Hi, I’m Mahnoor Shah and I’m a fourth year medical student. I have just finished my intercalation degree in health sciences (surgical sciences). Intercalation in medical school comes with many benefits and a few challenges. Hopefully, this will shine some …
Hi I’m Kyi Lae Shune Kyaw, I’m a second-year medical student who has spent semester one studying remotely from Myanmar. Alongside my studies, I also co-run social media pages in hopes of promoting health awareness in the community. I’ve been …
Hi, I’m Jane, a second year medical student. I spent the 2020 summer break in Edinburgh, away from home (Malaysia), due to the pandemic. Although much of my summer plans had to be cancelled due to lockdown, this led me …
A regular feature where an MBChB student chats to a member of staff over a leisurely lunch. This issue, Year 5 medical student, Anushka Pathak meets Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Neelom Sharma. Of course, like much of our socialising, Lunch Mates …
Dr Rosie Baruah is from the MBChB class of 2000. She is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. What have you been up to since graduation? I spent a year doing house jobs …
Year 4 medical student, Luke O’Kane offers his top picks for Netflix to get you through isolation, offer a welcome break from work and an appealing alternative from yet another Zoom quiz. Ah yes, the slog of two weeks of …
Richenda Rae is a final year medical student, shinty player, FreshAir FM radio presenter and podcast host of season 3 of the University of Edinburgh’s ‘Sharing Things’ podcast. Tell us a bit about yourself, where you’re from? I’m from Larbert, …
Hi there! My name’s Sorna and I’m one of the publicity managers for the BAME Medics Society. We are a new society that was formed this summer during the increased media attention around the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide, and …
Hi, I’m Jamie Donachie and I’m a year 6 student. I’ve always enjoyed The Great British Bake Off, but this year I’ve been especially invested since I live with this year’s best contestant – Peter. We’ve been flatmates for a …
A regular feature where an MBChB student chats to a member of staff over a leisurely lunch. This issue, student Daniel Johnstone meets Val McDowall from the Emergency Care, Clinical and Resuscitation Skills team. Of course we’ve had to be …
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 …
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 …
