In this week's episode Dr Jade Scott-Blagrove shares the story - from growing up in a one bedroom flat in Bristol, she is now a radiology trainee with a passion for supporting medical students and doctors from widening participation backgrounds.
We hear about the variety of challenges she faced from a young age - from being placed into a secondary school over an hour away from home, the difficulty of finding work experience, four rejections the first time she applied to university and the financial strain of medical school. Jade tells us how she overcame each of these obstacles and what she learnt in the process.
In 2020, Jade founded the Widening Participation Medics Network - an organisation supporting future doctors from a variety of underrepresented backgrounds. This is now a national network of 120 volunteers and 600 members. She has since co-founded RadReach with the Royal College of Radiology - to support doctors from widening participation backgrounds applying to radiology specialty training.
Where you can find Dr Jade Scott-Blagrove:
Twitter: @JadeScottB
RadReach
Widening Participation Medics Network
Where you can find Dr Radhika Thakrar:
Email: doctorradhika28@gmail.com
Instagram: @doctorradhika
Twitter: @RadhikaThakrar
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