Posted: Wednesday 8 February 2012
S5 Pupils form Medical Union
Usman Abdul-Quayum and Mazen Allam of S5 founded the Medical Union this session and the inaugural meeting took place in the Georgeson room at lunchtime on Wednesday 8th February.
Dr Saket Priyadarshi, General Practitioner, addressed thirty pupils who have demonstrated an interest in pursuing a medical career.
His lecture was entitled 'From Malaria to Methadone' and he spoke, in detail, about his life as a practitioner in South Africa in the 1990s and his more recent work as a GP in the East end of Glasgow.
Dr Priyadarshi gave the assembled group a real insight into his daily working life.
He felt that it was particularly important that students contemplating medicine, as a career, understood the importance of treating the individual patient whilst understanding the societal forces which are at work.
He also stressed that learning and training is a life-long activity for doctors and reflecting on current research and patient experience is a vital component of the day to day role.
The second lecture of the series is planned for 21st March.
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