Scarlett Brandley describes her placement working on the CardMedic tool […]
Students
Millie Perry: “Could you just try bleeding this patient for me please?”
I used to dread hearing that question on placement. This may seem ridiculous, for someone who was just 18 months away from becoming an FY1, when you are famously expected […]
Back on the wards and clinically vulnerable to covid
The initial joy of reaching our final year of medical school soon gave way to anxiety about the occupational health assessment and faculty meetings that were to follow this year. […]
“I must swoon like a heroine in a film”: Fainting at medical school
Vasovagal syncope might be a diagnosis on your list of differentials that seems relatively benign, as there are many more sinister causes for a sudden loss of consciousness. But no […]
Medical stereotypes: Just good fun or a barrier to diversity in our workforce?
Many of us will be familiar with common medical speciality stereotypes—“the tall, strong orthopaedic surgeon from the medics rugby team,” the psychiatrist who is “as mad as their patients,” or […]
Tinaye Mapako: Medical students should not publish and perish
The pressure to publish during medical school encourages bad science, writes Tinaye Mapako, and fails to nurture research skills among students […]
Lily Copping: Medical students are also sometimes patients—we should incorporate this into our education
The Sharp Scratch team and I recently got together with Anne Stephenson, a South London GP, to chat about being both medical students and patients in our own right. In […]
A medical student’s perspective on living and studying in Manchester’s covid hotspot
Manchester’s student areas have got media attention in recent weeks for being new UK virus hotspots. Zartasht Carmichael shares what it’s been like to live and study there […]
Nikki Nabavi: Medical student syndrome
As you sit in a lecture, listening to the symptoms of a rare medical condition, have you ever convinced yourself that you have it? You might have medical student syndrome […]
To all the consultants who have ignored me before
Being ignored on clinical placements is a deflating experience. Kanwal Ahmed, Salma Hashim, Mariyam Khankhara, and Ilhan Said share this composite account of how it has affected them and an […]