The BIG STEM Event
The BIG STEM conference took place in Dynamic earth on the 17th, 18th and 19th of July. Henry Rae (Medicine) and Alina loth (Public Engagement) were speakers. The BIG Event is a three day get-together every summer to…
NSS Survey 2019: University of St Andrews Medicine Number 1 in the UK
The National Student Satisfaction (NSS) survey results 2019 were published today (3 July 2019) and the School of Medicine has topped the ranking for UK medical schools. This is a very gratifying result for the School…
Parliamentary Links Day
Dr Silvia Paracchini was invited to represent the Young Academy of Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh at Parliamentary Links Day in Westminster. The event hosted by the Speaker of the House, the Rt Hon John…
GapSummit 2019
Filippo Abbondanza recently participated in GapSummit 2019 at the Broad Institute (Boston, https://gapsummit.com/). GapSummit is a highly selective event (100 participants over 1,000 applications) where young…
International Regional Advisor for WHO
Professor Alexander Baldacchino, Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Addictions with the Population and Behaviour Science Division, St Andrews University Medical School has been invited to work with the World Health…
International meeting on improving Diabetes care overseas.
The Medical School at the University of St Andrews recently hosted 31 diabetes specialists represented by delegates from Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon and South Arica. They attended the tenth annual Postgraduate…
St Andrews and the UKFP Applicants Handbook 2020
Important update – clarification of University of St Andrews BSc Medicine and UKFPO scores The School of Medicine has received the following communication from the UKFPO this afternoon (17 June), confirming that the…
SoapBoxScience
On Saturday 8th June the School of Medicine was well represented at SoapBoxScience in Edinburgh with Dr Silvia Paracchini as one of the speakers. Dr Paracchini discussed handedness with shoppers and tourists along the…
Generalist Clinical Mentors
Year 2 Generalist Clinical Mentor Recruitment We have recently appointed nine new Year 2 Generalist Clinical Mentors (GCMs) and one new Year 1 GCM to the ScotGEM programme! The GCM post is a senior lecturer working…
ScotGEM Community-Engaged Medical Education Event
Medicine welcomed approximately 70 delegates to celebrate the partnership between the ScotGEM (Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine) programme and the third sector. During their first semester of year 1, the ScotGEM…