Elisha Coen AFHEA

Incoming Fifth-Year Medical Student. Mentorship Director for Widening Participation Charity In2MedSchool.

Greater Exeter Area

About

Incoming Fifth-Year Medical Student at The University of Exeter. Passionate about Widening Participation, Medical Education, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Experience

  • In2MedSchool (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Director of Mentorship
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      I am in charge of Mentorship delivery and strategy for 2025/26 for widening participation charity In2MedSchool.

    • National Team Lead
      Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr

      My role as National Team Lead for the South West involved the coordination of Regional Heads for Bristol, Exeter, Oxford, Plymouth and Southampton universities, and working with the wider mentorship team.

    • Regional Head
      Sep 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr

      I represented the University of Exeter as Regional Head. - I established connections to schools in Exeter and surrounding areas to recruit Year 12/13 students. - I recruited medical students at my university to become mentors. - I was responsible for matching and monitoring mentorship pairs. - I ran an in-person mentor recruitment event.

  • Pastoral and Activity Leader (PAL) at InvestIN
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Supported residential students aged 15 to 18 under the Young Doctor’s Programme.

  • Academic Representative at Exeter Students'​ Guild
    Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 · 10 mos

    Representing the student voice. Termly participation in Student-Staff Liasion Committee meetings.

  • Co President at Exeter Surgical Society
    Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    I worked with the Surgical Society committee to provide students with insight into surgical specialities, and facilitated surgical skills workshops and speaker events.

  • Student Peer Programme Organiser at University of Exeter Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
    Jun 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    I co-lead and co-founded the BMBS Year 1 Peer Mentoring Programme, a faculty-supported scheme using a near-peer mentoring model. Our mission is to streamline the transition from sixth form to Year 1 and help students to feel prepared for their assessments.