of Practice in Medical Education

Background First-year medical students often face significant challenges adjusting to the demands of medical school. Although the benefits of peer mentoring are well documented, less is understood a...

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