Category: Medical Education
COVID-19, Medical Education, Training
My experience of the extended shadowing period during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
My first day at the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust was on the 20th of July 2021 at the newly built post-graduate centre at James Cook University Hospital. The hospital is a tertiary centre serving […]
Conference, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Training
Insights from the Aesthetic Medicine Conference 2021
After more than a year of no face to face meetings or conferences, it was an incredibly exciting experience to be able to attend the Aesthetic Medicine Conference which was held in Olympia, London on […]
Conference, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Training
Highlights from the BAPRAS Conference 2020
On the 7th of March, my friends and I had the opportunity to attend the 18th annual British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) Undergraduate Conference held at Austin Court, Birmingham. The event […]
Conference, Medical Education, MedTech, Research
Highlights from the National MedTech Conference 2020
On Saturday, the 22nd of February 2020, I had the incredible pleasure to attend the very first National MedTech Conference which was hosted by Imperial College at the Sir Alexander Fleming Building. As a newcomer […]
Conference, Medical Education, Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Training
Highlights from the UPRAS Conference 2019
The 12th Undergraduate Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Conference (UPRAS) was held at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London on the 30th of November this year with an overwhelmingly accomplished list of speakers. […]
Conference, Medical Education, MedTech
HYMS MedTech: Interventional Radiology and 3D Printing
HYMS MedTech was setup to educate and inform medical students and academics on the application of medical technology within medicine. We encourage colleagues from all disciplines to come together to have a platform to innovate […]
Conference, Medical Education, MedTech, Training
Highlights from WIRED Health 2018
On 13th March 2018, the annual WIRED Health conference was hosted at the Francis Crick Institute in London, and attending this event allowed me a glimpse of how different the future of Medicine could be. […]
General Practice, Interview, Medical Education, Training
Meeting the Dean: Part Three
In the third of a three-part interview series with Dean of Hull York Medical School Professor Una Macleod, MB BS students Chaitra Dinesh, Vassili Crispi, and Alexandra Abel speak to Una about her time as […]
Conference, Medical Education, Physician Associate
Highlights from the Faculty of Physician Associates’ 2nd Annual Conference
The second annual Faculty of Physician Associates’ (FPA) conference took place in the beautiful Royal College of Physicians (RCP) building in London located next to Regent’s Park this September. This was my first experience attending a conference […]
What is sarcoma? Bone Cancer Awareness Week 2017
In Memory of Andrew Carter, who lost his brave battle with sarcoma on 10/09/17. 8 – 14 October 2017, is Bone Cancer Awareness Week. As medical students, most of us have encountered patients with cancer whilst on clinical […]
