Three final-year medical students from Hughes Hall and Wolfson College present their two-month elective placement, speaking of their diverse experiences of healthcare and research - from Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge to Botswana and the Philippines:

* Shadi Basyuni
* Jodie Chalmers
* Michal Barabas

We will also be joined by the following tutors:

* Dr Martin Hadley-Brown
* Dr Jessica White
* Dr Carole Sargent

and 2nd year CGCM student
* Yuri Im

This is a FREE event for anyone who is keen to hear about the experiences of four graduate-entry medical students who recently completed their medical electives. Please see below for an explanation on medical electives for Cambridge medical students. Anyone interested in medicine and biomedical sciences, or keen to hear about a different type of travel abroad and humanitarian work, is very welcome: medics and non-medics, Hughesians and non-Hughesians alike.

There will also be refreshments, and the speakers and tutors attending this event are happy to answer any questions or join you for the formal hall afterwards.

A biomedical sciences subject area event.

Please confirm your attendance by reserving a ticket only if you are able to make it, since spaces are limited. Note that the ticket is free and does not include a ticket to the formal hall on the same evening.

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On medical electives in the Cambridge graduate course in medicine

The medical elective consists of two months of student-selected placements between the semi-final and final year of studies. Most medical students use this opportunity to explore healthcare abroad, often in developing countries. This allows them not only to offer a helping hand in an environment with limited resources, but also to encounter new patient populations, diseases and challenges they may never see in the UK. to gain extended hands-on clinical experience, and last but not least, to experience a different culture. Other students spend their electives in renowed hospitals and research laboratories in the UK and abroad to improve their medical research skills or learn novel techniques and methods in medicine and surgery. Here, we also have examples where students chose to combine these - by splitting the two-month placement in two halves and spending one half in research and one half abroad, or by conducting audits and research in the countries they visited. Our three speakers have all different stories to tell, to inspire younger medical students and others.