The fourth years counted down the days. Braced ourselves for the worst.
But nobody could have prepared us for what happened when the day came.
They packed, tight, into the common room, still excited about their day’s learning at 5pm in the afternoon. Their endless chatter of cannulas and pneumonia and heart murmurs filled what was, for a week, a space that had been solely ours.
The third years had arrived, and the common room was already theirs.
In a profession where we spend our lives looking after people, it’s ironic that we as medical students don’t pay enough attention to our own health. Perhaps the most important step you can take to maintaining good health is getting yourself a GP. Why?
One of the reasons I love studying medicine is that our student community is one of the most diverse I have yet to come across. I’m proud that no matter who you are, where you live, or what you look like, anyone can apply to study medicine.
In response to the recent release of a draft document titled ‘Inherent requirements for studying medicine’ by the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ), we – at the first AMSA Council meeting of the year – spent a long time discussing who exactly is a medical student? And what should they be expected to do? Continue reading
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