Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients: A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Dr David Jeffrey, of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, investigates how the playwright’s empathic approach – the […]
First Year medical students will get more experience of ‘real life’ healthcare situations than ever before as part of new measures by the University of Aberdeen to tackle the GP crisis. Students will have the opportunity to attend real calls with out of hours doctors, work alongside GPs in practices and visit and speak with […]
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Why should non clinicians read it? Because they or someone they know may find themselves in a situation described in the book, or may need to think clearly about what’s ethically best. In 2016, nearly half of all deaths in England took place in hospital, so we have a very good chance of spending our […]
The first students have been accepted to a new course that gives the most promising secondary pupils from rural areas and less advantaged backgrounds a unique opportunity to study medicine in Aberdeen. Places are still available on the course, which is a joint initiative by the University of Aberdeen and North East Scotland College (NESCOL). […]
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