Information for
Mental Health Practitioners
If you are a psychiatrist or psychiatry trainee, or a mental health nurse and would be interested in supporting students in your local area, Medicine Calling can help.
We have developed a range of age-appropriate talks for school students in year 7 to 13, along with some ‘top tips’ and FAQs that will help make your careers presentation a success.
You can download our PowerPoint presentations, complete with presenter notes to help guide you through your talk (and of course embellish it with your own, unique experience!).
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Our presentations aim to:
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Help students make informed decisions about their future careers
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Recognise the difference between psychiatry and psychology
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Have an understanding of what psychiatrists, mental health nurses and other mental health practitioners do
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Inspire students to consider a career in mental health
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Find out where they can get more information
Talking to younger students (years 7-9)
If you want to talk to younger students (year 7 to 9) we have a presentation that gives a great overview of different careers in mental health care which provides students with a broad understanding of what mental health professionals do.
Talking to students in Year 10-11
For students in year 10-11, our ‘Being a Psychiatrist’ presentation provides a more detailed look at the field of psychiatry, what psychiatrists do, the skills you’ll need to work as a psychiatrist, and an age-appropriate case study to get students involved in thinking about psychiatric presentations, diagnosis and management.
Talking to sixth form students (Year 12-13)
If you’re planning a talk for sixth form students (year 12-13) we have a presentation for each of the main specialties in psychiatry so you can choose one to match the specialty you work in, or are most passionate about! Each presentation gives an overview of psychiatry, the differences between psychiatry and psychology, the skills needed to be a psychiatrist and then a deeper dive into each specialty and a specialty-specific interactive case study.
Our 'top tips' for delivering a Medicine Calling session
It can be daunting going into schools and talking to students and wondering how to get them engaged and interested in what you have to say. Our team have delivered loads of talks, workshops and careers events, both face-to-face and virtually to students of all ages so we have lots of experience to share. You can download our ‘top tips for delivering a Medicine Calling session’ to find out how you can arrange a talk in your local school or college and how to make it a huge success! We’ve also prepared a list of student FAQs to help you prepare for your talk and start thinking about the kind of questions students might ask you.