University of Buckingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

If you are still looking to apply for , contact us today – we have places available on our January 2025 entry MB ChB programme and would love to hear from you. We do not require UCAT.

Apply directly: https://buff.ly/41U3t7N or call us on +44 (0) 1280 820299.

🤞 🍀 🌟 Good luck to all of you awaiting your A-level results tomorrow!

Our dedicated Admissions Team would love to answer any questions you may have. Visit buff.ly/2Ac5zGR to learn more.

A delegation of senior management from The University of Buckingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and International Office had a pleasure of visiting The Embassy of State of Kuwait Cultural Office (KCO) in London last week, to strengthen our existing collaboration and discuss future opportunities.

Prof Joanne Harris (Dean), Prof Joanne Selway (Phase 1 Lead, Unit Lead and Reader), Prof Jacqueline O’Dowd (Strategic Development and Quality Domain Lead), Mr Stephen Maden (Admissions Manager) and Mr Tino Santonocito (International Manager) represented The University of Buckingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

They were warmly greeted by Dr Abdullah Almeshal (KCO Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Cultural Counsellor and Head of Office), Dr Lina Khoulani (KCO MOHE Head of Academic and Cultural Affairs), Carolyn Kane (Head of Medical Unit-KCO MOHE), Shurouq Kabbani (Academic Advisor KCO MOHE).

We look forward to reciprocating and hosting the visit from KCO representatives on our campus soon.

Interested in studying medicine? We still have places available for our January 2025 entry on our 4.5-year MB ChB programme. We do not require UCAT. Apply directly on our website: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk

Interested in studying medicine? We still have places available for our January 2025 entry on our 4.5-year MB ChB programme. We do not require UCAT. Apply directly on our website:

MB ChB Medicine (4.5-year degree) Our MB ChB Medicine 4.5-year degree programme will train you to be a highly ethical, honest and compassionate doctor who will put the patient first.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between The University of Buckingham (Institute of Biomedical and Bioscience Research), and Sibelius Natural Products (Sibelius Ltd., based in Oxford), extending their long-term collaboration and establishing a research/working group between the two parties that will focus on the development of medicinal plants’ bioactive molecules to support metabolic health.

There are many anti-obesity and anti-diabetes drugs are already available on the market. However, these synthetic drugs have many side effects related to cardiovascular health, increased risk of GI problems, hepatotoxicity, moderate or severe kidney disease, risk of hypoglycaemia, increased blood pressure, changes in hormonal secretion, and even higher risk of weight gain.

Due to these unwanted side effects, plant-based medicines and their bioactive molecules could represent a safe and efficient alternative for the development of new compounds as treatment of ‘diabesity’.

The established research/working group will make efforts to identify active medicinal plants and/or other NPs used in traditional medicine for the management of bodyweight gain and insulin resistance, investigating their active compounds through testing in target cells and animal models of obesity and type 2 diabetes, as well as the subsequent clinical development of these materials as potential alternative treatments for metabolic diseases. Moreover, our collaboration will offer new avenues for plant-based drug discovery for other low-grade and oxidative stress-related diseases.

About the Clore Laboratory (Institute of Biomedical and Bioscience Research):

With a scientific research output of over 200 peer reviewed scientific publications and a track record in drug discovery, including obesity, and insulin sensitiser drugs, the Clore biomedical research group is internationally recognised in metabolic diseases, and other inflammation, and oxidative stress related diseases, with very strong expertise in in vitro, in vivo, and ex-vivo techniques.

The Laboratory research focus is encompassed by three themes combining basic research, drug discovery and pre-clinical expertise. The laboratory research interests are orientated towards drug discovery, particularly Natural Products (NPs) for diabetes and bodyweight management, by the identification and isolation of their bioactive molecules, the screening of their mechanism of action in target cells, and the investigation of their health benefits on whole body physiology.

With a long-standing academic, clinical, and pharmaceutical collaborations, the group is translating the key research themes into clinical studies and ultimately therapeutics.

About Sibelius Natural Products:

Sibelius’ mission is to increase people’s health span and wellbeing by unlocking the potential of natural products by developing branded, scientifically evidenced and clinically proven natural ingredients for healthy ageing. The company uses its patented ChronoscreenTM platform to screen natural products to identify sources with robust biological activity to develop ingredients to serve the dietary supplements market.

After the successful sale of their product Sibelius™ : Sage, an aqueous ethanol extract of sage (Salvia officinalis) with clinical data supporting cognitive performance benefits in older adults, Sibelius looks to the future as they turn to develop the next-generation ingredients in their portfolio.

To learn more about Sibelius Natural Products, visit https://buff.ly/4c9FuVQ

Do you support someone living with an inherited sight loss condition? Book your free place for the Retina UK CPD-accredited Professionals’ Conference on Friday, 27 September in Manchester or online https://buff.ly/3SomITA.

Recently at The University of Buckingham we had our Phase 1 Staff Training Day lead by Jo Selway and Jo Harris, in which all staff are tasked with various team and individual exercises, such as our microaggression awareness workshop.

Our staff fully engaged and produced some incredibly insightful perspectives from our team members enhancing the inclusivity and understanding in our team.

📅 Upcoming virtual taster reminder: Thursday, 18 July, 12:00-14:00 BST.

Are you involved in Clinical and Healthcare education? We are offering a range of internationally competitive short courses, Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and postgraduate degree programmes in Medical Education.

We are delighted to invite you to this interactive taster session of our courses.
The session will include brief discussion of our courses, multiple individual and group activities as well as many opportunities of questions and answers.

Register to attend here: https://buff.ly/4bkmNyb

📅 Upcoming virtual taster: Thursday, 18 July, 12:00-14:00 BST.

Are you involved in Clinical and Healthcare education? We are offering a range of internationally competitive short courses, Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and postgraduate degree programmes in Medical Education.

We are delighted to invite you to this interactive taster session of our courses.
The session will include brief discussion of our courses, multiple individual and group activities as well as many opportunities of questions and answers.

Register to attend here: https://buff.ly/4bkmNyb

Last week we had a pleasure to welcome students from Stowe School at The University of Buckingham Medical School.

We showed them around our beautiful campus and gave them a tour of our medical school. They also had a chance to chat to our student ambassadors and experience a clinical skills session with Dr. Shazia Iqbal.

🙌 We would like to introduce Dr. Sasi Shanmugam Senga, one of our guest lecturers at the Medical School at The University of Buckingham.

Dr. S. Senga is a Neurosurgical Oncologist with Masters in Neuroscience, Masters in Cancer & Therapeutics, and specialist training in cancer research from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Barts Cancer Institute.

He is a UK Commonwealth Scholar and an Oxford Clarendon Scholar and Excellence award/Top Honours award recipient from the Harvard Medical School. He has also authored a few books on cancer, and received commendation from the Royal Society for the top cited article ‘Hallmarks of cancer - the new testament’ and his current research involves furthering the understanding of one of the hallmarks.

Dr. Sasi Shanmugam Senga runs a cancer foundation for the underprivileged in two countries in memory of his mother Kalavathi who passed away due to cancer.

He is delivering lectures to our medical students in June 2024.

We are delighted to announce that in a recent study published by BioMed Central Medical Education, it has been shown that 100% of students stated they are likely to remain within medicine after studying our curriculum at The University of Buckingham.

We are incredibly proud of improving medicine for future generations of medical students to come.

For more information - check out this article:
The role of medical schools in UK students’ career intentions: findings from the AIMS study | BMC Medical Education | Full Text (biomedcentral.com): https://buff.ly/4aW8MGU

🙌 We would like to introduce Dr. Alexander Mitchell, one of our guest lecturers at the Medical School at The University of Buckingham

Dr. Mitchell completed his medical training at Imperial College in London, before Foundation Training in Oxfordshire.

He spent a year as one of the original Clinical Educators at University of Buckingham Medical School, facilitating the 1st cohort of Buckingham medical students.

Dr. Mitchell has subsequently completed Ophthalmology speciality training in the West Midlands, and is currently working as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

Dr. Mitchell’s subspeciality interests are Oculoplastic and Paediatric Ophthalmology.

He will be delivering a lecture for the Head & Neck unit on 25 May 2024.

🙌 We would like to introduce Dr. Jack Wellington, MBBCh (Hons) MSc (LSHTM) FGMS FRSA, one of our guest lecturers at the University of Buckingham Medical School.

Dr. Wellington completed his medical degree at Cardiff University, where he finished within the top 10% of his cohort, awarding Honours status as a result (WHICH RESULTED IN AN AWARD OF HONOURS STATUS). Dr. Wellington intercalated at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for MSc in Medical Microbiology and undertook his neurosurgical elective at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Wellington is extremely eager to pursue a career in academic neurosurgery, where he has accepted an incredibly competitive Specialised/Academic Foundation Programme (SFP/AFP) at the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery, securing both vascular surgery and neurosurgery posts.

Dr. Wellington has an exceptionally prolific academic profile, where in his pursuit of academic/surgical success as an undergraduate, he was appointed to a diverse range of leadership positions comprising the Co-Director of the Abdulrauf University of Neurosurgery Research Institute, the Royal Society of Medicine Student Section’s Academic Chair, the founding Walter E. Dandy Neurosurgical Society UK Student Club's Vice President, and the past president of the Cardiff University Research Society (CUReS), among others.

Alongside his current duties, Dr. Wellington has dedicated plentiful time to his research endeavours through these roles which have facilitated experience in both clinical and surgical academia. Mr. Wellington has ascertained over 100 articles concerning neurosurgical practice, topical global/public health issues, neurology, and neuropsychiatry. Additionally, he has currently undertaken more than 10 oral presentations and more than 30 poster presentations at national/international conferences alongside being a research advisor, editor, and writer in global committees dedicated to advancing clinical/surgical research advocacy.

Moreover, Dr. Wellington dedicates his spare time to improving medical and surgical education internationally, having guest lectured and providing tutelage to the next generation of aspiring surgeons and clinicians through national mentoring initiatives and widening access to pursuing careers in medicine. In addition to his extracurricular pursuits, Dr. Wellington has attained international fellowship status at the Royal Society of Arts and the Guild of Musicians and Singers as an avid violinist, violist, pianist, and organist.

Dr. Wellington hopes to attain a DTM&H for clinical practice globally and achieve a Ph.D. in Clinical Neurosciences.

He will be delivering lectures for the Nervous System unit on 23 May and 27 June 2024.

⏰ We have four vacancies available at The University of Buckingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - all on a 6-month, fixed term contract basis:

•Project Manager: https://buff.ly/3WvWiSF
•Project Administrator: https://buff.ly/3WtwcQc
•Project Support Officer: https://buff.ly/4bnm3J0
•Communications and Stakeholder Manager: https://buff.ly/3JPpkF9

Each team member will be contributing to an innovative initiative, that brings together experts in medical education to collaboratively design a prototype curriculum for an accelerated 4-year medical programme. Team members will actively contribute to measurable outcomes and play a vital role in ensuring the efficient ex*****on of tasks, within a 6-month timeframe.

📅 Application deadline is 10 May 2024.

We look forward to you joining our team!

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Reflecting on last week’s Major Incident simulation, Dr. Shazia Iqbal shares:

“The organization and ex*****on of the major incident simulation event were commendable, exemplifying the university’s commitment to fostering practical skills and preparing students for real-world challenges”.

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Here are some photos from the Anaesthetics and Perioperative Medicine SSC at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Our medical students doing an acute pain ward round at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🙌 Upcoming webinar: Join Dr Shazia Iqbal online as she explores how AI can be utilised for effective learning in the medical industry.
📅 Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 11:00-12:00 BST
📝 Register here: https://buff.ly/4b0CKu1

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Today we have triage, communication and table top exercises to prepare for the high fidelity simulation at the Buckingham campus tomorrow!

Lots of learning and fun for staff and students across our LEPs.

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What exciting two weeks it have been - a group of our Year 3 medical students undertook their SSC in Clinical Innovation and Enterprise!

After 9 days of talks, team-building exercises and lots of activities and presentations by staff and students, five teams of students pitched their proposed apps to solve clinical problems to “Buckingham Angels” last Thursday in Buckinghamshire Health Research & Innovation Centre..

Thank you for everyone’s involvement and hard work in making this SSC such a success! Special thanks to

Nigel Adams: https://buff.ly/4aXKH3z
Buckingham Enterprise and Innovation Unit: https://buff.ly/4bj2hhP
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: https://buff.ly/3UpO77E
Buckinghamshire Health Research & Innovation Centre: https://buff.ly/3Uksaa5
Rose Heathcote: https://buff.ly/3JNDFBX
Ryan Kernstein: https://buff.ly/3U2dduM
Simon Dodds: https://buff.ly/3wokdIX
Stefan Hudson: https://buff.ly/3wg2L9D
Shouny Shanty: https://buff.ly/3QqnqyO
Chris Cleaver: https://buff.ly/3wg3BmI
Oliver Pearce: https://buff.ly/3Qq1CTD
Roger Flint: https://buff.ly/3QoWOhv
David Reilly: https://buff.ly/3JG0W8X
Luca Turin:
Hongbo Du: https://buff.ly/3JGOPIN
Abdallah Jaber https://buff.ly/3UuKbCW
James Attree
Jordan Legg https://buff.ly/3wjPMnl
Raghuv Bhasin https://buff.ly/3UlCiiX
Reshma Tailor https://buff.ly/3Qq1Bzi
James Viner https://buff.ly/3wfozSK

We are excited to share some of the photos taken yesterday during Major Incident clinical skills training for Year 3 MB ChB students.

The actual training event will take place on Thursday, 02 May, at Ford Meadow Sports Field.

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📅 Crewe Summer Ball - Free for all Students and Staff! 🥂 🕺 💃

🗺️ The Hub, Friday, 10 May 2024, 8:00 PM - till late

We look forward to seeing you there!

The University of Buckingham

We have a vacancy for a maternity cover post for a Senior Academic Teaching Fellow based at our Buckingham campus.

Senior Academic Teaching Fellow (Maternity Cover) | The University of Buckingham Careers:

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