Get Involved in GUM by Student and Trainees association BASHH https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz Use this page to explore the diversity of a career in GUM and find opportunities to develop your portfolio. STASHH is not responsible for the content of linked sites. en-us 2023-07-31 18:00:44 UTC 2025-07-11 15:53:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/2098882165/d4539d45ace6cdb6cdc563a17f4e7580/STASHH_no_BG___text.png GUM Taster Webinars stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653697630 Watch recordings of previous talks and subscribe to hear about upcoming talks.
Get certificates for your attendance.]]> 2023-07-31 18:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653697630 Podcast stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653698870 2023-07-31 18:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653698870 Request a mentor stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653699326 Currently only available for pre-specialty doctors]]> 2023-07-31 18:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653699326 E-learning for Health stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653700620 Includes an undergraduate level pathway.]]> 2023-07-31 18:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653700620 BSIG Micro stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653702368 This site is a handy tool for pre-specialty doctors with a GUM job thanks to it's sampling guidance. If your role involves regular microscopy, ask you supervisor if you can complete microscopy competency training.]]> 2023-07-31 18:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653702368 BASHH stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653704172 BASHH are the UK professional body for GUM
- Conferences
- Membership (Free for students, £40 for pre-specialty Drs)
- Undergraduate Essay Prize (Deadline Jan each year)
]]> 2023-07-31 18:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653704172 BHIVA stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653705106 BHIVA represents professionals in HIV care.
- Conferences
- Membership - free for students, £40 pre-specialty.
- HIV event diary]]> 2023-07-31 18:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653705106 CHIVA stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653705519 Children's HIV Association
- Conferences (often free tickets available for students)]]> 2023-07-31 18:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653705519 LSHTM STIRIG stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653706912 LSHTM Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Interest Group
Often run interesting webinars - follow on Twitter to hear about events.]]> 2023-07-31 18:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653706912 GUM Training Pathway stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653708031 Read about the specialty and the training curriculum]]> 2023-07-31 18:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653708031 stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653708293 GUM and Internal Medicine Stage 2 training is 4 years and applicants must have completed Internal Medicine Training or Acute Care Common Stem]]> 2023-07-31 18:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653708293 Application Process stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653709934 2023-07-31 18:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653709934 Newsletter stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653711153 Subscribe to the STASHH newsletter to hear about upcoming GUM webinars, prizes, conferences, projects and opportunities.

]]> 2023-07-31 18:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2653711153 Volunteer stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2654355936 - Sexpression:UK - facilitate RSE workshops
- Pride events - help represent your local clinic
- SHAG - Sexual Health Awareness Group - does your uni have one?
- C-Card - condom distribution service - seeif your local provider needs support
- Conference volunteer - International AIDS Society hold the annual AIDS Conference and offer free admission to volunteers (flights not paid)
- Freedom 2 Be - Summer support camp for young people living with HIV - typically open applications in March]]> 2023-08-01 20:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2654355936 Undergraduate stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2654356767 Organise an SSC

- Contact your undergraduate sexual health lead

- Contact your local clinic

- Is there a specific topic you're interested in? A simple google scholar search will identify research in this area. If you're interested in someone's work, contact the corresponding author

- Get involved in research as a medical student - BMJ article


Electives
Chelsea & Westminster, UK
Imperial, UK

Brighton, UK

Elective Funding

Royal Society for Medicine - Deadline 31/01/24

The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - Deadline 03/01/24

Royal College of Physicians - £500 - Deadline 19/05/24


]]> 2023-08-01 20:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2654356767 Application Resources stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2660686321 IMT
IMT Recruitment Webinar 23 - JRCPTB
Interview stations and preparation - Mind the Bleep]]> 2023-08-12 17:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2660686321 Why GUM? stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2660690031 Love GUM - Watch videos from trainees, consultants and doctors whose GUM career led them to incredible leadership positions. The site also includes an overview of the GUM curriculum.

A Career in GUM - Watch this STASHH webinar on catch up to hear from current GUM doctors as they take us through the specialty application process and the reality of GUM.

BMJ Career Focus - Read about why Dr Laura Waters and Dr Simon Waters love GUM and what their job involves. (Note specific requirements of GUM training are outdated)

Top 5 reasons to choose GUM - BASHH Blog written by trainees]]> 2023-08-12 18:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2660690031 Presenting your work stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663741986 Locally:
Ask your supervisor if you can present at your department MDT or hospital audit or guideline meeting.
Present at your university
Regionally:
BASHH run regional audit meetings. Ask your supervisor if they know when the local meeting is, or could put you in touch with the BASHH regional audit meeting.
Nationally:
BASHH - GUM, UK 
  • Typically have an undergraduate oral presentation session
  • STASHH have worked with BASHH to make their conferences student and pre-specialty friendly
BHIVA - HIV, UK
CHIVA - Children living with HIV, UK
Internationally:
IAC - HIV, International
IAPAC - HIV, adherence and FastTrack Cities, International
EACS - HIV, Europe
IUSTI - STIs, International
CROI - Retroviruses and opportunistic infections

]]> 2023-08-16 18:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663741986 Become a STASHH Ambassador stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663755998 Posts are advertised each June/July via social media and newsletters.
Unfilled ambassador roles will be advertised here and filled year-round.]]> 2023-08-16 18:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663755998 stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663768939 At Uni:
  • Deliver teaching
  • Join your sexual health committee or start one!
  • Get involved in advocacy projects
At work:
  • Start a journal club
  • Teach medical students
  • Organise a recruitment fair/lecture
]]> 2023-08-16 18:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663768939 Pre-specialty stashh1 https://padlet.com/stashh1/kz9569d4dbswatyz/wish/2663786413 Foundation Programe:
Consider prioritising GUM/sexual health and associated specialties at foundation eg. Infectious disease, public health, microbiology, dermatology, O&G

Alternative foundation programmes:
  • LIFT: Longitudinal Integrated Foundation Training, a day a week in sexual health for a year (currently available in Cardiff)
  • Specialised Foundation Programme: Undertake research/teaching a day a week or for a full rotation

F3+
Clinical or Academic Fellow Job - Each year there are a handful of sexual health jobs across the UK typically advertised between November-July.

IMT
Flexible portfolio planning is a new initiative that protects one day a week for non-clinical development focussed on: 
  • Clinical informatics
  • Quality improvement
  • Medical Education
  • Research 
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