Cooking without a cooker
As part of their SSC2b project this year, a group of medical students came up with a simple but effective idea to help the homeless. Jasmin Hart-Brooke takes up the story… This year, we had the opportunity as part of …
Category: SSC2b blogs
Learning British Sign Language for our SSC2b project
Hi! We are a group of nine second year students who have spent time over the last three months learning British Sign Language (BSL) and educating ourselves about the Deaf community as part of our SSC2b project. When we started …
Creating educational yet fun healthy eating games and activities for children
Hi, I’m Jane, a 2nd year medical student. For our SSC2b project, my group worked on trying to promote healthy eating in children. Being well aware of the unhealthy Scottish diet, we were driven to educate and instil healthy eating …
Sharing the experience of stigmatised illness through art
Hi! We are a group of seven second year medical students at Edinburgh Medical School aspiring to educate ourselves and others about the experience of living with a stigmatised illness through art. We share our work and individualised experiences of …
A comic insight into our medical student lives
Hi, we’re the Cheeky Medics (@cheeky_medics), a group of second year medics making (hopefully!) funny comic strips as part of our SSC2b project. The aim of the project is to have a reflective journey and we’re hoping to bring a …
Online learning – a subjective review by a Year 2 medical student
My name is Jika Nyirenda and I’m a second year medical student. For our SSC2B project we have been relfecting on life as medical student over the past year. I thought I would share a review based on my experiences …
How has lockdown and online learning affected our potential as future doctors?
My name is Clare Bennett and I’m a second year medical student. For our SSC2B project, a group of us have been reflecting on our experience as medical students over the last year. I have been thinking specifically about how …
A day in the life of a Year 2 medic: Working from home, on the farm
Hi, I’m Hazel Mason and I’m a second year medical student. My SSC group has decided to write blogs about our experience as medical students. We are covering various topics and this blog is covering a day in my life. …
A day in the life of a Year 2 medical student: Vlog edition
Hi, my name’s Alex and I’m a 2nd year medical student. As part of our SSC group project this semester we are looking at the typical ‘day in the life’ of a medical student. Due to my addiction to websites …
Life as medical student: Mental health and support systems
Hi I’m Weronika, a Year 2 medical student, and as part of our group project this semester we are writing blogs covering a variety of themes. Mental Health is a topic already relevant when discussing “life as a medical student” …
Student wellbeing during lockdown: A Year 2 medic insight
Hi, my name is Megan Taylor and I’m a second year medical student. As part of our SSC project for this semester, our group is writing blog posts on our experience of being medical students at Edinburgh University. This is …
A typical day in the life of Y2 medical student…in 2021
Hi I’m Meenashe, you might have read my blog on ‘Exploring Edinburgh’, but today I’m writing about my typical day as a second year medical student. Things have been very different this year, and despite the brief experience we had at …
Life as medical student – with a strong focus on food!
Hi, my name’s Nicholas Moore and as part of our SSC2b project we are writing a series of blogs on life as a medical student. In particular, one of the themes we are focusing on is daily life, and I …
Exploring Edinburgh: A journey back in time
Hi, my name’s Alex and I’m a second year medical student. For our group project this semester we are reflecting on life during this pandemic through a variety of different lenses. This blog will be on the topic of exploring …
Exploring Edinburgh: The Botanics and beyond
Hi, I’m Meenashe and I’m a second year medical student. We decided to focus our SSC project this semester on our lives as medical students in Edinburgh, which have obviously been a lot more different than our experiences last year pre-Covid! Despite the …
The importance of thinking about our own mental health
Hi, my name is Clare Bennett. For our second year SSC project this semester we have been writing blogs about our experience as medical students at the University of Edinburgh. I wanted to discuss wellbeing and mental health during lockdown. …
Looking after your wellbeing as a medical student
Hi I’m Hazel Mason. I’m a second year medical student and for my SSC project this semester, my group has decided to write blogs reflecting on our experiences as medical students at Edinburgh University. We are covering several different topics …
The silver linings of online learning
Hi my name is Megan, I’m a 2nd year medical student and this is my SSC2b blog focused on my experience of online learning. One of the massive changes that COVID-19 has brought to my life is how I get my …
Online learning – a Year 2 medical student insight
Hi, I’m Nicholas Moore, a 2nd year medical student at the University of Edinburgh. As part of our SSC2b project, we are writing a series of blogs focusing on different themes, one of which being online learning. If the last …
Exploring Edinburgh during lockdown
Hey, I’m Jika Nyirenda and I am a 2nd year medical student. For our SSC (Student Selected Component), we decided to reflect on life as medical students at Edinburgh. Since we proposed the topic our plans have changed a fair …
