Post by Roshni Das

I just gave my first ever speaker talk - and here's the biggest thing I learned: The advice you wish someone had given you earlier is the advice someone else is still waiting for. Today I spoke to medical students about how to actually make the most of medical and medtech conferences. The mistakes I made. The conversations I didn't make the most of. The follow-up emails I never sent. And the Q&A afterwards told me everything - this is a gap barely anyone talks about. A few things I'm taking away: → Being genuinely passionate about your topic during a talk does most of the work for you → The audience wants you to do well - they're rooting for you, not waiting for you to slip →  Clinical knowledge is taught endlessly. The career skills around it - networking, building a portfolio, putting yourself in the right rooms - barely at all. And students are noticing - there is a real need here. → You don't need to have it all figured out, sometimes you just need to take that first step Massive thank you to the team at University of Buckingham especially Michaela Bramhall for the opportunity. It genuinely meant a lot to be able to have a platform and audience to share my advice. If you want what I covered today (and more): 📘 The Conferences Guide - full version with templates and scripts: https://payhip.com/b/zV2xf 🎁 CV Playbook for med students (180+ downloads) : https://payhip.com/b/Z6kpu And one more thing - if you're organising an event, society talk, or conference and think this would land with your audience, feel free to reach out. Always open to more speaking opportunities, especially anything related to medicine, medtech and research. If you're a medical student building your own path - I’d love for you to follow along on my journey! I share more on medicine, medtech and more: 🎥 TikTok: @roshnismedmindset 🔗 And feel free to connect with me here on LinkedIn too First of many, hopefully!