ScotGEM<\/a> is Scotland\u2019s first graduate-entry, undergraduate medical programme and is designed to develop doctors interested in a career as a GP within NHS Scotland. Training includes participating in \u2018Agents of Change\u2019 projects, which help students develop the skills required to generate change in complex healthcare systems. The first-year Agents of Change project involves a third-sector placement in which students learn how to foster productive partnerships between the NHS and the voluntary sector.<\/p>\nAt the event, third-sector, academic, and student speakers shared their perspectives on the placement process and how it benefits learners, placement organisations, and the community served by NHS Scotland. External speakers included third-sector expert and former ACOSVO CEO Pat Armstrong, OBE, and Alzheimer\u2019s Scotland Associate Executive Lead Nikki Lorimer. The event also provided attendees with a chance to discuss their experiences and ideas informally in group conversations. This was a valuable opportunity to explore means of expanding community engagement and cross-sectoral partnerships to best addressing Scotland\u2019s healthcare needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The School of Medicine\u2019s ScotGEM \u2018Agents of Change\u2019 team hosted a successful \u2018Celebrating Community Connections\u2019 event on Wednesday, 29 March. The event brought together ScotGEM students, third-sector providers, and academics to celebrate, recognise, and develop the programme\u2019s ongoing placement partnerships. ScotGEM is Scotland\u2019s first graduate-entry, undergraduate medical programme and is designed to develop doctors interested…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,14],"tags":[804,1015,1117],"class_list":["post-6014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edu","category-outreach-public-engagement","category-scotgem","tag-nhs-scotland","tag-scotgem","tag-third-sector"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 04:31:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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