ABOUT 250 girls from state and independent schools attended a conference to help them find out more about careers in medicine.
The event for Year 10 students took place at The Red Maids' School in Westbury-on Trym and included talks on organ transplantation, intensive care medicine, brain surgery, and research into the origins of osteoporosis derived from the Children of the 90s study.
Hugo Besterman, director of sixth form at The Red Maids' School, said: "We have a long tradition of girls progressing from Red Maids' to study medicine. This year alone we have more than 20 girls (that's more than 33 per cent of our Year 13) heading to medical school or to university to study medicine-related degrees.The success rate of our applicants for medical school has been 100 per cent in the last three years.
"This event allows us to share our expertise and that of our visiting professionals to help girls access careers in medicine.
"This is the second time we've organised this event and this year it has doubled in size."
Speakers at the medics conference included Dr Karine Zander, a consultant anaesthetist working in intensive care at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, Dr Ed Morris, also a consultant anaesthetist and admissions tutor for Bristol Medical School and Dr Gavin Stoddart, consultant radiologist and head of the School of Radiology at the Severn Deanery, Weston-super-Mare.
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