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First and Second Halls of the RMS
Get PDFThe Society’s First Hall (1775-1852) in Surgeons’ Square Towards the end of 1734, a group of six medical students agreed that they should meet in the evening once a fortnight at their respective lodgings, and that a dissertation on some medical subject, at the choice of the Society, should be composed and read at each of those meetings. This laid the foundations for the Royal Medical Society. The Medical Society was formally constituted in 1734 with ten members, and early meetings were held in a tavern close to the University. A president was appointed to supervise the business of the meeting, and fines were instituted for those that were absent without due cause. A treasurer was appointed to collect these dues, and a secretary appointed to provide a formal record of the proceedings
A Long-Term, Sustainable, Inclusive, International Model for Facilitating Junior Doctors and Medical Student–led Publishing
Get PDFMedical student textbooks are traditionally written by senior clinicians, with little if any input from medical students or junior doctors (“juniors”). However, juniors have been shown to be effective educators in various teaching settings. They have a good appreciation of the learning needs and styles of contemporary students. We hypothesized such benefits of junior-led teaching could be successfully applied to medical textbooks. This article describes the Unofficial Guide to Medicine project, a novel, junior-led approach to textbook writing. We discuss the process from the recruitment of juniors through to the final publication of a textbook, comparing and contrasting our approach with more traditional publishing models. The specific roles juniors perform and their potential progression from junior reviewer to editor is explained, as is the collaboration with senior clinicians. Juniors not only lead the process of writing, but also editing, graphic design, and print review. The use of social media to gain feedback from a large cohort of juniors during the book writing process and the positive effects this has on the development of titles is highlighted, as are the potential difficulties this dynamic writing model produces.We finish by looking at feedback from the published titles from the series, discussing thebenefits to those juniors who participate and describe how you can get involved
The Consequences of Severe Head Injury
Get PDFSevere head injury is a common problem, usually due to road traffic accidents, accounting for an estimated 400 hospital admissions each year in Scotland. This paper describes the mechanisms, effects and management of uch injury.Since early caveman courted the object of his desire by clubbing her, traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a common problem. Nowadays the male of the species is more likely to be the victim receiving the trauma during sexual display at the wheel of a car or in conflict with a rival. Such acts of youthful bravado, often assisted by alcohol, can have life-long consequences not only for the individual but for his family. Rehabilitation of people after TBI is one of the most exciting challenges in modem medicine. Few conditions provide such a varietyand complexity of disabilities to address in close collaboration with a team of skilled colleagues from a range of professions
Council of the 265th session
Get PDFRMS Council. 265th session. 2001-02, Senior President: Katherine Paramore, 1st Junior President: Timothy Andrews, 2nd Junior President: Kirsteen Moreland, 3rd Junior President: David Cavanagh
News from the Society
Get PDFOn Saturday 13th November, the RMS held its Presidents’ Annual Dinner at Surgeons’ Hall. The Guest of Honour was Professor Arnold Maran, a former president of the College. Other guests included Dr Gordon Findlater, Professor Brian Frier and Councillor Laurence Marshall representing the Lord Provos
West of the Andes - Undergraduate Medical Teaching in Chile, South America
Get PDFWrenching myself away from Edinburgh in winter. I made two working visits of 2-3 weeks each to the University of Concepcion, in central Chile, at the invitation of Drs Carlos Gonzalez and Mario Munoz, the vice-deans of Science and Medicine respectively. My remit was to meet with undergraduate course organizers and comment on their plans for a new medical curriculum, in the light of my experience as the first course director of Year 1 of Edinburgh’s new curriculum, and as module organizer for Nutrition and Digestion, one of the six modules that make up the Biomedical Science component of this first year. Edinburgh’s new course, which originally had the slightly embarrassing title ‘Vision 2000’ , was implemented in October 1998, and has been extensively revised for the new semester system. In Concepcion the new medical curriculum was introduced in February of this year
The Most Isolated City in the World - An Elective Spent in Critical Care at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
Get PDFGoing into my elective period I had a number of aims and objectives. As this was my last rotation as an undergraduate I felt it was important to complete my elective in an environment that would allow me to practice the clinical skills and knowledge that I have developed during the last 5 years. I saw this as an opportunity to prepare myself for my practice as a Junior House Officer and to experience healthcare delivery in a different setting. I also felt that as I entered my elective at the end of my undergraduate studies I would have a lot to offer to the teams working in the hospital I went to.