Issue 27: December 2018 Click to download the entire issue
Editor’s welcome
Alekandra Turp & Cameron Wells
Invited Articles
Rise of the machines: Is the future of health care human?
Associate Professor Tarik Sammour
The future of health is mobile
Professor Robyn Whittaker
The future of primary health care in New Zealand
Dr Richard Medlicott
Academic Articles
Development of physical robotic surgery training exercises
based on a systematic literature review
Nikhar Shah, Cameron Wells, Greg O’Grady,
Mac Grenslade & Bruce Stokes
Retrospective audit of deaths in Canterbury District Health Board
Claire Whitehead
The consequences of alcohol use in pregnancy
Amy Rankin
The role of spirituality in palliative care
Amy Rankin
Treatment complexities in rheumatoid arthritis
Hemi Enright
Palliative management strategies for oesophageal cancer
in the presence of co-morbidities
Alistair Lock
Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) Abstracts
Features Articles
2018, a proud year to be a medical student
Jibi Kunnethedam
Interview with a cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Sean Galvin
Cheyaathan Haran
The colourful dimensions of ethnic dermatology
Dushiyanthi Rasanathan
Finding other ways to communicate: A journey with a patient
and his very special wife
Brittany Park-Ng
Syphilis: A fresh Persian perspective
Shilpan Patel, Masoud Kasiri, William Barnes & Dr S Ali Mirjalili
What happens to those students who do not get into their
desired programme? A personal reflection
Joseph Chen & Dr Marcus Henning
Welcome to medical enculturation; let me witness your transformation
Doris Zhang & Dr Tanisha Jowsey
An insight into the realities of life and health case in Tanzania
Amy Rankin
The perfect cut: A combined clinical and research elective in Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery at Oxford
Isabel See
Conference Reports
New Zealand Medical Students’ Association Conference:
Transcend 2018
Seung Il Choi
Australian Students’ Surgical Conference 2018
Vanshay Bindra
New Zealand student participation in the Australia and New Zealand
Association for Health Professional Education (ANZHPE)
Conference 2018
Rachel Matthews, Steven Ling & Roshit Bothara
NZMSA Clinical Leadership Forum Hackathon Abstracts
Media Reviews
The Good Doctor by Dr Lane O’Sullivan
Michaela Rektorysova
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sarah Maessen
Living In Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,
directed by Mark N. Hopkins
Sylvia Duncan
Creative Writing
Midnight reflections
Anne Chiang
A long day
Fardowsa Mohamed
Friend Bequest (From a Modern Cad)
Emily Adam
Alekandra Turp & Cameron Wells
Invited Articles
Rise of the machines: Is the future of health care human?
Associate Professor Tarik Sammour
The future of health is mobile
Professor Robyn Whittaker
The future of primary health care in New Zealand
Dr Richard Medlicott
Academic Articles
Development of physical robotic surgery training exercises
based on a systematic literature review
Nikhar Shah, Cameron Wells, Greg O’Grady,
Mac Grenslade & Bruce Stokes
Retrospective audit of deaths in Canterbury District Health Board
Claire Whitehead
The consequences of alcohol use in pregnancy
Amy Rankin
The role of spirituality in palliative care
Amy Rankin
Treatment complexities in rheumatoid arthritis
Hemi Enright
Palliative management strategies for oesophageal cancer
in the presence of co-morbidities
Alistair Lock
Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) Abstracts
Features Articles
2018, a proud year to be a medical student
Jibi Kunnethedam
Interview with a cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Sean Galvin
Cheyaathan Haran
The colourful dimensions of ethnic dermatology
Dushiyanthi Rasanathan
Finding other ways to communicate: A journey with a patient
and his very special wife
Brittany Park-Ng
Syphilis: A fresh Persian perspective
Shilpan Patel, Masoud Kasiri, William Barnes & Dr S Ali Mirjalili
What happens to those students who do not get into their
desired programme? A personal reflection
Joseph Chen & Dr Marcus Henning
Welcome to medical enculturation; let me witness your transformation
Doris Zhang & Dr Tanisha Jowsey
An insight into the realities of life and health case in Tanzania
Amy Rankin
The perfect cut: A combined clinical and research elective in Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery at Oxford
Isabel See
Conference Reports
New Zealand Medical Students’ Association Conference:
Transcend 2018
Seung Il Choi
Australian Students’ Surgical Conference 2018
Vanshay Bindra
New Zealand student participation in the Australia and New Zealand
Association for Health Professional Education (ANZHPE)
Conference 2018
Rachel Matthews, Steven Ling & Roshit Bothara
NZMSA Clinical Leadership Forum Hackathon Abstracts
Media Reviews
The Good Doctor by Dr Lane O’Sullivan
Michaela Rektorysova
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sarah Maessen
Living In Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders,
directed by Mark N. Hopkins
Sylvia Duncan
Creative Writing
Midnight reflections
Anne Chiang
A long day
Fardowsa Mohamed
Friend Bequest (From a Modern Cad)
Emily Adam
