Forum: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Caius This is a question I asked myself some time ago and in the end I decided to pursue grad med. I am about to start this September so offer my opinions from the perspective of someone who...

They seriously won't like you taking 3 resits at all. They state that clearly on their website; something like "we don't mind one or two resits, but if you're taking resits this early on..." and go...

Got My results C1 98/100 C2 100/100 M1 87/100(retaking) Chem 1 118/120 Chem 2 120/120 Chem 3 53/60 bio 1 120/120 bio 2 doing this June bio 3 38/60(retaking)

Got My results C1 98/100 C2 100/100 M1 87/100(retaking) Chem 1 118/120 Chem 2 120/120 Chem 3 53/60 bio 1 120/120 bio 2 doing this June bio 3 38/60(retaking)

Hey, I'm in the first year and I did Psychology too and graduated in 2006 so I had no science background and was out of the whole studying mode. I did find molecules to be a bit of a killer but...

Last week I noticed a deep sense of calm in me. I was smiley happy all week from a combination of small things: the fact my shoes click when I walk in the office (when I was little I couldn’t wait...

An ABG is where a needle is stuck into the wrist at a steep angle to go and pierce the radial artery (the one you can feel with your fingers at your wrist). This is needed to see the levels of...

Crash call! Here is the start of my latest blog... On friday (two weeks ago!) had the most awesome ward round ever! Literally! Reading the title of this blog you might think I'm a bit weird for...

Last week at work went really quickly. Partly because I was looking forward to my interview (perhaps looking forward to is the wrong word, more anticipating the interview) and my boyfriend coming...

Hi, Ok, so my first week on my medicine rotation, which is based around the GI system (top to bottom, including associated organs such as liver, pancreas etc.) and I get back to the 'proper' hands...

The human body contains 10 times more microbes than the human body has cells. Further study of gut bacteria has shown that these bacteria contain 3.3 million genes in comparison to just 23,000 human...

Aggressively treating HIV infection before symptoms become apparent could improve patient outcomes and control the spread of the disease. The studies conducted in both developing and developed...

A big step forward has been made in understanding how polymorphisms in a region of junk non-coding DNA (an intron) can affect the risk of heart disease. The intron in question is located on...

The usefulness of mice as animal models in hepatic research has taken a great leap forward. One of the most commonly cited problems with animal models is that they are different and respond...

At the London nightclub Pacha, the Department of Health and Alzheimer's Society launched a new campaign to inform the public about dementia. The launch featured people with dementia ballroom dancing....