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This July, I had the opportunity to present my research at the 2026 Annual Meeting of The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) at ICC Belfast — one of the largest bowel surgery meetings in the UK and Ireland. My talk asked a question that matters to…
This year, I had the opportunity to present my first-author research at the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) 2026 Congress in Basel, Switzerland. As a fourth-year medical student at the University of Aberdeen, presenting at an international conference was a memorable experience and an excellent…
This year I was awarded the opportunity to attend the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Conference after being selected as the University of Aberdeen's representative. As someone with a strong interest in paediatrics, stemming from growing up in a large family, I was excited to meet doctors across the UK to learn more…
This May, I had the opportunity to present two pieces of research at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) Annual Conference in Brighton. I delivered one of the pieces as an oral presentation and the other as a talking poster.
Do we need to close the…
I was delighted to be invited to lead a workshop at this year’s National Medical Student Widening Participation (NMSWP) Conference, held in Glasgow on 24th April 2026. My workshop focused on strategies for preparing for medical school finals while maintaining mental wellbeing, an area I am particularly passionate about!
My session…
Attending the Association of Anaesthetists Winter Scientific Meeting from 15-16 January in London marked an important step forward in my medical career. It was my first opportunity to present my work at a national conference, both as a poster and an accompanying oral presentation, and it was an experience that…
I had the amazing opportunity to attend the European Society for Medical Oncology: Targeted Anticancer Therapies (ESMO TAT) Congress in Paris where I had a front row seat to see the latest developments in cancer research and listen to talks from experts from all over the world.
I was delighted…
An exciting experience I had the opportunity to take part in was attending the Scottish Airway Group Conference in Glasgow on 13th March 2026. The conference was organised by one of the consultant Anaesthetists from ARI and focussed on topics around airway management in anaesthesia which is a medical…
Presenting research at a Scottish national conference can be both affirming and inspiring.
Last Month, I attended the National Academic Departments of General Practice in Scotland (NADEGS) 2026 Conference at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, a Scottish national conference for academics in General Practice (GP) and Medical Education…
On the 17-19th of December 2025, I attended the Anatomical Society Winter Meeting held at the Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, UK. I presented a poster entitled “Anatomy in the digital age: Evaluating virtual dissection in a human cadaver-based curriculum”. This project was completed during the second half of my…
