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Island life
19 August 2011

tongan_churchfeastNewcastle medical student Charlotte Hillier spent her summer elective in the Kingdom of Tonga

Tonga is one of the only South Pacific countries to have never been colonised, and a constitutional monarchy still rules the country, with the king having almost absolute power. It consists of three main groups of small islands: the Tongatapu group, Vava’u group and the Niuas. The islands’ total population stands at 102,000.

 
Africa Bursaries – tips for success
19 August 2011

bursariesApplications are open for the 2012 round of undergraduate Africa Bursaries. To help you make the most of your application, RCSEd’s Outreach team have put together this useful guide

 
Getting to grips with trauma
26 May 2011

trauma_confOver 120 students from across the UK were at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on 2-3 April for the second Edinburgh National Student Trauma Conference

The major aim of this year’s conference was to give students a basis of knowledge and skills that they could use to instigate life-saving measures in the trauma patient. The programme included lectures and tutorials covering initial management of the trauma patient through an ATLS style of teaching. 

 
Filling the gap
19 August 2011

RCSEd Student Affiliates, Bilal Azhar and Fungai Dengu report from the BAPRAS Undergraduate Conference

The British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) held their sixth annual BAPRAS Undergraduate Day at Whiston Hospital, Liverpool on 9 April 2011. The ever-popular conference was attended by 116 delegates, from 19 different cities, representing over 20 different medical schools.

 
Bright future
01 April 2011

nugscThe UK’s largest-ever surgical conference for medical students was held at UCL in February. Here, the event organisers Joseph Dangoor, Abhiney Jain, and James Skipworth describe how the plans came together

The idea for the National Undergraduate General Surgery Conference (NUGSC) began in February 2010 after a lecture by Professor Michael Baum (now our Patron) about his experiences in the management of breast cancer.

 
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