Megan Pode talks to Erin Dean about her work tackling inequalities in access to medical training Megan Pode was desperate to be a doctor from a young age, but her school cautioned her that she may not get the required grades. “I enthusiastically applied to medicine anyway, and the school was right, unfortunately I missed my offer.” Instead, she undertook a degree in pharmacology and during her third year worked for Teach First, a charity that trains teachers to work in schools in deprived areas.