Here at scrubs we run a number of events to stimulate your interest in clinical and academic medicine outside of the curriculum.

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Why?
Events are run so that both you, our ‘members and followers’, and ourselves can get more out of medicine than just exams, and a chance to learn and experience parts of medicine that you may not until later in your course.

Surgery
For those of you that find yourself gifted with the manual dexterity of Michelangelo, and an ego to match, will be glad to know that previous Scrubs events have included tutorials or talks on Max Fax, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Breast Surgery, Orthopaedics and G.I. just to name a few! For those of you that have got the theory down there will be hands-on demonstrations, such as suture workshops, arranged throughout the year. Check out the Surgery stream to find out whats happening near you soon!

Medicine
For those of you that aspire to own your own cane and harbour a healthy Vikadin addiction perhaps medicine is for you. Scrubs will be organising medical case conferences this coming year. Cases will be presented and then discussed with a brief talk afterwards by the respective specialist to fill you in on all that funky pathphysiology that your McGeown textbook (as all encompassing as it is) didnt cover. You’ll also learn a bit about the clinical features and management which will make you a wizz at phase two of the QUB course or give you an few handy hints if you’re a poor third year who has lost all of your cases! If you’re interested in presenting a case yourself drop us a line at qubscrubs@hotmail.co.uk

Immediate Care
And still there are those of you that will cry “Wait a minute, where’s all that sexy E.R. medicine! What does a poor guy have to do to see some V-fib or G.S.W.’s?” Well all you budding Clooneys fear not for we at scrubs have the line-up for you. Past and future events include;

Management of motorcycle accident
Learn about scene safety and handling the airway with cervical spine control at the scene of a motorcycle crash. This is definitely essential information for undergrads as it is quite likely that we will come across something like this at some stage of our undergraduate career.

Prehospital care an introduction
Learn about patient assessment in the prehospital setting. This talk is for those interested in prehospital care or those who don’t want to defecate or look like a rabbit trapped in the headlights if anyone utters the immortal words “but wait you’re a medic!!!”

Immediate care details
Medical students who are either interested in following a career in immediate care or those who feel they would like to improve confidence and competence in immediate care / first aid can attend the immediate care events. These events are aimed at these two distinct populations of undergraduate medics. For those interested in a possible career the program of events ensure an adequate level of exposure and experience for further courses or involvement in immediate care. Alternatively the events are an opportunity to discuss and practice relevant skill to improve confidence and competence and, most importantly, safety in the prehospital environment, if ever called upon in an emergency.

Undergraduate prehospital trauma care workshops
Run over a weekend these workshops discuss the ABCDE approach to trauma outside the hospital environment. Lectures are followed up by practical workshops on airway management and life threatening breathing and circulation problems. The weekend will finish with a short MCQ paper of 50 questions with five true/false stems and a short ten minute trauma moulage.

First aid for medics workshops
The first aid for medics is aimed at providing a more relevant and complimentary discussion on first aid for the undergraduate medic. It is hoped the event will consist of five Wednesday afternoons divided into practical and theoretical discussion.

More details are to follow shortly as our immediate care representatives are currently making plans with NIAS and BASICS NI!!