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Buddy schemes at medical school

Guidance from the BMA medical students committee
April 2008

The opening weeks of life as a medical student can be daunting, tiring and exciting. Students are expected to successfully balance a challenging workload with a hectic and eventful social life.
Many students will also be living away from home for the first time and dealing with the day-to-day struggles experienced by students such as home-sickness, making new friends and doing their
domestic chores.

Hopefully by creating a buddy scheme support network, older students who have been through the turbulent times of being a first year medical student, can provide invaluable advice,
support and general guidance to make not only these first few months but the entire duration of the student’s course more enjoyable, manageable and inspiring.