On 5th November Scalpel will host its eighth annual undergraduate surgical conference, continuing a string of successful conferences since 2009 featuring exciting workshops and lectures. This year our conference sees our theme shift to global surgery as we invite Steve […]

The back of the third-floor Stopford building is a place every medical student will visit quite regularly during the first two years of the course. The dissection room tutorials are unlike any other session you will have in Phase 1 […]

Rachael Morley shares her elective experience and some really useful tips on Canada and South Africa.   “When planning my elective, I was faced with a world of opportunity. I spent countless hours studying a world map deciding exactly where […]

This week, Lauren Bolton reports on The Philippines and Sri Lanka. “My trip was during blocks 5 and 6: 4 weeks ENT in Baguio General Hospital – The Philippines 4 weeks general surgery in Colombo South Teaching Hospital – Sri […]

For the past month or two, we’ve been asking for your elective reviews and, now, we’re pleased to present our new series of posts: Introducing Electives!  Every week for the next few weeks we will be publishing a brief report […]