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Medicine in Society Guide 2024/25

4. Preparing for placement - Student and Tutor guidance

4.1. Student Checklist

Welcome to MedSoc!

Please watch this video put together by recent QMUL students to help you prepare for placement.


To ensure that you are ready to start the placement and access all the resources that you may need please ensure you have reviewed the relevant checklist. 

Before placement starts: 

  1. Join a medical defence union, e.g., MPS or MDU, Student membership is free.  See the links below.

www.medicalprotection.org/uk/join/medical-student

www.themdu.com/join-mdu/medical-student

  1. Familiarise yourself with the Medicine in Society Course guide 2024/25, and review the pre-reading and resources for Day 1.

  2. Read introductory email from GP tutor with details of Day 1  

  3. Please review our raising concerns policy for students and tutors via this link 

On Day 1  
 

  1. Read and sign the student learning agreement (SLA)  - This can be found in the Medicine in Society section on QMPlus 
     

  1. Agree group ground rules, routes for contact (email, WhatsApp etc) and reporting absences (any absences must be reported to your GP tutor and to QMUL via form on QMplus)   

If you have any queries, or difficulty in accessing any specific resources, please ask your peers, GP tutor or module administrator/convenors as appropriate.