Anti-Waffle Podcast

Anti-Waffle Podcast with Dr Kath Woolf

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Episode notes

If you’re thinking about applying to medical school in the UK, but don’t know where to start looking, then this could be the podcast for you. In it Dr Kath Woolf tell us about her ongoing research, looking at who in society becomes a Doctor and who doesn’t - and why. She investigates how different medical schools prepare trainees for work in the NHS, and how that affects the type of Doctor they later become. She finds that people from underrepresented backgrounds, for example, those without family backgrounds in medicine, or with no family history in higher education at all, will receive less good information about the right choices to make when applying. Good information is crucial to maximise the opportunity of getting a place at a school that works best for their career aspirations.

At a time when medical schools have a remit and a responsibility to broaden out interest to less represented groups, and to increase diversity and representation, this is important stuff.