In this week’s episode we are joined by Tash Binnie a 3rd year Medical Student at King’s College London. Tash is a keen advocate for mental health sharing her own journey of the very low moments in her own life where she had to seek professional help. We discuss the stigma behind clinicians with mental health conditions and why it is so important the medical profession takes head now more than ever. We explore the positive and negative impact of social media for doctors especially in response to the article she featured in by Times magazine. Tash tells us why she started her popular Instagram page documenting her medical journey and why she founded REACH.
Tash is 3rd year medical student at King’s College London with a keen interest in mental health. She has a super popular instagram page (@tash_themedic) where she shares information about how to get into Medicine, life as a Medical Student and Mental Health to increase the awareness of the prevalence of mental health illnesses in the medical profession. Tash founded REACH: Medical School Mentoring in July 2020 which aims to pair a current graduate entrant Medical Student up with an aspiring graduate entrant Medical Student. So far REACH: Medical School Mentoring has matched over 150 pairs of mentor-mentees.
How to get in touch with Tash:
Instagram: @tash_themedic
Twitter: @tashthemedic
YouTube: Tash The Medic
https://www.tashthemedic.co.uk/
REACH
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