Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Sciences resources
Explore the resources below for a taste of what it’s like to study Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Sciences at Bristol.
Blogs and podcast
Listen to two of our students discuss their career pathways into Veterinary Nursing and becoming and Farm Vet.
Listen to our ‘turning insights into inspiration’ podcast series to hear from current students discussing their reasons for choosing to study their degree at the University of Bristol
- Listen on Apple Podcasts: Is medicine for me?
This episode of BBC Sounds discusses the origins of infectious diseases.
This episode on BBC Sounds discusses historic plagues and disease outbreaks, noting the social and political consequences of poor public health.
Webinars/online lectures
This four-part lecture series explores the fundamentals of the cardiovascular system before looking specifically at platelets and their involvement in some serious symptoms of Covid-19.
- Part 1: Structure and function
- Part 2: Blood pressure and blood cells
- Part 3: Platelet activation in Covid-19 response
- Part 4: Atherosclerotic plaques
This three-part lecture series explores genetics and linking genome information to disease development.
- Part 1: Genome-wide association studies
- Part 2: Genome-wide association studies continued
- Part 3: Genome-wide association studies consolidation
This three-part lecture series offers an introduction to the philosophical analysis of the notions of "philosophy", "knowledge", and "science" to provide insight into some of the ways in which analytical philosophers set out to solve conceptual and empirical problems.
- Part 1: The immune system and disease
- Part 2: The immune system and disease continued
- Part 3: The immune system in Covid-19: A double-edged sword
This three-part lecture series on YouTube explores how public policy can influence the health and wellbeing of a nation.
- Part 1: Health and obesity inequalities in the UK and worldwide
- Part 2: Social determinants of health and obesity inequalities in the behavioural determinants of obesity
- Part 3: Social determinants of obesity frameworks and public health policies
This three-part lecture series on YouTube investigates the origins of pandemic diseases in Pre-Modern Europe, focusing on the bubonic plague, smallpox and syphilis.
- Part 1: Diseases and their historical origins
- Part 2: Contemporary cures and theories of spread
- Part 3: Public health
This one-part webinar series on YouTube explores the behavioural patterns of how bees choose high pollen-producing flowers.
This one-part YouTube video follows a University of Bristol PhD researchers exploration into the importance of bee diversity and preservation.
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