New term, new virus, new magazine!
Student research: surviving and thriving through lockdown
In this issue, we will be focussing on COVID and the effects it has had on research globally. We’ll also be taking a dive into what research students have been getting up to and how you can get into research as well!
Up2Date – we chat with Nathan Hancock about the impact COVID-19 has had on evidence based medicine
Leicester Research – Jakevir Shoker talks through medical education research covering virtual reality and escape rooms
Medic tips – hear from our Student Heroes about what they got up to during the COVID pandemic, featuring Syed Maqbool who provides some tips on how you too can get into research!
If you want to get involved, complete the form at the end of the e-magazine and we’ll contact you shortly!
For a compilation of this term’s e-magazine, click here
Meet the 2020 SPARKS committee!
Chatting about the newest research happening globally!
Evidence based medicine and how it has been affected by the pandemic with Nathan Hancock
0:00 Introduction
0:52 BMJ: Anosmia and loss of smell during COVID-19
4:13 BMJ: Remdesivir for severe COVID-19
6:24 In vitro research
7:23 Remdesivir and clinical practice
9:34 Research trials during COVID-19
11:00 BMJ: Dexamethasone for COVID-19
13:12 EMJ: Evidence based medicine during a pandemic
16:30 BMJ: Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests
20:19 BMJ: Immunity and vaccines
22:25 Distribution of vaccines
23:20 Vaccine safety testing
24:46 Summary
Articles mentioned:
Anosmia and loss of smell in the era of COVID-19 (Walker et al., 2020)
Dexamethasone for COVID-19: preliminary findings (BMJ, 2020)
Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis (Lisboa Bastos et al., 2020)
Remdesivir for severe COVID-19: a clinical practice guideline (BMJ, 2020)
COVID-19: Where are we on immunity and vaccines? (Mahase, 2020)
Evidence-based medicine and COVID-19: what to believe and when to change (Carley at al., 2020)
Showcasing Leicester medical students’ research!
Research into medical education and virtual reality with Jakevir Shoker
0:00 Introduction
0:48 How did you get involved in research?
1:09 Research project – using virtual reality in teaching
1:58 Results of first run
2:17 Rerun of the research project including video editing
2:56 Results of second run
3:05 Conclusion
3:18 Reflections
4:00 Research project – QR escape room
4:45 Results
5:28 Reflections
5:42 Presenting at a national conference
5:54 Getting involved in research
A student platform about what medical students are getting up to and how you can get into research!
COVID lockdown student experiences and how to get into research with Syed Maqbool
0:00 Our student COVID heroes introductions
1:22 How did you spend your lockdown?
4:15 What made you decide to get involved?
5:40 Have you gotten involved in any COVID research?
7:10 What advice do you have for freshers entering this changing world of medicine post-corona?
10:33 Getting into research
11:15 What do you want to do research in?
11:27 How do you find a research project?
12:30 What roles can medical students get involved in?
13:04 Key tips for getting into research
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Welcome to you all
Research from Leicester students
Let’s discuss COVID!
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