My name is Maddie, and I’m in the second year of my History degree at the University of Worcester.
I am currently completing a work experience placement with George Marshall Medical Museum, and whilst the coronavirus pandemic means that it will perhaps be a little bit different this year, there are still a wide range of exciting tasks and interesting research to be done!
I have enjoyed talking with the curator of the Museum, Louise Price, and she has provided me with lots of information to help me get started! Louise has come up with a number of activities for me to get involved with, particularly centred around Powick Hospital, and its patients. Mental Health is something that I’m passionate about, so I look forward to finding out more about the patients, whether that be through transcription of oral interviews, or by using source material, in order to create a picture of these people and the lives that they lived.
I’m very excited to get involved, and I’m sure that I will learn a lot during my placement.