Undergraduate medical education

Medical students (electives)

Electives are offered for a period of 4-8 weeks, during the months of May, June and July only. Please note that we will not consider requests for longer or shorter placements.

2025

Our programme for 2025 has now been filled and we are unable to accept any further applications. 

How to apply

If you are seeking an elective placement with NHS Highland, read our guidance on the elective application process.

Medical elective queries can be sent to:

email nhsh.electiveplacements@nhs.scot 

Medical students (clinical placements)

NHS Highland has medical students on clinical placements at our hospitals and in general practice from all five medical schools in Scotland.

Staff are involved in formal timetabled teaching as well as in the clinical setting. There are opportunities for medical staff to support the universities with clinical simulation sessions, assessments and examinations and multiple mock interviews for applicants to medical school.

Undergraduate medical education team

• Director of Medical Education: Dr Helen Freeman
• Interim Director of Teaching (Inverness): Dr Morven Wilson

Year 5

• Lead: Mr Piers Renshaw
• Lead (Surgery): Dr Gary Kerr
• Lead (Medicine): Dr Edward Paterson
• GP Administrator: Debby Skinner

Year 4

• Lead: Dr Stephen Thomas
• Administrator: Maxine Chappell

Senior years

• GP Lead: vacant

Year 4 block co-ordinators

• Acute Medicine and Critical Care: Dr Stephen Thomas
• Surgery and Critical Care: Mr Malcolm Nicol
• Long Term Conditions and Integrated Care: Dr Martin Wilson
• Mental Health: Dr Susan Brown
• Reproductive and Child Health: Dr Tracey Sturgeon (Repro) & Dr Janaki Vedarajan (CH)
• Diagnostics: Dr Rosemary Clarke

ScotGEM year leads

• Year 2 ScotGEM lead: Dr Katie Roberts
• Year 3 ScotGEM lead: Dr Alice Scriven
• Year 4 ScotGEM lead: vacant