Callum Cruickshank

Graduate (2017), speciality doctor and charity founder.

Name: Callum Cruickshank

Category: Alumni

Role: Speciality doctor and charity founder

Time active with Edinburgh Medical School: 2017 graduate

Callum Cruikshank sitting on a desk and turned to look at the camera
We need to recruit people who can become the best possible doctors. If you are looking at doctors and you don’t see anyone you can relate to, then you are exactly the person we need. Widening participation is not just about being fair: it’s about making sure our future doctors come from all kinds of backgrounds so that they understand and reflect the population we serve.
 
Callum Cruickshank founded You Can Be A Doctor while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
 
The charity helps young people apply to medical school and is still run by a volunteer team of doctors and medical students. It is their collective mission to enable people from underprivileged backgrounds to begin the path to a medical career.
 
Callum began with events in the Anatomy Teaching Lab and Clinical Skills Centre at the University but soon expanded to reach young people all over Scotland.
 
By supporting so many people into medical education, Callum’s idea is helping to create a more inclusive and representative healthcare community.
 
You Can Be A Doctor is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation. Charity number SC046620.

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