QUB Centre for Medical Education

Centre for Medical Education, Queen’s University Belfast - Shaping Tomorrow's Doctors with QUB

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

Congratulations to our own Professor Nigel Hart

[Queen's Staff @QUBstaff]

ICYMI:

Congratulations are in order for three of our @QUBstaff colleagues who were recognised in the New Year Honours List 2026: Professor Michael Alcorn, Sally Bridge, and Professor Nigel Hart! 👏

▶️ Read the full story here: https://t.co/Kiw98Rff2b

#LoveQUBstaff

[WAVE Trauma Centre @WAVETrauma]

Hello January!! And that means one thing, we welcome a new set of Medical Students ftom Queens University Belfast, School of Medicine & Denistry, on placement to WAVE @QUBMedEd This month they will be analysing health data in the context of trauma, interviewing clients, developing psychoeducation sheets and making oral presentations on their findings. We are so excited to chart their progress and see where this year takes us.
#Yearofgrowth2026
Or is it
#2026yearofgrowth
#traumainformed
#traumaeducated

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

We are proud to be part of a Faculty that all schools hold the Athena Swan Gold Award.

#makingadifference #gold
#workingtogether

[Queen's Staff @QUBstaff]

ICYMI:

On 16 December we @QUBelfast marked 25 years of Queen's Gender Initiative @QGI_QUB with a special event recognising Athena Swan achievements in our Schools.

📷 View the event in pictures: https://t.co/mI23Spk2iQ

#LoveQUBstaff @AdvanceHE

[Queen's Staff @QUBstaff]

"Now all four Schools within the [MHLS] Faculty have a Gold [Athena Swan] Award."

– Prof Ian Bruce, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, on the success of the @MHLSQUB Faculty's work to advance gender equality.

#LoveQUBstaff #LoveQUB @QGI_QUB @AdvanceHE

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

One of our fabulous students Cara presented her poster on sustainability at the recent DEMEC conference in Birmingham.
Her topic on ‘improving medical student preparedness for the operating theatre’ supports the remit of delivering excellence in medical education.
Amazing Cara

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

4 of our fabulous students took part in the Jack Flanagan Medal (an all-Ireland inter-varsity competition ) in Geriatric Medicine at RCSI, Dublin. They competed by presenting an unseen complex geriatric medical case and answering questions.
Well done Jenny, Rachel, Ellen & James

[Queen's Staff @QUBstaff]

Our staff and students in @QUBMedEd pulled out all the stops in their annual Big Sing yesterday! Lovely to see our QUB community coming together in this way 🤩. See the QUBMedEd channel below for more clips!

#LoveQUBstaff #LoveQUB

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

And of course….adding some style…the Christmas Belles…

#bigsing

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

….and of course we had ‘celebrities’ performing…in their usual, formidable…. ‘style’

….ahem!

See if you can spot anyone you know…

#bigsing

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

O Holy Night

#bigsing

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

How amazing are our student and staff performing at our annual Big Sing and supporting @MSF_uk

[Sinead Doherty @McgeeSinead]

#mededwest Education Centres supported @WesternHSCTrust to host a careers event for Year 13 students across the Trust highlighting the diversity available for a career in medicine.
💉is medicine for me??
@QUBelfast @UlsterUniMed @_NIMDTA

[Sinead Doherty @McgeeSinead]

#MedEdWest QUB final years getting prepared for the annual event of the handing over of the Bleep!! Learning how to use a bleep and prioritise workload for the “On Call Shift” 😬
Time to pass the baton 👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️💉
✅ Patient safety
@QUBMedEd @WesternHSCTrust

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

Congratulations to our fantastic student Izieduwa who was a winner of the Pathological Society Undergraduate Essay Competition 2025.
Her essay title ‘Will AI replace histopathology in the future?’
It was noted she had exceptional insight, clarity and understanding on the subject

[Holy Child Primary School & Nursery Unit, Belfast @HolyChildPSBel]

P6 are learning about their bodies with help from their QUB medical students as part of the Medics in Schools Programme. 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

#SharingCaringLearning @QUBelfast @QUBMedEd

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

Welcome to our brand new Y1 medical students.

We are proud to welcome you to Medicine and your future careers. We hope you are excited as much as we are. 🩺
#qubmed #lovequb #yourfuturestartshere

[QUB Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences @QUB_SMDBS]

A warm welcome to all new and returning students in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences as the new term begins 🎓

Wishing you every success this year!

#LoveQUB

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

It’s the final year for our new Y5s. Welcome back and we are so excited to support you through your last year of study.
One final push and this time next year you will be out in the wards making us proud as new F1s 🩺

#qubmed #lovequb #Y5 #finalyear

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

Welcome back to our Y3 students.

This is the start of your clinical placement years. We hope you enjoy every second and the variety of what each placement has to offer.
The skills you have gained in Y1 & Y2 will be put to the test 🩺

#qubmed #lovequb #Y3

[QUB Centre for Medical Education @QUBMedEd]

Welcome back to our new Y4 students.

Pillar week has started and the journey continues.

#proud #newacademicyear #qubmed #lovequb
#Y4 #welcomeback #drsoftomorrow