medical education

28th April 2022

A REAL Rare Rollercoaster – from Paramedic to Patient

Melissa Clasen interview, patient, Podcast, raredisease diagnosis, doctor, medical education, rare disease, Renal Nutcracker Syndrome, SMA, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, Wilkie Syndrome

All aboard this ride! This week, on The Rare Disease Podcast 4 Medics, I had the honor to speak to a paramedic, turned patient. Marie was a practicing student paramedic […]

30th March 2022

Fifty Years For a Fibular Hemimelia Diagnosis

Melissa Clasen interview, M4RD, patient, Podcast congenital, diagnosis, fibula hemimelia, medical education, rare disease

Fibular Hemimelia is a rare congenital condition characterised by the complete or partial absence of the fibula bone. It is the same condition which afflicted athletes Aimee Mullins and Oscar […]

30th March 2022

M4RD: Quarter 1 and Rare Disease Day 2022

Emma Huskinson M4RD M4RD, medical education, rare disease, royal society of medicine

Spring is in the air and the team at M4RD have been reflecting on what has been a HUGE first quarter for us. Most notably, we have grown. Melissa, our […]

29th September 2021

Not your usual heart attack

Jo McPherson daretothinkrare, disease, interview, medicalstudent, patient, raredisease, Uncategorised diagnosis, Heart, medical education, patient voice, rare disease, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Heart attacks may not be rare but SCAD is! Today is World Heart Day and although heart attacks may not be rare, there are other causes of heart attacks that […]

15th September 2021

The impact of living with Myotonic Dystrophy

Jo McPherson disease, Genetics, interview, patient, raredisease diagnosis, dystrophy, genetic, MD, medical education, muscular, myotonic, Myotonic Dystrophy, patient voice, rare disease

Doctors are patients too Genevieve Allum is a 34 year old GP who specialises in Dementia and lives on South Coast with her partner. Genevieve was diagnosed with Myotonic Dystrophy […]

20th August 2021

The Unusual Suspects: rare disease in everyday medicine

Jo McPherson equity, M4RD2022, medical education, medical genetics, rare disease, royal society of medicine, rsm, sumposium 0

The Unusual Suspects: Rare disease in everyday medicine is returning to The Royal Society of Medicine on 9th February! The M4RD Annual Symposium has been a popular event in the rare disease […]

20th May 2021

The Unusual Suspects: rare disease in everyday medicine

Jo McPherson conference, daretothinkrare, event, M4RD Events, Video collaboration, dare to think rare, emotive, M4RD, medical education, rare disease, royal society of medicine, the unusual suspects

emotive Reviews ‘The Unusual Suspects’ M4RD has continued to work closely with emotive – an independent, award winning global healthcare communications agency. Emotive were greatly involved in helping us bring […]

14th May 2021

Mystery Disease Monday is back #MDM

Jo McPherson daretothinkrare, Mystery Disease Monday, raredisease daretothinkrare, MDM, medical education, Mystery Disease Monday, patient advocacy, raising awarness, rare disease

You spoke and we listened!! We are pleased to announce that Mystery Disease Monday will be back from Monday 17th May and to mark the start of National Eosinophilic Awareness […]

11th May 2021

Rare Disease 101 fills the gap in medical education

Jo McPherson Ambassador, daretothinkrare, doctor, medicalstudent, Rare Disease 101 daretothinkrare, doctors in training, interactive tool, medical education, online education, Rare Disease 101, rare disease basics, RD101, tom dunne

Written by Dr Thomas Dunne, Trust Grade SHO in Paediatrics & M4RD Clinical Ambassador When reflecting on your experiences of undergraduate medical education on rare diseases, what comes to mind? […]

29th February 2020

Rare Disease Day 2020

Jo McPherson raredisease, Uncategorised awareness, diagnosis, doctor, doctors in training, foundation doctors, medical education, medical school, medical student, rare disease, rare disease day

On this rare day take time to listen to a patient story and decide what you will do to make a difference to 300 million people living worldwide with a […]