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“Tell us about yourself.” These are the words which I fear the most. I wait dreadfully as each person before me speaks of their hobbies; that of music, sports, or some niche activities. Death’s scythe grinds on the ground as it is dragged towards me. “I don’t really do much.”

Written by Ara Downey and edited by Victoria Sun In an unexpected departure from traditional teaching styles, the new Medicine Green Paper proposes replacing students with “well-trained ferrets”: “The shift from human students to ferrets is expected to increase the financial and logistical efficiency of our program without sacrificing the

It is not a shocker that I am one of the many people who liked Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse – it is a great sequel film after all. However, I would like to claim that I am one of the very few who was willing enough to buy the cinema

Written by David McKay & edited by Emily Seeto Introduction If mental gymnastics were an Olympic sport, medical students would all be decorated athletes. The roundabout justifications we use to pretend we’re productive while watching vaguely medical-themed tiktoks at 3am would easily make us Olympic gold material. On the other

Written by anon. and edited by Yaron Gu June is one of my favourite times of the year in Sydney. The city and its people come alive with flags raised high above heads and colours decorating the corners of bland streets and buildings. Even a small rainbow sticker is exciting,

Embarking on a journey into the field of medicine is already an arduous endeavour in and of itself. However, it seems that the challenges don’t end there. Once you’ve managed to secure your place in the medical field, you find yourself confronted with yet another daunting expedition – medical school.

Written by David McKay and edited by Yaron Gu One of the greatest tragedies in medicine, at least in my opinion, is that “hyper-” and “hypo-” sound so similar. It’s humbling to imagine the number of times in my (admittedly limited) medical education where I’ve fumbled an important concept or

Here are 9 things you can do to cope with stress Halfway through term and don’t know what you’ve been doing so far? Feeling very exhausted and in need of a break? Does time go fast and slow for you at the same time? Don’t worry, I got your back. Having

Written by Ara Downey & edited by David McKay Do you want a girlfriend you only have to see once a week, when she emerges from Wally for overpriced Boost juice? Do you wish you had someone to send you texts like “want to know the pathophysiology of septic shock?”

Wondering how to improve your teamwork skills? That Phase 1 Portfolio not doing so hot in the teamwork capability?  Consider playing League of Legends, a video game which provides a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You work with a team of 5 people from all across Oceania to achieve the goal of