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 …
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 …
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 …
Hi, I’m Weronika and I’m a 2nd year medical student. In first year, I stayed in Brae House, where I met a few of my best friends (and my current flatmates). Compared to this year, first year was insanely busy …
Hi! I’m Luke, a fourth-year medic and MSC Secretary for this year. Being a medical student is at the best of times tough and nowadays with COVID it is no different. Luckily for medical students, medicine doesn’t stop and our …
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 …
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 …
Hi, I’m Violet, I’m a third-year medical student intercalating in Surgical Sciences. Today I’d like to share some of my study methods, and how they changed over time, to give you (I hope) an idea of what works and what …
Hello, I’m Daniel, a Year 5 medical student. Like most of my peers, I applied to medical school because I wanted a life where I could spend my time caring for those in need. Since then, it has become …
Making the switch from high school life to uni life can be a daunting challenge, so we chatted to a few of our medical student ambassadors for an insight into how they successfully adapted to life as a medic. What …
Ahead of starting your first year at university you will undoubtedly feel a bit nervous, but you certainly won’t be the only one. We chatted to a few of our medical student ambassadors about pre-arrival nerves, getting to know people …
Hi, I’m Alexandra. My route into medical school was slightly less conventional – I only started to consider medicine as a potential career path after a period of illness when I was at university studying Chinese. I started working as …
Hello, my name is Sid and I have just finished my first year of medical school in Edinburgh, and it has without a doubt been one of the best years of my life! I remember being very excited to move …
Hello, we’re Vernu and Aoife, two second year medical students who recently had the pleasure of volunteering at our local GP practice during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past several weeks, we have been volunteering at the Elliott Hall Medical …
Hi, I’m Sorna. I’ve been an Edinburgh local since I was about 4, and still chose to stay here for university because of how absolutely captivating the city is. As I always say to students who are thinking about studying …
Cameron Sandilands is an Edinburgh medical student who also works at his local care home. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Cami has been fundraising for both the care home and Alzheimer Scotland with online poetry readings. The poems which are his …
