As promised earlier, this is the first in a multi-part series on Coonabarabran, where I had an amazing experience on rural placement for Community Rotation in the Sydney Medical Program. So without further ado, my first post about my time in that wonderful little town the locals call “Coona”… how on earth I managed to [...]
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MedSoc logo refresh
16Aug09The Sydney University Medical Society (MedSoc) has a historic logo designed by Professor Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart, which has remained in use since the late 1880s. Perhaps the reason this design has endured over a century is the strong symbolism featured on it: the caduceus*, lion passant guardant (USyd, NSW, UK), waratah (NSW), and abbreviation [...]
Peer-reviewed and published!
26Mar09Over a four-month period in summer 2007/08, I was involved in public health research at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) on a Faculty of Medicine Summer Research Scholarship. The results from that work have now been published in the journal BMC Health Services Research, which means that I now have my [...]
USydMP Stage 2 OSCE
30Nov08After the hurdle of the Stage 2 Barrier, our final assessment for the year was the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). For second year University of Sydney Medical Program (USydMP) students this meant a barrage of twelve stations where a specific history, examination or procedural skill was examined. Day 1 stations Paediatric gastrointestinal history Diabetes [...]
A tale of four tutors
31May08Four tutors at two Group of Eight universities in Sydney in the past two weeks: an allegory on some of the qualities of good teachers… Tutor A teaches medicine. Although qualified in a clinical health science, she had little understanding of the subject material nor demonstrated any convincing attempt to do so. She did not [...]
When two SCORPIOs get together
15May08One of the key features of clinical learning at Sydney Medical School are the SCORPIO sessions (SCORPIO apparently stands for “structured, clinical, objective, referenced, problem-orientated, integrated and organised”). With the exception of a few pseudo-SCORPIOs during haematology block, I’ve generally found SCORPIOs to be great learning experiences and I’m quite fortunate that my clinical school [...]
