So you think you can research?
By Sina Babazadeh | Volume 1, Issue 1
I had always considered myself an exceptional dancer. In my mind, my dance moves were unparalleled. However, in reflection, I must admit that the majority of my moves were employed to impress the scrub-nurses by turning my gown in tune to the bopping background beat of the theatre iPod. However, my delusions of dancing grandeur [...]
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A very good iDEA: The inaugural gathering of the student division of Doctors for the Environment Australia
By Elizabeth O’Brien et al. | Volume 1, Issue 1
In early December 2009, just prior to the much-hyped COP15 round of United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, 40 medical students, representing six states and eleven medical schools, descended upon Melbourne for iDEA, the inaugural gathering for the student division of Doctors for the Environment (DEA). Attendees were encouraged to be mindful of their [...]
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The iPhone: Is it an indispensable tool for medical students?
By Cara M. Kajewski | Volume 1, Issue 1
Technology is always presenting us with new ways of going about our daily lives, and our inability to be separated from our mobile phone, internet or online social networking is growing. Some technology has become obsolete and fallen into obscurity, while some has never caught on. One that definitely has, though, is Apple’s iPhone. As [...]
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Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialities
By Aniket Nadkarni | Volume 1, Issue 1
As medical students progress through their clinical years, they are exposed to the varied streams of medicine, which not only functions as a key component in their broader medical training, but serves as a degustation for potential specialities they may choose to pursue after medical school. Students often find themselves starting a specialty term without [...]
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‘Moore’ than just a doorstop: Clinically Oriented Anatomy vs. Gray’s Anatomy for Students
By David Sparks, Gareth Davis & Ashwarya Nath | Volume 1, Issue 1
The study of anatomy is often a challenging endeavour for many medical students. Central to the learning process is the use of a good textbook. Two of the most often recommended texts for medical students are Gray’s Anatomy for Students (GAS), descended from the iconic text by Henry Gray, and Clinically Oriented Anatomy (COA), by [...]
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What do medical students think about pharmaceutical promotion?
By David Carmody & Peter Mansfield | Volume 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this review was to produce an overview of surveys of medical students’ exposure to and attitudes towards pharmaceutical promotion. Methods: PubMed was searched for studies featuring surveys of medical students regarding their interactions with pharmaceutical promotion and tabulated the findings for survey questions relating to the main themes. Results: [...]
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The Internet as a health information source for university students
By Jonathan Kam et al. | Volume 1, Issue 1
Abstract
As the prevalence of those seeking health information online rises, the potential for information overload and misinformation increases. This study aims to evaluate and explore the Internet’s role as a health information source, specifically for university students. In total, 120 university students were surveyed for their behaviours and attitudes when accessing online health information. Of [...]
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International medical students: Interned by degrees
By Matt Schiller and Timothy Yang | Volume 1, Issue 1
The progression from university to the workforce in medicine is not comparable to any other discipline or profession.
An internship is essentially an extension of a medical degree, and the degree is redundant without one. The issue of the burgeoning numbers of Australian medical graduates, and the associated ‘crisis’ in intern placement availability, is currently the [...]
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Getting excited about Evidence-Based Medicine
By Henry Goldstein & Bryan Hawarden | Volume 1, Issue 1
Significant emphasis is placed upon Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) during medical school, resulting in student responses ranging from apathy to consternation.
Students take home the importance of systematic reviews and highly populated, well-powered trials, to the apparent exclusion of all else. That these trials often have landmark effects is not disputed, but there remains a paucity of [...]
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An evidence-based approach to representation
By Ross Roberts-Thomson | Volume 1, Issue 1
Research is an important part of a medical education and to be able to accurately interpret, contribute to and even publish research is something all medical students should be able to do.
Thus, it is a pleasure to be able to welcome you to the first edition of the Australian Medical Student Journal.
Medical students have made [...]
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