Marianne Watters graduated from her MBChB in 2017. Currently, she is a Wellbeing of Women Clinical Research Fellow and specialty trainee in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Tell us a bit about your time at university: any particular memories? I particularly …
Medical student Jinken Li discusses the pros and cons of the current lifestyle trend for full-body scans. As a medical student, it’s ironic that I don’t have the healthiest lifestyle. Be it sleeping in on weekends, or a woefully unvaried …
Year 2 medical student, Feruz spent her summer interning in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford. She shares an insight into this valuable experience and encourages others to consider applying for the UNIQ+ graduate internship. Hello …
Year 2 medical student, Libby shares an insight into her experience of being a first year medical student, obstacles met and overcome along the way and tips for new students. Hi everyone! I’m Libby, I’m a medical student ambassador, …
Year 2 medical student, Madeleine provides an insight into her summer lab internship in the Institute for Regeneration and Repair and how it has cemented her desire to incorporate research into her medical career. My name is Madeleine, and …
Year 4 medical student, Heen Shamaz provides an insight into her summer internship as an anatomy dissector at Teviot Place. The student summer anatomy dissector job is a six week job with the Anatomy Department here at Edinburgh Medical …
We hear from the team behind Widening Participation Medics on their society aims and objectives, community building and support, activities and events, and how you can get involved. Hi there, we are Robyn and Maha, current presidents and founders …
Edinburgh medical students and graduates alike will be able to reflect on time in the anatomy teaching lab learning from the ‘silent teacher’ – a community member who has donated their body for the purpose of medical teaching and research. …
Year 5 medical student, Kevin Kuan shares his experience as an active researcher within the Edinburgh Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Team (EXPPECT), presenting at a world congress and balancing his studies and other interests along the way. My name …
Year 6 medical student, Mallaika Viswanath provides an insight into her medical elective travelling to Egypt to work in hyperbaric medicine with experts in the field. This spring, I had the incredible honour of working at the Sharm-El-Sheikh Hyperbaric …
Dr Shona Main is MBChB class of 2015 and currently an emergency medicine registrar, an expedition doctor, plus Head of Operations at the award-winning magazine, The Adventure Medic. Tell us a bit about your time at university I never …
Dr Hannah Douglas is MBChB class of 2020 and currently working in Far North Queensland, Australia. What is your current role? Resident Medical Officer in Cairns Hospital, Far North Queensland, Australia doing a rotational job during which I will …
The Edinburgh University Palliative Care Society launched at the start of the 2022/23 academic year and we’ve been busy raising the profile of palliative care among the student body. All medical students will encounter patients with progressive, incurable conditions that …
Hello, I’m Heen, a Year 3 medical student. I’d like to share with you a few tips and suggestions on looking after your mental health and wellbeing at medical school and crucially – avoiding burnout. Medical school can be hard …
Hi I’m Marcus, a Y4 medical student, and part of the Edinburgh HealthTech and MedTech Society. We’re a multidisciplinary group of students, with representation from Medicine, Computer Science, Biomedical Sciences, Bioengineering, and Electrical Engineering courses at the University of Edinburgh. …
Year 5 medical student, Zari Bhatti shares an inspiring insight into her time as a medical volunteer during Birmingham Commonwealth Games. From interesting uniform colours and unfortunate sun cream injuries to watching gold medal winning athletics and working with inspiring …
Representing trauma and orthopaedics is Rosie Hackney. I studied medicine at The University of Nottingham and moved to Edinburgh as an academic foundation programme trainee. I developed my interest in surgery early on at medical school but was dissuaded by …
Representing Ophthalmology is Dr James Hazelwood. Dr James Hazelwood James is currently an ST2 at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. He completed his MBChB at the University of Edinburgh, with an intercalated BSc. He undertook his foundation training at Chelsea and …
Representing psychiatry are Callum Cruickshank, Shashank Sivaji, Nicole Needham, Steven Birrell, Pujit Gandhi and Amy Mathews. Callum Cruickshank Callum is a Core Psychiatry trainee, currently in rehab psychiatry, and also works as a Clinical Fellow in Medicine of the …
Representing General Practice are Dr Rachel Wood, Dr Camilla Creagh-Barry, Dr Robert Duncan and Dr Andrew McClarey. Dr Rachel Wood I graduated from Liverpool in 1995 and enjoyed three years in hospital general medical posts, before entering general practice …
