Extra Curricular > Clubs And Societies > Medical
The Medical Society invites a range of speakers to give advice about (a) getting into Medical School, (b) what to expect once there and (c) the options available when training is complete. Lectures take place in the evening, starting at 7.00 pm in the Earl Lecture Theatre, and they are usually followed by a dinner. Members are entitled to wear the distinguished Society tie, and anyone who is interested in Medicine can apply to join. Membership is normally restricted to the VIth form, but if you have decided on a Medical career before that, then you will be welcome. Occasionally we have a chance to view operations, and there are visits arranged to hospital departments and medical schools.
The following lectures have taken place since in recent years:
| Dr MacDonald | Dermatology - all you ever wanted to know about skin |
| Mr Chris Rudge | Transplant surgery and kidney rejection |
| Mr Gordon Jackson | How to get into Medical School |
| Mr John Wallwork | Breeding transgenic pigs to supply organs for transplant |
| Dr Elizabeth Claydon | AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases |
| Chris Aylwin | The first few years of Medical School: a survival guide |
| Professor Lister | A cure for Cancer? |
| Wing Cdr Fiona Graves | The Physiology of Flight |
| Professor Claire Chilvers | Controversies in Cancer Research |
| Dr Donaldson | The Biochemistry of the mind |
| Dr Unwin | Renal Physiology |
| Dr Graham Clayden | Tomorrow's Doctors' - How will Medicine change |
| Dr Brian Colvin | Haemophilia - it's history |
| Mr P Hunter | Keeping a look out: care and treatment of the human eye |
| Dr Michael Mitchell | A day in the life of an Accident and Emergency Dept |
| Dr Christopher Mallinson | Medical Hypnosis - mind over matter |
| Professor Hay | Disease in developing countries |
| Dr Peter Amorosa | Am I asleep or I am anaesthetised? |
| Sir Terence English | The Development of Heart Transplantation |
| Dr Lesley MacDonald | Technology in Medicine - where is it taking you? |
| Mr Bruce Mathalone | Eye surgery |
| Mr Jeremy Laing | The Biology of the Ear |
| Dr Efraim Kramer | Search and Rescue - relief operations for the UN |
| Professor Dixon | Modern Radiology |
| Mr Alistair Cook | Problems with the Gut |
| Dr Clive Charig | Urology and 21st Century Medicine |
| Carol Jones | A Career in Ophthalmology: worth a closer look? |
| Dr Derek Harrington | Looking after your heart - a user's guide |