{"id":5150,"date":"2025-07-02T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:46:57","slug":"inspiring-tomorrows-medics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/2025\/07\/02\/inspiring-tomorrows-medics\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring tomorrow\u2019s medics at PCSM\u2019s Outreach Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At a recent Outreach Day hosted by the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine<\/a> (PCSM) and <\/span>HelloFutures<\/span><\/a>, Clinical Teaching Fellow Dr Mohammed Sabbir Islam<\/a> helped local students explore life as a medic\u2014from diagnosing real NHS cases to learning from none other than Lord Robert Winston. In this blog, Dr Islam reflects on a day of sparking ambition, breaking down barriers, and planting seeds for future careers in healthcare.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine (PCSM) recently had the privilege of welcoming local year eight students for a unique outreach day at the University of Cumbria Fusehill Street campus, linked with <\/span>HelloFutures<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am someone who has directly benefited from outreach projects during my journey into medicine and it was a real pleasure to speak, as a young doctor, to kids with whom I identified.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event featured a campus tour alongside talks from myself and renowned scientist, doctor and Lord Professor Robert Winston<\/a>, Emeritius Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. The day was designed to expand horizons and encourage aspirations among young people who might not otherwise consider a future in medicine. Lord Winston shared his deep understanding and spoke passionately about the wonders of science and the impact of medicine on human lives. The students also received a glimpse, first\u2013hand, of frontline NHS care as they navigated their way through medical cases and x-ray<\/span>s. All the students now know what a FOOSH injury is\u2014a \u2018fall on an outstretch hand\u2019 injury\u2014one of the most common hand and wrist fractures.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was an honour to learn from and share the stage with Lord Winston\u2014together we were able to create a powerful narrative in combining scientific discoveries that shape medicine with real-world examples seen every day in hospitals in the language of a 13-year-old. The session emphasised teamwork, sparked curiosity and opened conversation, especially during the quiz!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is my lived experience that events like this are vital in addressing inequality, fostering ambition and improving accessibility. By seeing the PCSM facilities and engaging in real-world science \u2013 students were left with excitement and motivation heading into the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine is a collaboration between Imperial College London and University of Cumbria<\/a> designed to meet the region\u2019s needs.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This medical school collaboration combines the University of Cumbria\u2019s longstanding reputation in training healthcare professionals with Imperial College London\u2019s world-class expertise in medical education.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a recent Outreach Day hosted by the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine (PCSM) and HelloFutures, Clinical Teaching Fellow Dr Mohammed Sabbir Islam helped local students explore life as a medic\u2014from diagnosing real NHS cases to learning from none other than Lord Robert Winston. In this blog, Dr Islam reflects on a day of sparking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[662,708,200866,14860,211,279],"class_list":["post-5150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-career","tag-equality","tag-medical-school","tag-medical-student","tag-public-health","tag-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}