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way, way. Wow, We have, um so much more to do. But the work that michael and colleagues are leading is just incredible. We're going to swiftly on to our next speaker, who we have live with us here today is, uh, Doctor Jacob again Fine. Who is the ah, finder and director at the Amazing Terms Organization. He's going to share a little bit with you of that incredible organization on the work that they are doing to make sure that every medical student is on an equal fitting. He is, as described by someone I saw on Twitter this week as a widening participation here or genius. I can't remember which description it was, but we're really honored to have Jacob with us today at Jacob was going to bring you on screen alongside me on diffuse happy Teo to share your slides and present we can't wait to hear. And what you have to, uh, send us today. Thank you for joining us. I see. If you just want to head back to par point, Jacob, then, uh will be in full screen. Perfect. Yeah, that's great. Perfect one before. Thank you so much. Everyone who really really appreciate it. A massive thank you to the medical team for this amazing, amazing opportunity on. I would just get straight into our talk for today, which is put in every medical students on an equal footing. Put in every medical students on an equal footing on, I thought The best person for you to meet is Lauren. Lauren is a 16 year old lady who have a non um 10. A stars at recess she's on was wanting to become a doctor. She was brought up in a single parent household from a social, economically disadvantaged background. Her parents were immigrants from Nigeria on this was the context as to which we found herself. Lettuce in had been described as an elitist profession for the upper class back when she was wanting to apply. At that moment in time, the BMA had found that 20% off secondary schools in the UK provided 80% of all applicants to medicine, though there was increased in diversity in but ethnicity as well as jet age. In terms of diversity, there continued to be minimum improvement in social diversity. On finally, we found a year later, that report found the only 4% off doctors came from working class backgrounds on this was the context is two, which she was applying to medical school on with a lot of hard working. With a lot of support, we have been able to support a number off. Students at a level stage secure their dream positions in getting into medical school. Many students like Lauren, who are pictured hair who face a number off social barriers and number economic barriers. A number of barriers that essentially meant that they were not on equal footing even before applying to medical school a number of barriers which we have continued to address as the spiral medics support, which is a registered community interest company along with the work which we have been doing with other wide in an access medical societies, along with the work off the BMA as well. But one thing that we have found is that in terms of what I will be talking today is that although these students faced a number off challenges before applying to medical school, the reality is that if we are to put every single medical students on an equal footing, we must really realize that simply getting them into medical school is the beginning off a journey as so when they first get there offers. And that's the one they first, you know, complete there a levels and now begin their first day off medical school. The economic and the social barriers that they face do not simply disappear on. This is some of the things that we have been trying to address as unorganised a shin fact that ethnic minority medical graduates in the UK have to put five times higher odds off a day and exams compared to their white peers. Medical students from working class backgrounds are more likely to work a part time job in order to meet their financial needs. This means if they are working as a healthcare assistant last balance in their studies, they're less likely to take up there in Richard opportunity, such as research opportunities or quality improvement opportunities that are going to see to their personal and professional development. Additionally, we know that there is a lack off being the staff within medical schools, and a number of the students have reported difficulty fitted in and racial stereotyping on the massive working. This has been done by the British Medical Journal. We know that medical students from working class background I less likely to have the necessary social capital to promote their personal on their professional development social capital, meaning access to doctors within their network. Access to recherche is within their networks that they can leverage on utilize for the Ford in off their career aspirations. So simply get in these medical students into getting the students into medical school is simply not enough. If we have to put every single medical students on the equal footing on this is why at their spiral Medic support, we have pushed away from white and access into widening participation. Why didn't access face is so much in the hurdles? That's simply that the students are facing to get into medical school. But why, then, in participation focuses on keeping these medical students at medical school. It focuses on ensure and that they fry. It focuses insurance that their social economic barriers and the social economic conditions as to which they found themselves in medical school does not hinder their ability to pursue any medical specialties off there. Like in the speaker. Before I spoke of sweats, Uh, PSA about you know, the fact that the challenges you associate it with pursuing, ah, more competitive specialty, that being some of the surgical specialties. And we do not want the social economic context off our students to be a barrier for that on what has bean are contribution thus far, Time is limited. But what we have focused on the US far is creating a community. We have focused on the investment both in social capital and eventually the economic capital off the students, no, only do we reach out to these schools. That's what we have had the privilege off, reaching out to 500 students and hosting them at our flagship careers event, which is our spirt medics, days with weapons with 100 different schools. We've been taken these students on for our mentoring program. But we believe that not only is that enough that when the students are now successfully attain and places at medical schools as to which they would have never dreamed off because of their social economic background is not enough to simply leave them there. But we need to create a community that will see them fries, not only undergraduate level. But beyond the remain off today's talk, you know that they restore the French attainment, even a prescribed it level between doctors of working class and their counterparts. We want to create community that will see through the student right from the tender age off secondary school for out their medical career, such that they are truly on an equal footing with their counterparts and our impacts. Dust far has bean kelated an impact report which I would absolutely love for you to read. There is a two are code that our leave here for your benefits on One thing that we have seen on seen a true impact for for medical students from working class backgrounds is creating a community that sees to their personal and professional development. You will see in this impact reports that we have created a community that provides talks on financial literacy as we know that these are things are often not speaking about in medical school, even in the university and setting due to a number of limitations that we have discussed in previous times, we have provided talks on career workshops. We have provided talks on different specialties as to how to navigate, you know, tax credits and as navigate the social economic challenges to getting access onto particular courses that are going to flourish on Belich your portfolio. So we've created a A number off tail and resources for students who are from socially economically disadvantaged background to truly see that they are put on an equal footing with their counterparts. And we would love for you to have a read of this document and reach up with us on Connect. So in shorts, really my choice today and my my energy for everyone today is to understand that it is not enough simply to get medical students students into medical school. But what we must be looking for on pushing for a C. And then Friday, we must close the differential attainment gap, which we have seen for years. We must continue to invest into students. You must continue to on pick and unravel the problem that students are facing both in terms of their personal on their professional students, and we must adopt a two pronged approach is to which we are really champion at times, not only helping these students gets into medical school, not only helping them in terms off there. You cattle in terms of their be matter and other elements of the applicant application process that we know students from being the background of students from economically disadvantaged background, less likely to thrive on. But we must also ensure that there is another product approach where, by when the students do you get into medical school, we are really investing both economically on socially into their capital to really see to them being put equal footing. I wanted to keep today's short and sweet such that we can have a time for questions and answers and such that we can also have it begin more of the conversation and continue that conversation. But I would love for you to connect with us on our various social media platforms and supports in the work that we are doing. If there are any suggestions, or if you have any critiques for the work that we do or that we contribute in terms of the wire, the region aims that we have a national platform working with the different stakeholders to really wide in participation. We would love to hear from you. Thank you so much and I hope that you have enjoyed this short talk from on behalf of the Spiral medics support. Thank you so much for sharing a little bit about your incredible work, Doctor. In time, we are so grateful for you joining us. We probably got time for one question. And if I can prioritize one from the audience, I would really love to be able to do that. So if there is anyone in the audience who would like to ask questions, please do pop it in the chat box and we will prove it. And from my perspective, where do you Where do you Where do you see the next kind of five years in whitening participation? What? What do we need to be doing as ah, professional? Uh um a society really kind of optimize this because it's it's such an important part off your role of viral of everyone. Xarelto, make sure this is a real focused. But what do you think are the big things with the next five years? That and that can really make an impact. Yeah, I think a big thing that I am hoping to see you have been widened. Participation and I spoke about the gap, both in terms of social capital on from students who have come from independent or state state schools as compared to their counterparts that feet pay in schools. One thing that we know is that what we can do is grass roots organizations is feed into social capital leverage. Our social networks get doctors as well as other medical professionals in front of the students. But one thing I'm really pushing for that we need to see and be quite creative about is thinking through how we can leverage the economic capital on leverage exist in pots of money to see that these students are accessing the funds that would see to them no longer having to, you know, work three jobs at the same time as you know, conducting their medical degree on when they do have this economic capacity capital, I think they will be greater fragrant off the students toe access research opportunities which you know they will not get paid for the initial you know, a 10 initials on time. That's which they're seeking for these opportunities. But we'll see to them in the longer term being placed on equal footing with their counterparts. You have the opportunity to do so. Well, I can't hear you feel I thank you so much for, um ah, for sharing a little bit about your story today on the amazing work that you're doing. Um, we're really grateful for you joining us. They unfortunately, we have to move swiftly on, but just say massive. Thank you for joining us. Keep up with the incredible work and, um on, but I think it's, ah, fair to say, Well, really inspired by everything that you're doing. And if we can provide you with support, then we're we're all here to kind of push in the same direction. Um, thank you so much for joining us on. Got a really wonderful afternoon. Thank you. Thank you. Uh huh.