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Title reads "What's in a stereotype" with a picture of medical students and a Labubu.
By publications@medsoc.org.au September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 informative/originals/Uncategorized

What’s in a stereotype?

Are you a matcha/Heytea/Molly-tea-loving, Anki-addicted tutor? Do you like Pop Mart merchandise and studying at the gym? If you answered yes to any of these, my guess would be that you are a UNSW medicine student. 

Title image reads "Harry Potter and the Goblet Cell of Fire"
By publications@medsoc.org.au September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 humans of unsw medicine/originals/Uncategorized

Harry Potter and the Goblet Cell of Fire Awaits: Medshow 2025 hits the stage! 

Guess what would Remus Lupin be called if he had an autoimmune disease? Remus Lupus. You know who will have much, much better jokes in store? Medshow 2025! 

Title image reads "an unsealed fate: the murderous history of medication packaging".
By publications@medsoc.org.au August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 informative/originals

An Unsealed Fate

One early morning, Mary Kellerman, a 12 year old girl, awoke with a headache. Her parents gave her Tylenol; less than one hour later, she was dead. 

By publications@medsoc.org.au June 11, 2025 informative/originals/Uncategorized

Brain Waves – An End of Life Review

By Kiran Nayager | Edited by Geoffrey Feng The distant crashing of the waves played in the back of my mind, which was fixated on the scarlet anemone waving its tentacles to the rhythm of the rockpool. My finger poked through the surface of the water, floating playfully close to

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Title image reads "anatomy of a fit" and shows items of clothing and stylised images of organs.
By publications@medsoc.org.au May 28, 2025May 28, 2025 humans of unsw medicine/originals

Anatomy of a Fit: Because UNSW med students sooo have drip 

How many of us have seen those TikToks or IG Reels where students absolutely roast the fashion scene at UNSW? Are we really that bad—or are we just misunderstood fashion anarchists?

By publications@medsoc.org.au May 18, 2025 informative/originals

Colour, food, and how we almost got pink margarine

We, as humans, are faced with the incredibly difficult choice of choosing what to eat for our meals everyday.
However, what is really happening subconsciously? Do the colours in the pictures play a role in our appetite?

By publications@medsoc.org.au August 1, 2024 humour/originals

Diary of a Medical Student

Written By: Ara Downey | Edited By: Anna Chua I’ve taken the liberty of preparing a rundown of my day for you. Hopefully following this meticulous schedule will allow you to see the success I’ve attained in my eighteen months of uni thus far. Try not to be discouraged if

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By publications@medsoc.org.au April 24, 2024 opinion/originals

From White Coat to Red Carpet: Analysing Medical TV Shows from a Medical Perspective

By: Alexander Panov | Edited By: Emily Seeto With the clock ticking down and the publication date fast approaching, I was terribly afraid I would not finish this article in time. Naturally, I decided to reach for my phone, the best thing to do when procrastinating, and browse the Jugular’s

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By publications@medsoc.org.au August 25, 2022February 5, 2026 feature/informative/originals

What was once a simple fact

I. ‘Rhys?’ She looks up, startled. ‘It’s been a while, hasn’t it?’ he laughs, picking up her books when she knocks them over. A while is an understatement, she decides. For years, she had him held in her mind in the same way one might hold onto a simple fact;

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By publications@medsoc.org.au March 9, 2022February 5, 2026 informative/originals

10 things I hate about Zoom

Written by Grace Smith, Edited by Saleha Sehgol Your guide to navigate online learning, the return to in-person classes, and the first term of 2022 (with a little help from a 90’s rom-com classic) Often our heads are a mess of everything we must keep track of as  medical students.

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