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 programme is currently being reviewed and in 2011 will include the following modules:

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

The MIPS Teaching & Learning Guide can be downloaded here.  The associated Activity Sheets can be dowloaded here as Microsoft Word documents.

The launch of Medics in Primary Schools 2011 will take place at Queen's University on Tuesday 31st January. 

For more information on Queen's University Centre for Medical Education please follow this link.