A cause for concern

ByAlessia Waller

Published20 September 2017

Are students sufficiently encouraged to make themselves heard when they witness something on the wards which isn't quite right? Second year student and MDU member Alessia Waller recounts her experience of raising a concern while on placement.

I didn't want a reputation as a 'difficult' student or to be fobbed off for sticking my nose where it didn't belong.

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Alessia Waller

Alessia is a second year student at Swansea University. She has a particular interest in equality and diversity in medicine and widening access to medical education to a greater pool of applicants, including those from underprivileged areas and those pursuing medicine as graduates.