About this section

The Students Section’s purpose is to provide the opportunity for enthusiastic medical and dental students from across the country to meet and share experiences, opinions, activities and opportunities to learn and develop their future careers. This section is dedicated to creating a dynamic platform that connects healthcare students from all corners of the UK with their peers, as well as with esteemed healthcare professionals and industry leaders. Our team is a talented and driven group of medical students, representing over 20 universities nationwide. Together, we are committed to bringing you a diverse range of events, workshops, conferences, and resources designed to help you grow as a student, build lasting networks, that go far beyond the standard curriculum and prepare for a meaningful career in healthcare.

RSM student resources

The RSM Students Section specialty booklets for medical students, by medical students! These booklets aim to increase your knowledge of medical and surgical specialties, by providing you with exclusive content that is not readily accessible otherwise.

 

Speciality booklets

Access schemes across the UK

The Royal Society of Medicine's Student Section has created this booklet containing information on multiple widening access programmes across the UK, with the aim of helping applicants from a wide range of backgrounds apply for medicine. Download the booklet

Student-led events and webinars

The student section runs a wide variety of external events ranging from academic revision sessions, to digital health and research series. Learn more about our initiatives below:

    • We are excited to announce our new Prescribing & Safety Assessment (PSA) revision series run by the academics team! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to ace your PSA exam (recordings also available).
    • The academics team runs also runs a UKMLA revision series which will complete in December - if you missed the series, you can always access the recordings!
    • The annual Digital Health Hackathon taking place in March empowers medical students to innovate through collaboration, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial thinking to develop digital health solutions, providing a supportive environment for pitching ideas.
    • For the budding researchers, we run the Systematic Review Series starting again in 2025, which pairs select students with their own research project to work on with a supervisor.
    • Finally, we are spreading all across the UK with networking events in Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and St. Andrews - stop by to your nearest event to meet likeminded students, healthcare professionals, and industry leaders to integrate yourself into our great network!
    • The Tomorrow’s Doctors Conference, our biggest event of the year, will run on July 19th this year, stay tuned for more information

Find out more and stay updated with our events through our social media on LinkedIn or Instagram (can these please be hyperlinks with https://www.linkedin.com/company/royal-society-of-medicine-students-section/  link for LinkedIn, and https://www.instagram.com/roysocmedstudents/ for Instagram)

Section Council members

Section meetings and conferences are usually organised by members of the Section Council, led by the Section President and often in collaboration with specialist societies.

Interested in joining the Section Council?

Section Councils play a pivotal role at the RSM and we are always looking for members who would like to get involved. Section Councils play a pivotal role at the RSM and we are always looking for members who would like to get involved. The section opens applications for new student representatives to apply to the committee each summer, so keep an eye out on our social media and this website for more information.

Apply here

Miss Natalia Hara
President
Mr John Buchanan
Honorary Secretary
Miss Christina Anna Petmeza
Honorary Secretary
Mr Yousuf Yaqub
Honorary Treasurer

Upcoming student events and webinars

View all events and webinars being run by the Students Section.

There are no future events currently planned by this section

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Fellow

For working doctors and consultants (FY1 to ST8), retired doctors, and those holding senior management positions in medicine or healthcare.

Fellow

Associate

For scientists and other professionals with a proven interest (or role) in the healthcare sector, but who do not hold a medical qualification.

Associate

Student

For those studying medicine, dentistry or another healthcare-related subject, who are on their way to becoming a qualified medical or healthcare professional.

Student

Prizes and awards

Section Council members

Section meetings and conferences are usually organised by members of the Section Council, led by the Section President and often in collaboration with specialist societies.