Bringing together African and Caribbean medics at the University of Cambridge.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Past Events
30th January 2023 - 3rd February 2023
Time: 19.00 - 20.00 each day
The long-awaited Racial Justice in Medicine Week here to grace your screens
Location: Online
Sign-up link: http://tinyurl.com/RJIMweek
Sunday 29th January 2023
Time: 18.30 - 20.30
Start the year off with games, pizza & music!
Location: Iris Bar, Newnham College, CB3 9DF
Tuesday 24th January 2023
Time: 18.30
ECG and acute coronary syndrome seminar led by Dr. Savage!
Location: Zoom https://zoom.us/j/95811171150
Meeting ID: 958 1117 1150
Y2 Academic Sessions
Y2 ACADEMIC SESSIONS
Michaelmas Week 8 2022
Revision sessions & general academic tips sessions for Part IB MST students - they will be split by module!
Location: Zoom
ORBITAL ANATOMY
Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Academic session targeted for IB students (but any year can come) to learn more about orbital anatomy!
Location: Zoom
LIP LACERATION WORKSHOP
Friday 4th November 2022
A brilliant opportunity to learn maxillofacial suturing techniques!
Location: SR10, School of Clinical Medicine
More details have come through the mailing list
CBMS FAMILY MEET
28th October 2022
A chance to catch up with or meet your CBMS family!
Free pizza provided!
Location: Wolfson Room, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, CB3 0BU
MEDSOC FRESHERS' FAIR
Medsoc Freshers' Fair
13th October 2022
Join us at the 2022 Medsoc Freshers' Fair at Downing Place United Reform Church!
Downing St., Cambridge CB2 3EL
Black Doctors in Leadership
5th March 2022
We will be discussing leadership in the NHS, with a panel of black medics in positions of leadership, management and/or policymaking. We feel this is an important topic and pertinent to our roles as current and future doctors.
We have some fantastic panellists lined up – keep an eye out on the
socials for panellist announcements soon!
What's Your (Blood) Type?
19th February 2022
The NHS desperately needs more BAME donors. Those in need of blood benefit from donations from blood donors from a similar ethnic background, and some rare blood types are only found within BAME communities! Stem cell donations are also extremely important.
So come along to the SU to learn more about blood and stem cell donation from NHSBT and Anthony Nolan. You'll even be able to learn your own blood type (it just takes a finger prick!).
If getting the chance to learn how you could save up to three lives every time you donate wasn't enough, free food will be provided courtesy of Tiffin Truck!
Racial Justice & Health Week
15th - 19th February 2022
In collaboration with Cambridge SU BME Campaign and Doctors for All, Cambridge Black Medics Society is excited to be putting on a week of talk and workshops themed around racial injustice in health:
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Mental Health and Race - Discussions include the impact of Islamophobia and mental health in different ethnic communities in Malaysia.
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Traveller Health
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Abolition and the Securitisation of Health - Dr Kavian Kulasabanathan will be discussing the impact of policing on the health of minority groups.
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What's Your (Blood) Type? - Visit the SU lounge to find out your blood type and register for blood and stem cell donation (+ free food!).
Health for All launch event
27th January 2022
Health for All is a new University of Cambridge initiative that brings faculty and students together with the vision to work collectively to improve health and social justice through medical education.
The event will be marked by a series of short talks produced by students and faculty on the connectedness of social justice and medicine, followed by an introduction to Health for All (including details on how you can get involved) and a Q&A panel.
'A Thinking Approach to Learning Clinical Medicine' - webinar
4th November 2021
Final year student Daniel Oluboyede will be hosting a webinar, where he will be addressing a number of best practices for learning clinical medicine for exams and beyond, utilising his experience of the Cambridge Clinical School and USMLEs. This would be particularly useful for CBMS members in the first year of clinical school, but will also be of value to students in Years 3-5/CGC years 1-3.
Preparing For Tripos
19th April 2021
Our second event looked at how best to prepare for Tripos examinations for first year students. Please contact us for the recordings!
Part II Options Evening
16th April 2021
Our first event of 2021! Aimed at second years who are about to choose their options for third year, with speakers representing subjects ranging from Astrophysics, HSPS, Psychology, Bioinformatics, and more. The session was recorded so please contact us by messaging the page for the recording if you would like it!
Thank you Isaac Akinduro and President Oliver Moodie !
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Black doctors in Medicine
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1st December 2020
Cambridge Black Medics Society are pleased to announce our first networking event with Imperial College African Caribbean Medical Network “Black Doctors in Medicine". We have talks lined up from doctors in various specialties (including MedTech, anaesthetics, plastics, global health and more!) and a Q&A session at the end.
This will be an amazing opportunity to learn more about different specialties, find a mentor, and gain contacts in the fields you’re interested in.
A Stroke of Luck in a Challenging Time: An Evening with Dr Laura Benjamin
11th November 2020
As the only Black senior registrar in neurology at University College London Hospital, Dr Benjamin has faced many an obstacle in her career. Now, at the top of her field delivering cutting-edge research into HIV-Strokes and establishing multidisciplinary links between UK partners and Malawi, Dr Benjamin comes to Cambridge to share her do’s, don’ts and other lessons she has learned from her experiences through the British healthcare system as a Black woman.
