10 ways medical students can use MedShr to achieve their goals. Welcome to all new medical students starting this year, and to all existing students
MedShr is the app for doctors, with over 2 million members across every clinical specialty. Designed by doctors, for doctors, MedShr fosters compliant case-based learning and knowledge sharing within an unparalleled global network.
1. Share that amazing case from placement - Medical students can often witness extraordinary cases. MedShr makes sharing these cases easy, secure and compliant. We are a GMC/HIPAA compliant app allowing you to upload clinical images, ECGs, CT scans, xrays and more. MedShr has the technology to remove patient identifying information from the photo; gain written consent in-app; and share that case to other verified healthcare profesisonals.
2. House your society on MedShr - MedShr groups are a way to grow and engage your society. Med school is full of fantastic societies which produce research, organise conferences and nurture the next experts in that field. If you have a passion and want to start a society, you can create a group on MedShr in seconds and start sharing cases. If don't see the space aviation medical school group on MedShr, start it now. See some of our best medical student groups below.
3. Learn the language of healthcare - The feeling should be familiar, you are sitting in a morning meeting and all the doctors are speaking a language you don't understand. "Shall we go see the patient with the fractured NOF and a new AKI, she's in AF on a DOAC but we can consent her in AMU now". This language isn't learned overnight and requires repeated exposure and context. MedShr enables medical students to engage with cases to learn the language of healthcare. Avoid awkward misunderstandings and blank nods by engaging in case discussion on MedShr.
4. Medical school is competitive, gain a teaching certificate - Firstly, congratulations on your next step in becoming a doctor. The process of becoming a doctor, getting a good job and working where you want to, is competitive. Your CV is key to differentiating you from your peers. Postgraduate specialty selection criteria is increasingly emphasising teaching. Use MedShr to turn your cases into a recognised teaching certificate. This can be used to demonstrate your commitment to teaching from the get-go.
5. Learning modules for your society or passion project - MedShr Learning is an easy way to create high-quality, interactive learning modules for your society. Modules are linked to your group allowing your members to easily take case learning to the next level. If your society is generating high-quality material and you want to share your modules beyond your group you can. If you want to earn revenue for your society, send an email to info@medshr.net. See a selection of our best learning modules below.
6. Network with experts - We all know that inspiring consultant or registrar going the extra mile to teach us. This network is the beginning of your professional network that will grow over time. MedShr allows you to share cases, directly message and connect with the millions of healthcare professionals on the platform. You can even directly share cases between specific users.
7. Amplify your conferences - Conferences are crucial for meeting like-minded students/doctors, understanding the latest developments and exhibiting your hard work. Use MedShr to create a group for your confernce and release material before, during and after, to amplify the effect. Easy social media sharing allows you to extend your reach off-platform to your collegaues.
8. Start recognising conditions quickly - Numbers matter in healthcare and ensuring you are exposed to 'enough' on clinical placements, is a challenge for medical schools. That is why we rotate through multiple specialties to gain experience and recognise many conditions. MedShr has nearly 2.3 million verified healthcare workers on the platform with over 40,000 case discussions in all specialties. The volume and variety can accelerate your learning so can recognise conditions easily on clinical placements.
9. Expand your knowledge beyond the curriculum - Medical school cirruculae are limited to what you need to know. Many interesting specialties are not covered at med school. If you have interests beyond the curriculum, you can explore them on MedShr. Interventional cardiology, orthopaedics, human factors are all neglected topics at medical school. Start engaging with fascinating cases in these specialties on MedShr.
10. Connect with other medical students - Clinical placements are geographically spread out and you often find your peers at a hospitals miles away. MedShr allows medical students to connect and continue learning from peers, even we are separated. If you're an aspiring surgeon, why stop growing your surgical knowledge because you're on a medical placement?
See you on MedShr!