International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness against bias and encourages action for equality. For International Women’s Day 2021, we asked our medical students to nominate a woman who inspires them. Here’s a selection of women currently inspiring the …
My name is Feiya, I am Scottish-Chinese and I am from Edinburgh, Scotland, where I am currently studying medicine at Edinburgh University. I am the co-founder of Racism Unmasked Edinburgh, a growing online community and organisation giving a voice to …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hi, my name is Elaine Fairchild and I am the MBChB Student Wellbeing Administrator as well as looking after the administration for the Clinical Tutor Associates for Years 4-6. I have been with the University for over twelve years in …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
