Let’s start a conversation: mental health stigma in medical school Staff Writer – Monika Cieslak
The journey through medical school is, no doubt, a rigorous one. Medical students face daily emotional, physical, and mental challenges within an exceptionally competitive environment. The pressure to maintain academic excellence in spite of sleep deprivation, 60-hour work weeks, and exposure to illness and mortality can be grueling. Unsurprisingly, medical students experience much higher rates […]
Journal Launch and Ethics Debate – Thursday, April 4th
The RCSIsmj Committee is excited to formally invite you to our much anticipated event of the year, the Launch of the 12th edition of the Student Medical Journal. Please join us to collect a hard-copy of the journal and witness a highly engaging Ethical debate. The event will be followed by refreshments. To take place […]
Shining a light on 22q11 Deletion Syndrome Director – Suzanne Murphy
Despite 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) being the most common recurrent copy-number variant disorder, it is one few medical students have a clear understanding of. It is caused by a microdeletion occurring in chromosome band 22q11.2 and a 2004 study estimated it to have an incidence of approximately 1 in 4000 individuals.1 Some of the confusion […]
UPDATE: CANCELLED. RCSIsmj Journal Club- Tuesday, November 13th
Apologies this event has been cancelled. We will announce the new date once confirmed. Join RCSIsmj in welcoming Professor Arnold Hill, Chair of Surgery, who will be discussing two of his research papers. Research papers to be discussed: S100β as a serum marker in endocrine resistant breast cancer. https://bit.ly/2Q96StN Population-based cohort study of variation […]
Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline for submissions has been extended to November 7th, 2018. Please submit your articles electronically to submissionssmj@rcsi.ie. Good luck! We look forward to seeing your submission.
General Submissions Deadline – 2018
The deadline for submissions to the 12th edition of the RCSIsmj is Wednesday, October 31st, 2018. Please direct any questions to editorsmj@rcsi.ie, submissions to submissionssmj@rcsi.ie and for guidelines, visit Submission Guidelines page. Don’t miss your chance to publish your work in the next issue of the RCSI SMJ! – See more at: http://www.rcsismj.com/submission_guidelines/
The Opioid Epidemic: what is it and how do we address it? Staff Writer – Maria Mikail
Introduction According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017 the United States of America (US) had 72,306 deaths occur due to drug overdoses; 49,068 (67.8%) of those deaths were secondary to opioids.1 On a daily basis, it is estimated that 115 people in the United States die due to opioid overdose.2 Internationally, the […]
RCSIsmj & ICHAMS presents: Research in Healthcare Night
SMJ & ICHAMS present “Research in Healthcare” – an informative evening to learn about getting involved with research at RCSI as well as some tips and tricks for securing your very own summer research position. Come mingle with many ICHAMS and SMJ committee members who have lots of research experience and want to share […]
Getting Published: the good, the bad and the ugly ICHAMS Social Media Officer – Clare Lambert
Despite having been published, my relationship with research has been a challenge. It began during my undergraduate degree in Canada, when I worked in a neurobiology lab doing electrophysiology on snails. I spent hours looking down a microscope trying to stab single cells with a glass pipette. Each experiment took many hours and, sometimes, late […]
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