Medics in Primary Schools

The Medics in Primary Schools (MIPS) programme is a joint Queen's - Sentinus activity which provides an opportunity for primary school children and medical students to develop their communication skills. The programme, which has been operating since 2000, has involved 50 primary schools, nearly 400 medical students at Queen’s University Belfast, and over 10,000 primary pupils in the greater Belfast area. The project is offered as a Student Selected Component within the medical students’ second year course. Students have a placement one afternoon a week for ten weeks in the spring term in a primary school, during which they deliver a short science and health education programme to P6 or P7 pupils, and develop their own communication skills in working with young people.

The topics covered on the programme include:

Healthy Skin;
Healthy Heart & Lungs;
Healthy Brain;
Healthy Living.

The MIPS Teaching & Learning Guide can be downloaded here.

The lauch for MIPS took place at Queen's University on Tuesday 2nd February.  The event was attended by representatives from Sentinus, Queen's and participating schools as well as the medical students who are on placement in the primary schools.  Click here to read the press release for the event.