Alexander Isted
The proposal for a new full-time sabbatical officer representing the medical and dental student bodies at Kings College London was defeated at the KCLSU annual general meeting on March 22nd. Although the proposal did not...
St Georges medical school stormed to victory in the politically incorrect comedy competition that is the UH Revue this March, seizing the coveted Moira Stewart Cup. Georges also played host to the revue, inside the sprawling St Georges Hospital in...
Readers, I apologise in advance. The presidents and the Medgroup Chair have, it appears, found a common enemy apart from RUMS president Neil Chowdhury, who seems oblivious to these goings on.
As part of a respectable publication, I often find...
GKT Medsoc President: Mark Shimmings
On behalf of 173 intrepid GKT skiers in sunny Tignes I say to you hello! I do wish you were all here to enjoy the snow - except a certain Suzie Rayner from ICSM. That's right, GKT ski tour, with a few Strandies...
Junaid Fukuta on how the student became the teacher
Being a doctor, as with any job, has its perks and downsides. Im sure you would have all seen on the multitude of TV dramas out there that doctors work the insane, unsociable hours in an...
BL: Researchers have uncovered a mechanism by which normal cells may become cancerous, giving hope for earlier treatment. They investigated the way in which the FOXM1 gene, present in almost all types of human cancers, causes the changes in cell...
Vamsee Bhrugubanda
The second National Undergraduate & Foundation General Surgical conference took place at UCL on March 4th and 5th. With over 300 national and international students attending, it is one of the largest undergraduate surgical...
For most medical students in their preclinical years, patient contact conjures up images of primary care: interviewing, history-taking, and abstract exploration of patients concerns and ideas. Whilst of course this experience is vital to the...
As a recent Anthropology graduate from Durham University with high hopes of studying Graduate Entry Medicine, I was keen to accept an induction into global health and poverty by spending six months in Lesotho with Skillshare International. As a...
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, wrote John Betjeman in 1937. Having been born and raised in Slough (20 minutes from London Paddington), I have to say, I disagree. Slough is incredibly multi-cultural with...