StreetDoctors—teaching first aid to young offenders
StreetDoctors is a voluntary organisation that teaches young offenders what to do at the scene of a stabbing. …
A microbiologist and global health doctor
Peter Piot talks about the Ebola virus, HIV, and global health challenges. Peter Piot is a microbiologist and global health doctor. He co-discovered the …
The perils of social media
What started out as a space for therapeutic venting among a small group of like minded medical registrars has blossomed into a page with almost 50 000 followers.1 We are the founders of “The Medical Registrar,” a Facebook page on which we vent our frustrations with our job. We are the collected …
Shisha: is smoking cool again?
Students are often unaware of shisha’s health hazards . Among some medical students, smoking shisha is now more common than smoking cigarettes. In a study of medical students at …
Stop before the op
How to give smoking cessation advice. Adverse surgical outcomes have an important association with smoking, and even a short period of abstinence before surgery can be beneficial. …
Email Alert: "5 minutes for students" is a monthly email service that gives you free access to the most relevant articles for medical students from across the BMJ Group. Register here
