Trainee doctors to promote medical careers in primary schools

Abstract

The Medical Schools Council has teamed up with a professional educational body to gather a group of medical students and trainee doctors willing to talk to primary school children about their work. The collaboration is part of the national Primary Futures initiative (www.inspiringthefuture.org/primary-futures), which aims to broaden children’s career aspirations and reinforce the importance of learning. The initiative was developed jointly by the National Association of Head Teachers and the charity Education and Employers and launched six months ago. It has already partnered primary schools with volunteers in work, including healthcare professionals, to help children make connections between what they are learning in the classroom and their futures. In partnership with the Medical Schools Council, Primary Futures is now planning a special focus on medicine, culminating in a month of activities with medical student and trainee doctor volunteers in October this year, known as Medics Month. In November last year …