MEDICINE

A unique insight into the realities of a career in healthcare

IgnitED Medicine Careers Mentoring Programme

From day one, participants dive into clinical skills, taking vitals, suturing, scrubbing in, and responding to simulated emergencies.

They spend time learning about the different fields of medical practice, developing clinical skills, led by healthcare professionals in simulated medical scenarios, collect live samples for a bacteriophage study, and explore how urban design impacts public health.

Alongside hands-on experience, participants explore medical pathways and key exam milestones, they tackle real-world healthcare challenges: creating sustainable systems and designing AI tools for patient care.

It all builds toward Friday’s Innovation Lab, where teams pitch bold new healthcare ideas.

Over five days, we explore medicine as a career and as a dynamic system that’s practical, ethical, environmental, and human.

Medical students practicing a simulation on a hospital dummy for training purposes.

Programme Headlines

  • A full day in medical simulation, engaging in practical scenarios with teams from different medical fields

  • Step into the world of surgery in a hands-on workshop led by a consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, you will take part in the art of gowning and gloving up, and learn two fundamental suturing techniques - Simple Interrupted and Continuous suture.

  • Experience life as an undergraduate in a higher education venue

  • Engage in practical & interactive workshops, using industry standard equipment

  • Understand medical pathways from early-career roles into progression routes

  • Enjoy a Medicine School applications masterclass, learning a clear breakdown of each step in the application process — from GCSEs and A-levels to UCAT, personal statements, interviews, and offers.

  • Learn about the range of professions across the healthcare industry

  • Meet and make new friends with others who share your aspirations toward a career in Medicine

2025 Event Programme
A young man is practicing or demonstrating a medical procedure on a mannequin in a medical training room, with other students seated at computers in the background.
Group of young people standing around a table with dental supplies, including gloves and dental tools, in a classroom or training room.
Three young girls in medical scrubs and surgical caps in a hospital operating room, preparing for a procedure, with medical equipment and monitors around them.
A dental training simulation with four students practicing dental procedures on mannequins in a clinical room with monitors and dental equipment.
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Dental students practicing root canal procedures on dental mannequins in a clinical dentistry classroom.
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A group of medical students and healthcare professionals examining a mannequin patient lying on a hospital bed in a clinical setting, with blue curtains and windows in the background.
Medical professionals in scrubs and masks preparing surgical instruments in a hospital operating room.
A dental training session with students practicing on dental models in a clinical simulation room, led by an instructor.
A medical instructor demonstrates neonatal resuscitation techniques on a baby mannequin to a group of healthcare students in a classroom setting with large windows.
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2025 Medicine Programme Mentor

Charlotte is a fith-year BMBS Candidate reading Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Exeter.

Charlotte is originally from Chichester and holds a passion for supporting aspiring medics. Charlotte is an experienced mentor who has supported aspiring medics at Bishop Luffa School and Chichester College.

Alongside her core training, Charlotte’s current area of study research includes how medical schools represent diversity in their marketing.  

Featured Organisations: Medicine

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    University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (St Richards Hospital)

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  • Surgeon

    Mr Lee Taylor MBBS (Lon), FRCS (Lon), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

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    Chichester Medical Education Centre @ St Richards Hospital

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"Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity."

— Hippocrates

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