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Medical student syndrome

Medical student syndrome

FromSharp Scratch


Medical student syndrome

FromSharp Scratch

ratings:
Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Oct 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As you sit in a lecture, listening to the symptoms of a rare medical condition - have you convinced yourself that you have it? You might have medical student syndrome.

This week the panel are joined by Simon Wessely as they discuss health anxieties at medical school, and why so many medical students convince themselves they have the disease they are studying.

Article mentioned by Anna during the episode : https://pmj.bmj.com/content/96/1139/575.full
Released:
Oct 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Students and young medics need to learn a lot to become good doctors - we're here to talk about the things that medical school doesn't teach you. Brought to you by BMJ student.