Student Blogs
“So Coroner what was the cause of death?”
Friday, 12 April 2019 by Hafsa Omer Sulaiman, MBBS 2022 “The spike penetrated the chest wall and perforated the aortic arch; a few centimetres to the right and she may have pulled through.” That went [...]
The biochemistry between us
Tuesday, 04 February 2019 by Dr Chloe Antoniou, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry My fondest childhood memory was teaching my younger sister math. Being four years older than her, I felt that it was the [...]
“Congrats, you’re a doctor” Now what?
Tuesday, 22 January 2019 by Eleni Naria Hadjicosta, Alumni 2018 You start with a goal. Graduate med school. Pretty big thinking when you’re 18 years old. And then one day, you wake up, and realise [...]
PBLx SGUL-UNIC: A unique brand of learning, catered by Zorbas
Thursday, 10 January 2019 by Elsie Marieanne Sowah, MBBS 2021 It’s around 10:30 and you’re using every last drop of the grade school-inculcated discipline within you to ignore the pink Zorba’s box (baked goods/pastries) on [...]
300+ BP measurements during the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society’s Xmas Fiesta
Thursday, 6 December 2018 by Elsie Sowah, MBBS 2021 On Saturday1 December the echo of the Cyprus Boy Scouts’ marching band reverberated throughout the lobby of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) Central Office in [...]
Successful Mobile Clinic Expedition to Larnaca: Movember Edition
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 by Rasha Ahmed Abdalla Taha Eid, MD 2023 On Saturday 17 November, a group of medical student volunteers participated in the mobile clinic expedition that took place in Ermou square in [...]
Mobile Clinic goes to Platres village for screening of ophthalmological diseases
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 by Jennifer Lyons, MBBS 2022 Last Saturday, 10 November 2018, the Mobile Clinic in collaboration with the Pantheo Eye Center travelled to Platres to perform ophthalmology checks. The Mobile Clinic team [...]
Life in Cyprus
Living in Cyprus can be a real joy. With 300 days of sunshine a year, beautiful beaches, delicious food and kind people, you’ll soon agree with a saying they have on the island: “It’s paradise!” [...]
Is a student residence right for you?
Moving is hard, and it’s even harder if you’re in a new country, and at a new school. But one thing that can make it so much easier is living in student housing. Where you [...]