Following in her grandfather’s footsteps: a student’s path to surgery
First-year BSc (Hons) Medicine student Layla Ferguson shares her experience of starting her medical degree at St Andrews. First-year BSc (Hons) Medicine student Layla Ferguson (L). My name is Layla, and I am a first-year medical student on the A100 Medicine BSc (Hons)...
Inside the dissection room: how hands-on anatomy shapes medical students
First year BSc (Hons) student Dong Min Huh shares his experience in the Dissection Room. If you asked 100 medical students what the best part of studying Medicine in St Andrews is, I’d confidently bet that most of them would give the same answer: the opportunity to do...
It’s the perfect place to be a medical student
Third-year BSc (Hons) Medicine student Ruth Adler shares her journey into medicine at St Andrews. Ruth represents Teddy Bear Hospital at the Freshers’ Fayre I didn’t always want to study medicine, but after exploring all the options, I felt that a career that mixes...
I’ve never felt so energised by what I’m learning
First-year BSc (Hons) Medicine student Emma Clay shares her experience of starting her medical degree at St Andrews. Emma in her traditional St Andrews red gown My name is Emma and I’ve just started my first year of the A100 Medicine BSc (Hons) course at St Andrews. I...