This page contains details of how to promote Healthcare Science, including how to become a STEM ambassador and useful STEM resources.
Join a professional body!
Whether it is ARTP or BAA, IPEM or IBMS, ACB or ACGS to name but a few, these are all vital in supporting and nurturing your development.
The Academy for Healthcare Science is the “One Voice” agency and has a comprehensive list of professional bodies.
Become a STEM Ambassador!
STEM Ambassadors make an impact by:
- Supporting learning – help young people to understand the real world applications of their learning
- Illuminating careers – showcase different careers, providing information on roles and pathways into industry while raising awareness of the skills that are important in the workplace.
- Raising aspirations – give young people the opportunity to meet a wide range of inspiring role models, encouraging them as they think about their future.
Becoming a STEM Ambassador has a positive impact on the lives of young people but it also brings a lot of personal benefits:
- Sense of achievement and reward
- Improved presentation skills
- Increased confidence
- Sense of personal and career satisfaction with the work you are doing
It is up to you to choose/offer the activities you have the time and feel comfortable getting involved with, which could include:
- Mentoring and careers talks
- Science festivals and fairs
- Community and youth groups
- STEM Club activities
Time Commitment
The STEM Ambassador programme is flexible, allowing you to volunteer in a way that suits you, it could be online or in person, in schools or in community groups, by supporting lessons or extra-curricular activities and working with young people or their educators. As an ambassador you would give as little as half a day a year to help promote healthcare science as a profession, while also sharing your enthusiasm about a science career in the NHS. It is not a big time commitment but it can make a big difference in your area, particularly to young people in schools and colleges.
Further information about the STEM Ambassador Programme can be found HERE.
Public Engagement
Get involved through public engagement or social media to raise awareness of Healthcare Science careers such as the following national promotions:
Documents and related links
- Healthcare Science Week
- Biomedical Science Day (Institute of Biomedical Science)
- Global Clinical Engineering Day (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine)
- National Pathology Week (Royal College of Pathologists)
- International Day of Medical Physics (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine)
- International Day of Radiology
- NHS Careers Website HCS Career booklet
STEM Resources for Healthcare Science
Educational Game 'Clashroom Clash - Super Samples' Promotes Biomedical Science and laboratory staff Careers.
The STEM educational game has been developed in partnership with NHS Education Scotland, Healthcare Science team and My World of Work Live, for a national experiential learning programme by Skills Development Scotland.
This fun interactive game (aimed primarily at school pupils ranging from Primary 5 to Secondary 3) tasks players to get as many medical samples as possible to the laboratory to be analysed and give a diagnosis for their patients. Players must race against the clock, whilst navigating obstacles, and inconclusive test results to try to reach the top of the leader board Clashroom Clash - Super Samples’ can be used as a fun STEM activity, offering career advice and promoting awareness of Biomedical Science to the younger generation.
To learn more and access the game directly, click here.
For the Super Samples lesson plan and further information, click here.
Last updated: June 10, 2024