Student articles

The BMJ Editorial Scholar 2023/2024

Junior doctors’ strike—what do medical students need to know?

Sharp Scratch episode 88: Nothing like Grey’s Anatomy

So you want to be a writer? An introduction to BMJ Student

Sharp Scratch episode 87: It’s not just you, medicine is weird

Sharp Scratch episode 86: I’m a (Phobic) Medical Student . . . Get Me Out of Here!

Apply for the 2023 BMJ Student Clegg Scholarship

What are medical doctor degree apprenticeships? A brand new route into medicine

A day in the life of a medical student in China

Sharp Scratch episode 85: everyone has an accent

Do medical schools care? Rethinking compassion within medical training

Sharp Scratch episode 84: compassionate medical schools

My top BMJ Student picks—shake it out

Sharp Scratch episode 83: students, sex work, and stigma

Meet the new editorial scholar: Charlotte Rose

Clinicians in the 21st century—caring for the people and the planet

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on medical school applicants

How to make the most out of your dermatology placement

Ten things medical students need to know about diabetes when going on placement

Health think tanks: what are they and how they shape our NHS

The NHS bursary: what am I entitled to?

Reflecting on medical school while playing Wordle

A day in the life of medical students in Lebanon

Zoe Morgan is a critical care dietitian

Time waits for no one

Tips and tricks on how to use Twitter

A guide for final year medical students: transitioning to foundation training during the covid-19 pandemic

A day in the life of a medical student from Nepal

A day in the life of a medical student from Ecuador

Wellbeing at medical school: feeling prepared

Medical specialties—the reality and the myths

“I feel like a spare part”

Teaching Careers Clinic

A history of psychiatry in 1500 words

Swooning, stereotypes, and observing a birth—the Sharp Scratch roundup

Taking BMJ investigative journalism into a new era

Patient partnership: a roundup from the BMJ patient advisory panel

Alternatives to traditional medical work experience for aspiring medical students

Covid-19: Looking back at the experiences of graduates and educators during the interim Foundation Year 1

Open your mind without leaving your sofa

A day in the life of a medical student from Portugal

BMJ Editorial Scholar

Tomorrow’s doctors, tomorrow’s leaders

Starting and running an organisation in medical school: tips from our experience

To see or not to see patients: What are your options for a non-clinical elective?

A day in the life of a medical student from Pakistan

Cautious optimism: Light at the end of the tunnel

How to make the most of your psychiatry placement

January blues: Exam season in a pandemic

Covid-19 vaccination for medical students: the grey area

Seeking inspiration at the end of a turbulent year

“You’re on mute:” How to organise a virtual medical conference

Apply for the 2021 BMJ Student Clegg Scholarship

The new normal

What can I do during an F3 year?

Continuing your medical training in the US

Siȃn Kerwin is an adult nurse

Jeannine Watkins is a physician associate

Claire Murphy is a mental health nurse

Robert Cast is an anatomical pathology technologist

Meet the new editorial scholar: Nikki Nabavi

Tracy Earley is a consultant nurse in nutrition

Hannah Grace is an art therapist

Adapting to the unexpected

How can I get involved in research as a medical student?

Sexpression:UK: the university students delivering sex and relationships education to schools

Life, learning, and medicine: advice to new medical students from a junior doctor

Covering covid-19: stories from The BMJ,’s news desk

A day in the life of a medical student from Sudan

Lade Oyeyinka is a sexual health nurse

Two new series for BMJ Student

Dress codes and skydiving: this year on Sharp Scratch

Building a portfolio for specialty applications

Illustrating your research: design basics for junior clinicians and scientists

Covid-19: the medical students responding to the pandemic

Open access journals: what you should know

What are patients and carers looking for in the OSCE?

Ten years of Geeky Medics

Covid-19: how to use your time when clinical placements are postponed

How to make the most of your anaesthetics placement

Learning under lockdown: navigating the best way to study online

Medical memes

Making the most of a palliative care experience

How to be involved in peer teaching

A career in rehabilitation medicine

Five podcasts every medical student should listen to

Meet the new editorial scholar: Anna Harvey

A career in cardiothoracic surgery

How to pass the emergency OSCE station

Improving student mental wellbeing

Growing older and wiser

The habitats of a medical student

Meet the occupational therapist: Niamh O’Flaherty

Interviews with geriatricians

A career in ear, nose, and throat surgery

A career in care of older adults

How to make the most of your care of older adults placement

Fever and tachypnoea in a child

Glasgow coma scale explained

Answering questions in clinical scenarios