Medical students often learn very little about the disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or are taught using out-of-date or flawed research. This means that students leave medical training ill-prepared for understanding or treating ME. By participating in the actual biomedical research or attending research meetings they not only learn far more about the disease but are also given the potential to find treatment or cause. This helps the student, the university and, ultimately, patients.

The students will be attached to one of the projects being funded by the charity. They will be supervised by professors involved in the research and learn about the disease as well as perform vital roles in the research itself. this may also involve seeing patients. By intercalating in their 4th year they gain valuable insights into the disease as well as returning to their studies with more confidence and ability to educate other students about ME. They may also network with others at meetings