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Students can now access member only content from events they have attended and sign up to future activities as they go live. So login or join online today for more content and interactive links.

Faculty wishing to help out with future SCRUBS events can browse through the site for a flavour of things we're doing or have done in the past. Click here to get in touch and become involved as one of our invaluable teachers for the surgeons of the future.

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Events

Worried about missing out on one of our events? Don't panic, click here to view all of our upcoming events and details of how to get involved in them...

Resources

Been to an event and want more? Interested in surgical skills? Have a look in this section for documents, pictorials and videos of surgical skills. Those who have attended an event can also access this area for special content. To access some of our resources you must be a SCRUBS member and have registered online first...

About Us

SCRUBS has been running since 2001 and is growing each and every year. We now have over 900 members on our list and we're proud to say that the vast majority of you are active within the Society.
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News

Technology in Medicine & Surgery Conference - Imperial College School of Medicine

Imperial College School of Medicine Surgical Society would like to invite you to the first Technology in Medicine & Surgery Conference (TiMS) on 13th February 2010 at Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London. This national and pan-disciplinary event aims to inspire the next generation of medical thinkers and innovators, and expose you to the frontiers of medical technology and invention. Read more...

National Academic Prizes 09/10 - University of Birmingham Surgical Society

Following the success of previous years, the University of Birmingham Surgical Society is pleased once-again to call for entries for our 2009-10 National Academic Prizes. Entries are invited from all medical students (members and non-members) from across the UK. Read more...

LSJM to commission articles on orthopaedics

The surgery section of the London Student Journal of Medicine is looking to commision articles based on the following topics! Read more...

Submission Invitation to Journal of Surgical Case Reports

We would like to invite submissions of case reports for publication in the first international journal dedicated to surgical case reports. Read more...

Cardiothoracic Surgery Poster Prize

Abstracts are invited from medical students throughout the UK. They can be related to case studies, original research, literature review or clinical audit projects. Ten submissions will be selected from the entries and their authors will be invited to present their work in the form of a scientific poster at the national meeting in Liverpool (7th - 9th March 2010). Read more...

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Undergraduate 1st Year Anatomy

Teaching sessions conducted by your peers (current senior medical students) who know exactly what is expected from you in both your weekly practicals and your end of year examinations. These sessions will be based on the dissection topic for the Thursday/Friday for the week they are conducted in.

This Week: The Triangles of the Neck

Note: These sessions are designed to run in parallel with the SF1 course and as an adjunct to your own private study, not a replacement, therefore background reading prior to the sessions is expected to aid your understanding. Our aims are to consolidate your prior knowledge, to develop the information acquired from your own reading and to be available to answer any questions that may arise from this study. It is simply not possible to cover everything you need to know in the time dedicated for each session!

This session is specifically geared towards first year students . However, as always, all SCRUBS members from any year are invited!

Date: Tuesday 7th February 5:15pm
Venue: Meet in B128, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre

Nottingham University Medical Finals Conference

Organised by SCRUBS and the authors of the Medical Finals OSCE book. To include a number of 1 hour OSCE sessions on relevant topics such as: cardio, respiratory, neuro, the abdomen, vascular, MDD, and radiology.

Unfortunately we are having to charge for the event to cover the cost of security and cleaners on the day.

Emails will be sent to the 50 successful applicants after booking has closed on Friday the 5th. Cheques for £5 from all successful applicants must then be paid into the SCRUBS box in the QMC Med School Office by 5pm on Wednesday the 10th in order to secure the place, otherwise places will be given to those on the reserve list. Cheques payable to 'U of N SU Scrubs'.

Date: Saturday 13th February all day from 9:00 am
Venue: B Floor Rooms, Medical School, Queens Medical Centre

Online booking closed

CP1 Intro Session

An introductory session to CP1 to cover essentials of CP1 - history taking on the ward, presenting back, listing differential diagnoses, writing in the notes, reading notes and what to expect in the exams.

More information to follow.

Date: To be confirmed, probably Wednesday 3rd March 2010 evening
Venue: To be arranged

Selection of Recent Events

Clinical Neuroanatomy Revision Series with Mr Hope

Date: Thursday 21st & 28th January and 4th February from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

SCRUBS at Medlink

Date: 16th December 2009

For the 3rd year running, Scrubs was happy to assist The Royal College of Surgeons in teaching prospective medical students the basics of suturing. The College had set up a stall for the Biannual Medlink conference, where thousands of hopeful medics descend upon Nottingham to get a taster of life as a medical student.

The stall itself consisted of a couple of fake lacerated arms, some skin pads and hundreds of sutures. It did not take long for the students to realise that the stall was the most hands on and practical table in the conference centre, and so after 5 minutes of the doors opening, the stall was surrounded by a small crowd of budding surgeons.

The Scrubs committee engaged these eager students, talking them through the basics of suturing before letting them repair the wound. What was particularly enjoyable was hearing the students delight at successfully completing their first suture, with countless of them taking photos of their handiwork. We hope that we encouraged many students to pursue a medical career, and hopefully planted the seed of surgery into their minds.

Scrubs would like to thank Jane Roberts and the other members of The Royal College of Surgeons involved in the conference, as it was and excellent teaching opportunity for the Scrubs committee.