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PACEMAKER - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Summer Swottin’ WIN everything you need for medical school success
Image by Mazhit for Doctors Academy 2014
By Jemima Heap This July’s Student BMJ asked ‘should you relax or work on your summer break?’ I’m sure we all know what we want the answer to be; but that niggling voice says we should use the time off to garner some CV brownie points. Doctor’s Academy International Summer School is the solution to this dilemma. From 28th July- 2nd August, 250 students from 40 countries descended on Manchester to gain insight into over 25 different medical and surgical specialities by day and, er, ‘network’ by night.
On Monday delegates chose one of three streams: surgery, medicine or anaesthetics and emergency medi- cine, for which they attended a series of ‘day in the life’ speciality lectures. Tuesday and Wednesday saw the streams further subdivided into eight groups of related specialities (for ex- ample, my stream was Paed Surg, Plastics, Ortho and ENT), and each received eight mini teaching lectures and four longer skills workshops. Thursday was a day of healthy competition with the World Universi- ty Anatomy Challenge (sadly the UK came 2nd- where were you guys?!), contentious debate on organ donation and genetic modification of embryos, and advice on careers in clinical and academic medicine. Friday looked outwards at the state of global medi- cine, with keynote speakers discuss- ing issues as diverse as responding to natural disasters, trauma and conflict. Highlights included socials at Joshua Brooks with our own DA co-director as the in house DJ, the Comedy Store (with comedian Paul Sinna, fittingly a registered GP) and
Revs de Cuba. Though the interna- tional delegates seemed to reserve a special place in their hearts for Red Hot Buffet Karaoke. Attendees ben- efited from skills sessions in ortho- pedics, surgery, ultrasound imaging, otolaryngoscopy and trauma support, where they got to play with thousands of pounds worth of technical equip- ment under the guidance of top clini- cians.
My personal highlight was a lec- ture from Dr Ang Swee Chai, a con- sultant orthopedic and trauma sur- geon who documented her personal journey from fundamentalist Zionist Christian through 32 years of work in Lebanon and Gaza, to becoming a staunch advocate for the rights of Palestinians in occupied territories. The lecture was both harrowing and inspiring, with more than a few tears being shed by the audience. Overall the summer school was a whirlwind week of inspiration, both from the illustrious clinicians who gave insight into the medical profes- sion, and the high standards of physi- cal attractiveness offered by our fu- ture international peers. Its success is reflected by the ul-
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triumph: over 1000 likes on Facebook (#MedicalSummer- School2014)! Many students even stayed into Saturday to attend the Doctor’s Academy International Academic and Research Conference where they had the opportunity to present their own research. Next year the 7th International
Medical Summer School will take place in Manchester in July. Find out more and register at:
http://summerschool.doctorsacad-
emy.org.uk/
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