By “UNSW’s medical students have returned from the break with uncharacteristically high spirits. MedFac has not yet isolated the causative agent, but they are very anxious to put a stop to it.”
War on Drugs
“Our policymakers don’t understand that prohibition does not equal control, but rather the handing over of the reins to a much more sinister force.”
In The Mood for Love
“Visual excess combined with a pared-back narrative characterise this nostalgic love letter to the director’s childhood, ultimately creating an experience that stays with one long after its final scenes.”
A Medical Student’s Take on Vulnerability
“If you’d asked me last year what vulnerability was, I would have said ‘giving someone else power’ or something about weakness and loss of control. Vulnerability certainly wasn’t a positive thing and definitely not something I was inclined to do by choice.”
Tone-deaf Med Student Revolutionises Music With This ONE SIMPLE TRICK
“A first-year medical student with a lifelong fascination with the human body, Lil’ Bobby, as he likes to be called, claims to have developed an entirely novel instrument that will “transform the way we think about sound.””
The Wonderful World of Medical Eponyms
“Love them or hate them, you cannot escape eponyms in medicine. Skim down to the footnotes of any page in Talley’s and you’ll find random tidbits of information on the old German physician or wacky American surgeon who gave their name to the medical term that we know and cherish today.”
Study: 92.4% of Med Cohort Reported High Levels of Psychological Distress Following Clinical Allocations
“10 am. 25th July. A singular student collapses in Clancy auditorium. A moment passes, her classmates follow. A wave ripples upwards through the masses as 2nd years everywhere succumb to its effects. What could possibly have caused this? Malaria? The flu? A particularly hard Gibson lecture?”
Separating Identity from Art: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Ultraviolence
“Can we remove art from its persistent association with trauma and pain, or must every artwork have some sort of psychological explanation? A look into the subject of Gentileschi’s most famous artwork is in itself an interesting exploration of identity and how it plays into different styles of representation.”
A Not So Well-Being
“This isn’t an article about statistics. This isn’t an article about tips or advice. This is an article about what it’s like to struggle.”
Phase 1 Student Attempts to Improve Understanding of HMB by Developing Borderline Alcoholism
“In preparation for the second scenario of Health Maintenance B, Mahdrink revealed that he had single-handedly discovered the greatest impetus (in his opinion*) to drink on a more regular basis. The rationale? To enhance his ability to empathise with patients struck by the cruel hand of alcoholism.”
