The Medical Student

On the theme of COVID19, here's how Sri Lanka started doing things a little differently- and now has zero community spread. http://themedicalstudent.co.uk/covid-19-how-has-the-island-of-sri-lanka-handled-it-so-well/

Laura Jarir Amarin is an inspiration to all- she shares her journey into Imperial medical school despite several rejections. Share with anyone you think would benefit from her pearls of wisdom. Here is her article on how she got into medical school without straight As http://themedicalstudent.co.uk/getting-into-medical-school-without-straight-as/

Dr Neel Burton, renowned author of several books on psychiatry shares his top tips for OSCEs! He is offering a free e-copy of his book, 'Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions' . Read more to find out on http://themedicalstudent.co.uk/12-tips-from-dr-neel-burton-for-acing-your-osces/ Neel Burton

This week our Comment Editor, Hana Mahmood​, challenges Trump's anti-immigration policies which have been dividing families at the US-Mexican border.

The Medical Student – Zero Tolerance or Zero Humanity: Trump’s Immigration Policy Dividing Families and Opinion Ever since Trump rose to political fame, it has been no secret that his anti-immigration stance forms the core of his agenda. As US president he has repeatedly linked undocumented migrants to crime in the country, paving the way for his “Zero Tolerance” policy. The policy has meant that at the U...

Elliot on the latest funding announcements for the NHS

The Medical Student – ‘Would I Lie to You?’ Brexit Edition – Series 3, Episode 27 It initially flew onto the scene with a big red bus and ‘£350m a week for the NHS’ splattered across the sides. Since then, the long-running show has become a national favourite. Although not packed with quite as much intentional comedy as the original, its regular panellists, Theresa May and B...

Why the case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba is a watershed moment for the NHS, by Elliot Clissold

The Medical Student – Between a GMC-shaped rock and lots of hard places: medical errors in the era of Dr Bawa-Garba Did Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a specialist registrar in paediatrics with 6 years of post-graduate training and a previously immaculate record, regarded as an excellent doctor by her colleagues, wake up on the 18th of February, 2011 and decide that she wanted to harm one of her patients? If the evidence....

In the light of recent events regarding the Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba case, The Medical Student in collaboration with medical students at the UEA, decided to publish an article written by Briony Keir in The Murmur – a medical magazine written and edited by medical students at Norwich Medical School, UEA.

The Murmur can be accessed on http://www.ueamedsoc.co.uk/medsoc-murmur.html and the article can be accessed on http://www.themedicalstudent.co.uk/anything-you-reflect-on-can-and-will-be-used-against-you-the-medical-miranda-rights/

MedSoc Murmur ​ The Murmur is a medical magazine written, edited, and designed by medical students here at UEA. All articles are available on the UEA MedSoc website, and we have printed copies distributed...

Dr Bawa-Garba is all of us and why we should speak up against an unhealthy blame culture http://www.themedicalstudent.co.uk/dr-bawa-garba-is-all-of-us/

The Medical Student – Dr Bawa-Garba is all of us On the 25th of last month, a seven-year legal battle came to an end: Dr Hadiza Bawa- Garba was struck off the medical register. An ST6 paediatrics registrar, Dr Bawa- Garba was charged with gross negligence and manslaughter in connection with the death of Jack Adcock, a six year old boy with Down’...

http://www.themedicalstudent.co.uk/surgery-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-a-review/

Check out our review for a wonderful book that has just come out recently! The post also features an article by the author himself on global surgery!

The Medical Student – UPDATE! Surgery on the Shoulders of Giants: a review and an article on Global Health “And I have sat silently, gazing up at this night sky, counting endless and uncountable sparkling stars as they greet me one by one, palpating the infinity of the universe beyond and accepting my place in it.”

After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Elliot argues for why the medical profession needs to start caring about climate change

The Medical Student – Care about people’s health? Then start caring about climate change In the era known as the ‘Anthropocene’, people’s health is now decided beyond the hospital walls. That means our responsibility must extend beyond them, too

This week's Features article takes a look at how the internet is changing and challenging medicine!
http://www.themedicalstudent.co.uk/medicine-and-the-internet-era-the-landscape-and-the-challenges/

The Medical Student – Medicine and the Internet Era: The Landscape and the Challenges The realms of business, science and medicine have each enjoyed a revolution of greater information accessibility and new platforms for interaction and education, all owing thanks to the internet. But the expansion in knowledge and capabilities has far outstripped the ability to regulate the role it…