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We are Medics4Medics

We are UCL medical students, committed to creating a peer based mental health support community.

We run fortnightly events on a range of topics about wellbeing and mental health.

We open discussions around wellbeing and mental health in doctors and medical students.

We listen, understand and help you navigate the support services available.

Our latest event

M4M: Combatting Unhealthy Competition in Medical School

Hello everyone! We're halfway through the year, and with formatives and assessments on the horizon, it's easy to get caught…

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Our latest blog posts

Your M4M Agony Aunts have replied… ›
Week 3: Dissertation deadlines and how to stop avoiding work / motivate yourself to learn

10 Aug
2021

Reopening Anxiety and Tips for Self-Isolation ›

By The M4M Committee

Our so-called Freedom Day arrived on the 19th of July. Alongside feelings of euphoria, freedom and exhilaration was concern, fear and anxiety, coming in the midst of a drastic…

30 Jun
2021

What a Year ›

By The M4M Committee

It isn’t hyperbole to say that the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown has had a profound impact on mental health. For students, being isolated and stuck at home while also…

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Myth Buster

“Once I’m a doctor, if I have a mental health condition, the GMC will automatically put me in their fitness to practise procedures.”

The GMC says

The GMC is only interested when a doctor’s mental illness puts patients at risk. The vast majority of doctors with mental health conditions are not a risk to patients. If a doctor understands their condition and seeks appropriate support, the GMC does not get involved. The GMC never removes doctors from the register solely because they have a mental health condition.

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