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  • New committee for 2017!

    Dear Scalpel members, We are pleased to announce the new 2017 committee, lead by our president Rachel Khaw! Watch this space for updates on the conference, lectures, workshops and more! For more information about the newly elected 2017 committee, click here.  

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  • Body Orientation

    In the last blog piece we became masters of body axes, and in this one we are going to become more familiar with describing how different parts of the body are organised in relation to one another. Why do we need to standardise this? Well I’ll tell you! Let’s take an everyday situation that you,…

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  • 2017 Scalpel Committee applications now open!

    Dear colleague, We are delighted to announce the2017 Scalpel Committee applications are now open. We have always looked for motivated students who have a strong interest in Surgery. Our aim is to form a great team that will improve on what has been done by the society in the past several years. The committee aims to…

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  • Body Axes & Anatomy

    Anatomy is a big part of medicine, fundamental in our understanding of how the body functions and crucial to allowing us to have an in-depth knowledge of why some conditions present in the ways that they do. As you get further into the degree, you’ll encounter some of the same terminology and anatomy over and…

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