Who are we?

The Manchester Medical Students' Charity was setup 4 years ago by Dr Lawrence Cotter, MRI Hospital University Dean. Each year we nominate a local medically-related charity and throughout the year we hold fundraising events for Manchester medical students. Our main events are educational (revision sessions and workshops) and all students seem to find them beneficial by covering things missed from our current curriculum. We try to stray away from hosting the messy binge nights out that we're all familiar with. Instead, we host fun and fresh events that can be enjoyed by everyone. If you feel that you'd like to help with our worthwile cause, then please visit our contact page.

Our sponsored charity

This year the charity we have chosen to support is the Manchester Childrens Burns Foundation.  This charitable organization was established to support the recovery and reintegration to normal life of young burns survivors and their families.  They aim to do this through burns camps, training for staff and volunteers and funding research in order to improve the outcome of burn injuries.

Charities that we have sponsored in the past:

Our events

Our main charity activities revolve around fundraising. We host a varied range of events throughout the academic year to attract as many donations as possible.

• OSCE revision sessions

  Our famous OSCE revision sessions are hosted before every major exam for third and fourth years. These seminars are taught by senior students and junior doctors and involve a mix of presentations and practical demonstrations. It's an excellent opportunity to cram as much knowledge before the onslaught that is the OSCES!

• Curries

  We host the annual 3rd year clinical welcome curry on curry mile. This well attended event is an excellent opportunity for old 3rd years to catch up and new ones to mingle!

• Pub Quizes

  New for 2008-2009, we will be hosting pub quizzes at the infamous Robinskis in Fallowfield. We all know medics love a bit of competition, so what better way to prove your PBL-superiority than with a pub quiz?!

• Upcoming events

  Currently we are looking into these exciting new events:

  • Year 1 and Year 2 OSCEs
  • Medic's Paintballing!
  • Scottish Burns Night
  • Karoke
  • Ceilidh
  • Christmas Raffle
  • 5th Year Finals Workshop, partnered with Scalpel
  • ...and more ideas are appearing every week

About this website

This website was designed, developed and launched by Andrew Cheng, a medical student from The University of Manchester (2005-2010). He was originally President of the charity in 2008-2009 and launched the website at the end of his tenure. He had a keen interest in web development and has developed many other websites for The University of Manchester's societies. Andy is currently pursuing the long road to paediatric consultancy! To contact him please visit our contact form.