Year 1 medical student, Alexandra Thompson accepts our challenge to identify her top 5 spots to relax and chill in Edinburgh. Turkish baths The traditional Turkish baths at Portobello Swim Centre are the perfect place to unwind and de-stress. There …
Derek Smith is Radiology Registrar and Clinical Teaching Fellow with NHS Lothian. He tells us about the transition from medical school to career in radiology. When I started medical school in Edinburgh in 2007, I had no idea what a …
In legend, long ago… there stood a hospital on Mount Olympus. In a golden age of gods and extraordinary medical students, the greatest of these students was Hercules: son of Zeus. Caught in the midst of Zeus and Hera’s marital …
Medical student William Lawrence recalls an interesting first year student project. Our SSC1 project investigated the degree to which distractions in operating theatres impacted the performance of staff. We chose to do the project because we all were interested in …
Hinsum Wong, President of Edinburgh University LGBT+ Medics talks inclusiveness, representation and education plus socials, buddies and the annual fundraising drag night. My name’s Hinsum and I’m the President of EUMLGBT+. Having been an informal working group for several years, …
Year 4 MBChB student Claudia Chan talks food and photography, aka foodstagramming. Edifoodstagram started back in first year where I used Instagram to upload some food pictures for the purpose of photo storage with the added bonus of having a …
A regular feature where MBChB students meet a member of staff for lunch. This issue, student Katie Birt meets consultant obstetrician and associate senior tutor, Dr Kirsty Dundas. Katie What were your expectations? Kirsty and I had actually by coincidence …
