Introduction of a Medical Student Sabbatical Post: How Can We Improve Student Experience? Olivia Macnamara, Simon Gay, Pam Hagan, Gillian Doody University of Nottingham School of Medicine

Background Changing Higher Education environment Student Outreach Coordinator Role: June 2016 Current 4th year Medical Student

Rationale National Student Survey

Rationale Lack of educational community? Source: University of Nottingham Image Bank: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/imagebank/image.php?i=5705

Rationale Student Isolation? Photo licensed under Creative Commons Zero Source: https://unsplash.com/@sweeticecreamphotography

Role Full time paid role Visiting outlying sites Information provision School committee attendance

Impact “Thanks for your information over the past few weeks – it’s been very helpful in keeping us sane!” “I think the idea to travel to residential sites so the students there can voice their concerns is a great, new idea and it's nice to see it being implemented.” “Great to see someone doing that job - it's much needed!” Thanks for your information over the past few weeks – it’s been very helpful in keeping us sane Thanks for taking the time to provide some last-minute tips for CP1. It’s much appreciated. Thank you for the so useful advice Olivia, as always, you're a great help.  Thanks! Thanks so much for clearing that up. I appreciate it!  Thanks Olivia, appreciate your support It sounds like a really useful role as its so easy to feel detached from the University when on placement Great to see someone doing that job - it's much needed! Thanks for your help, it's actually very reassuring to feel that theres someone whos driving the points home. Thanks for your thorough reply and chasing that up. I appreciate nothing can be done, but it helps to understand the reasoning behind the decisions made. I really appreciate all the time you must have put into this! No worries Olivia, thanks for all the chasing up you've been doing! Your help has been really appreciated

Impact “It sounds like a really useful role as its so easy to feel detached from the University when on placement.” “It is comforting to know that there are channels where we are able to raise these sorts of issues!” “Thanks for your help, it's actually very reassuring to feel that there’s someone who’s driving the points home.”

Next Steps Reintegration into the medical course Further interest in Medical Education Establishing the role as a continual post Continuous Improvement Programme

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