{"id":4627,"date":"2016-11-25T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/212.48.95.248\/greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:57:02","slug":"king-college-londons-medical-school-visit-greatfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=4627","title":{"rendered":"King College London&#8217;s Medical School visit Greatfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 24th November we hosted an outreach event for Kings College London&#8217;s Medical School.\u00a0 Outreach for Medicine work with students from over 500 non-selective state schools in London and Kent.\u00a0 They\u00a0run a series of aspiration-raising events for students across Keystages 3, 4 and 5, aimed at encouraging students to pursue careers in medicine and healthcare. 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