By The idea that a food allergy could be cured simply by eating the food that causes it seems counterintuitive. After all, allergic reactions are the immune system’s overreactions to harmless substances, and consuming the allergen can provoke serious, even life-threatening reactions.
A Brief History (and review) of Medical Uniforms
A quick Google of “doctor” will give you the quintessential image of scrubs and a white lab coat, with a stethoscope. But how did we evolve into this ensemble? And how do these medical uniforms fare under scrutiny?
Lives I Saved This Week, and Other Reflections Upon Medicine
by Ara Downey The first life I saved this week was when I was taking a history from a patient when an alarm went off. Using my exceptional medical knowledge, I quickly determined the source of the alarm was the IV pump detecting a blockage. A blockage! Fortunately, I was
We Listen, We Don’t Judge
Just made a humiliating mistake? We’ve all been there. These are real stories, compiled by Ara Downey with all names substituted for those of minor Percy Jackson characters. – At the end of my second year (ergo, integrated classes) we had an anatomy lab where the demonstrator kept quizzing us
The Twelve Days of Medicine: What to expect when you’re expecting Foundies
by Ara Downey You’ll carry it every time you go to a public library to make sure everyone knows you do med. It might be an endless, expensive, soul-sucking endeavour, but at least it’s an ego boost. Just kidding! It’s not an ego boost at all. Your private chemistry tutor
Emoji Overuse: The newest epidemic plaguing medical students
By Geraldine Yang; Edited by Allyson Tai The NSW Health Department has issued a Public Service Announcement alert regarding the rapid spread of the neurodegenerative disease, Emoji Overuse Syndrome. There are currently 725 confirmed cases nation-wide. Initially discovered amongst UNSW Medicine students on Facebook, the disease has since spread to
BREAKING NEWS: Med student completes bucket list & finds cure for cancer instead of catching up on lectures
By Geraldine Yang; Edited by Yaron Gu Local first-year medical student, Nate Shen, has made headlines by doing literally everything in his will to avoid catching up on uni work – inadvertently finding the cure for cancer in the process. Nate, who lives by the motto “If you wait until
Five Types of Students You’ll Encounter In Online Uni – Which One Are You?
By Jay Patel; Edited by Zoe Wei 1) The one with conveniently terrible internet This person is never seen with their camera on during tutorials or scenario groups. Turning their microphone on takes ages, and when they do, they either sound like a distressed kitten or Darth Vader. Although they
Types of People You Meet at Medcamp
By Jason Lin; Edited by Katerina Theocharous Medcamp. Crowds, parties and poignant memories. Among the claustrophobic hordes of nascent, flourishing medical students, a few clusters of people have their heads bobbing slightly higher than the rest. These are the students who stand out in one way or another, defined by
Medical student takes P- history, blames lack of empathy on MBTI type
Written by Mansimran Loyal; Edited by Katerina Theocharous When first-year student Mike Wazowski logged onto Teams last Friday, he was sure that he was about to experience an ordinary clinical skills session, an ordinary attempt at history-taking, and ordinary feedback consisting of straight Ps and a 2-word comment, probably ‘good
