Introducing Student MedAID, a student society committed to sustainability. Medical students, Alba Saenz de Villaverde and Shazlin Shek Daud tell us about their society’s aim to reduce the medicine’s waste footprint and their work to deliver medical equipment where it …
Clark Russell hails from the MBChB Class of 2013. He’s a doctor training in infectious diseases and microbiology. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was undertaking scientific training through a PhD in immunology as part of the Edinburgh Clinical Academic …
Hi I’m Linda, a fifth year medical student. Here’s how my passion for bellydancing is helping me shimmy my way through lockdown. How were you first introduced to bellydance? To be honest I can’t remember the first time I came …
Hi I’m Alex, I’m a fifth year medical student. An exciting email landed in my inbox a couple of weeks ago which went along the lines of “would you be interested in helping with a Covid-19 rapid report as part …
Hi, I’m Wesley, I’m a third-year medical student, and I’ve just finished my intercalation in Anatomy and Development. Whilst most UK medical schools offer intercalation, a few like Edinburgh make it a compulsory component of the course. So many options …
Hannah Douglas and Theresa Peltz are two out of 221 of our final year medics who recently graduated early to support the NHS tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Along with many of their fellow new graduates, the pair volunteered to start …
Hi I’m Saloni, I’m a first year medical student at Edinburgh. From my own experience, here are some comforting (I hope) words about what your first year will be like. The endearing chaos of Welcome Week There are hundreds …
Hi I’m Anisha, just finishing up my first year of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. As I sat down to write this blog, I trawled through the Edinburgh website looking for inspiration. Suddenly, I saw a photo that I …
