Medical Program (MChD) Student Support Staff
Year Coordinators
Phase 2 Medical Advisors
(post currently vacant)
Medical advisors are doctors who are able to provide assistance and advice about issues specific to medicine that are impacting on your mental wellbeing. These issues can include but are not limited to:
- Dealing with disease and death.
- Managing compassion fatigue.
- Dealing with the stresses that can come from working within a clinical environment.
- Note:
- Medical advisors will not provide help for academic issues, these should be referred to your year Coordinator.
- Medical advisors will not become long-term therapists and should refer students on to either a General Practitioner, Student Counselling Services or the Student Health Service.
Other support queries
For any other queries or if you feel that the support provided has not quite addressed your concerns, you may want to contact Dr Nicky Schembri, who Chairs the Student Welfare Committee, to either help you directly or point you in the right direction where is best to seek help that is most appropriate to your needs.
Escalating support requests
If you need support please reach out to the appropriate person. If you need to escalate an issue, kindly use the flowcharts below to determine the correct person to contact.
Spiritual & Wellbeing support
Phase 2 Academic & educational support
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