Student Stories
A Glimpse Into My First Semester as a ScotGEM Student
During my first semester as a ScotGEM student, I had the opportunity to apply clinical skills in primary care and explore the wider role of… Read More »A Glimpse Into My First Semester as a ScotGEM Student
Representing ScotGEM at a National Surgical Competition
Lewis Astin represented the University of Dundee (and ScotGEM) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh & Medtronic Surgical Skills Competition Grand Final.
ScotGEM’s first Wild Trials!
ScotGEM’s first wild trials experience, where they undertook various emergency and wilderness medicine scenarios as a team in a competition with 23 other medical schools… Read More »ScotGEM’s first Wild Trials!
Obstetrics in the Arctic
Amber chose to go to Norway for her elective placement in her final year of ScotGEM, to the city of Tromsø, in the north of… Read More »Obstetrics in the Arctic
Welcome to the ScotGEM stories editors of 2023/2024!
Welcome to the new additions of the editorial team for ScotGEM stories!
My South African Elective
I am a final year ScotGEM student and this year international electives are finally back up and running! For my first block I was lucky… Read More »My South African Elective
Nith Inshore Rescue: A day of being rescued for ScotGEM
ScotGEM third year students in Dumfries and Galloway participate in a Nith Inshore Rescue training exercise, getting to be rescued themselves!
ScotGEM: An Unexpected Journey
A journey of two ScotGEM students and two GCMs cycling from Belfast to Limerick for the WONCA world rural health conference 2022.
Ushering in a new era for ScotGEM stories
Hello from your new team of editors at ScotGEM stories! To start off the 2022/2023 academic year we thought we would introduce ourselves so you… Read More »Ushering in a new era for ScotGEM stories
Graduation
Graduation! It’s hard to believe that it’ll be happening just a couple of weeks from now. It feels like it was just the other day… Read More »Graduation
Pass Me The Needle
Having travelled two and a half hours from my rural LIC (longitudinal integrated clerkship) GP practice, I arrived at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, bright-eyed and… Read More »Pass Me The Needle
An Emergency in the Hills
I had never really given much thought to how my first experience of delivering CPR would go, but I certainly didn’t expect it to be… Read More »An Emergency in the Hills
A Fantastic Fortnight in Skye
Majestic, magical, misty… these are all words that come to mind when describing the wonderful island of Skye.
One Newspaper Later…
Time flies when you are whizzing about every corner of Scotland for four years, but not so much when you’re waiting for a bus in… Read More »One Newspaper Later…
West is Best
If you don’t believe me, Princess Anne once said, “Sailing on a sunny day in Scotland is the nearest thing to heaven anyone will ever… Read More »West is Best
A Year in the Highlands
As part of the ScotGEM course, a year is spent undertaking a longitudinal integrated clerkship. I chose to come to the Highlands and wanted to… Read More »A Year in the Highlands
Ben Nevis
My third year on placement in Fort William has so far been brilliant. The people who I have met and worked with have taken every… Read More »Ben Nevis