RCSI Student Medical Journal

Hi everyone! Today is the day! Remember to tune in *TONIGHT* to learn more about RCSI’s student medical journal and get involved! Click on the link below 👇🏼👇🏼 and we’ll see you soon 🔬🌟🦠🧑🏻‍🔬

https://bit.ly/3S0GUsA

Get ready and be excited!!! Curious about medical writing, want to get your foot in the door with scientific publishing? Interested in journal clubs and other events? Join us on Thursday the 22nd to answer your questions and get involved. We look forward to seeing you there 🤓🧑🏻‍🔬🧬🔬🦠

RCSI SMJ X RCSI Pride Society proudly present:
LGBTQ+ Journal Club . . . . . . .
This journal club will include two presentations:

“LGBTQ+ Individuals and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Commentary” (BJOG 2022) by Julie Croll, MPH.
^^ This piece is a commentary giving an overview of pregnancy outcomes in q***r individuals. We will discuss the paper to explain why these outcomes (pregnancy loss, pregnancy coming to term, fertility rates) are overall worse in LGBTQ+ people, and strategies to help change this in your own practice.
(Link to paper here: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17131)

“Queer-Inclusive Sexual History Taking with Clinical Pearls from the Literature.”
^^With all the s*xual diversity out there, many doctors are scared to talk to their patients about s*x - yet patients often highly value these conversations! This presentation aims to make s*xual history taking less intimidating and more inclusive toward q***r patients, with literature-based practices. . . . . . . .

Join us on 2 May, 2022 at 7 PM on Microsoft Teams !

Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzEyOGFjZTMtNWFlNC00N2I1LTg5NTYtNDM1NGEyNzNjNzhk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22105af022-d91f-4611-827a-1c5efe58b91c%22%7d

Join us for our launch tomorrow evening at 6pm in the Albert LT! We will be distributing the 15th edition of the SMJ and listening to both sides of the ethics debate. Followed by wine & cheese 🍷🧀

Introducing our second debate speaker: Dr. Kate Keenan.

Join us on Wednesday in the Albert LT at 6:00pm to hear about the ethics of medical assistance in dying in psychiatry.

Introducing our first debate speaker: Nicki Ringwood.

Join us on April 20th in the Albert LT at 6:00pm to hear about the ethics of medical assistance in dying in psychiatry.

Looking to be part of the SMJ Team?

We are excited to announce that applications to be part of the SMJ Team for 2022 - 2023 are NOW OPEN! 📖 Join is at the SMJ Launch on April 20th to know more about us and have a chat with us before applying!

DEADLINE: May 7th, 2022

Application guidelines at: http://www.rcsismj.com/2020/03/30/rcsismj-staff-applications-2020-2021/

Come out to SMJ's fourth journal club of the year in collaboration with RCSI Genetics Society!
The topic of discussion will be Mapping molecular subtype-specific alterations in breast cancer brain metastases identifies clinically relevant vulnerabilities- an interesting topic not to miss out on! The author, Dr. Damir Vareslija will be joining us for a discussion afterward. 4* 20€ gift cards to be won!
Link to paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8791982/
DATE: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
LOCATION: Microsoft Teams
TIME: 5:30PM
Teams link: https://bit.ly/3639ZRm

Announcing our debate speakers! 📣

Join us for our launch on April 20th at 6pm in Albert LT to hear both sides! Followed by wine & cheese 🧀

📣 Announcing our debate topic: The ethics of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in psychiatry.

Join us on April 20th at 6pm to celebrate our launch, hear a discussion of this topic, and enjoy some wine and cheese!

Exciting news: We are holding our launch in-person once again!!

Join us and the Dean on April 20th at 6:00pm in the Albert LT to celebrate! Enjoy an interesting ethics debate (keep an eye out for the topic 👀), grab your copies of this year’s issue, and have some wine and cheese 🧀 🍷

Massive congratulations to Natalie Mack on winning the SMJ Ethics Case Competition!! 🏆🌟

Join us and RCSI Cancer Society on February 21st at 6:30pm to hear about experiences of living with hereditary cancer conditions in Ireland with Nikolett Warner!

Nikolett also teaches health psychology, research methods, statistics, psychological theory and measurement at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the School of Psychology in NUI Galway, alongside acting as a Marie Keating Foundation Peer to Peer Supporter for BRCA1/2 alteration carriers.

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENSION ‼️

Submissions to the Ethics Competition for 2021-2022 have been EXTENDED! 🎉

NEW DEADLINE: 14th February 2022

Head over to the ethics challenge tab on our website to find out more information about this exciting opportunity. If you have missed the 2022 SMJ articles submissions deadline, this is an opportunity for you to still get published!

www.rcsismj.com

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENSION ‼️

Submissions to the Ethics Competition for 2021-2022 have been EXTENDED! 🎉

NEW DEADLINE: 23rd January 2022

Head over to the ethics challenge tab on our website to find out more information about this exciting opportunity. If you have missed the 2022 SMJ articles submissions deadline, this is an opportunity for you to still get published!

www.rcsismj.com

📢 Presenting RCSI SMJ's second journal club for 2021/22! In association with RCSI Orthopaedics Society 📢

Join us on the evening of Thursday, December 9th at 7pm, when we'll be discussing all of the following:

🦴The basics of research
🦴The process of research for students
🦴 Hip replacement in transplant patients
🦴 Rotator cuff repair

FYs, JCs, and GEM1s are highly encouraged to attend!
Articles: https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epub/10.1302/0301-620X.89B12.19400

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhfUz0opwIeAS_36Pn7CpOfLCUu-m6CM/view?usp=drivesdk

Teams link: 3Ameeting_OTZhYjhkOTUtZmI4Ni00Nzc0LWI0Y2YtOGFmNWM3OTA5YzA5@thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22,%22Oid%22%3A%226f5529b7-7c8f-4bc8-beff-fd30203a6374%22%7D%26anon%3Dtrue" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?anon=true&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=49456ae6-b7bd-4014-a181-68d8ff261840&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true&url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_OTZhYjhkOTUtZmI4Ni00Nzc0LWI0Y2YtOGFmNWM3OTA5YzA5@thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22,%22Oid%22%3A%226f5529b7-7c8f-4bc8-beff-fd30203a6374%22%7D%26anon%3Dtrue

SMJ is collaborating with RCSI Dermatology Society for an essay competition!

Submissions are now open until November 26th for the chance to win some great prizes. Please sign up on Student Life HQ under the RCSI Dermatology Society ☺

❗️Deadline Extension❗️
We have extended the deadline for submissions.
New deadline: 7th November

Come out to SMJ's first journal club of the year in collaboration with RCSI Paediatrics Society!

Topic of discussion will be Children's Health Ireland and the COVID-19 Catalyst: Reconfiguration of a Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Department in the Current Crisis- an interesting topic not to miss out on! The first author, Dr. Evelyn Patricia Murphy will be joining us for a discussion afterwards.

Link to paper: https://www.boa.ac.uk/resources/knowledge-hub/children-s-health-ireland-and-the-covid-19-catalyst-reconfiguration-of-a-paediatric-orthopaedic-surgery-department-in-the-current-crisis.html

DATE: Thursday, October 28th, 2021
LOCATION: Microsoft Teams
TIME: 7PM

Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjMzOWM0NDQtODIxYi00ODM3LTkwZjEtMjAwOTEzMWQ2NmRl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2259cb2786-7732-455a-ad14-8c965d92999f%22%7d

Two weeks left to get your submissions in for this years student medical journal!!

reminder to submit to: [email protected]

visit our website rcsismj.com for more information and submission guidelines!

Unsure of what to submit? Why not write a narrative medicine article?

Narrative medicine is a form of storytelling and is an outlet for those in healthcare to reflect on patient experiences and the patient-physician relationship.

For more info, visit www.rcsismj.com!

Do you want to be published? We are now accepting submissions for SMJ's 2021-2022 issue!

For more information visit: www.rcsismj.com
Submit articles to: [email protected]

Thank you all for attending our info session yesterday! In case you missed it here is the link to the recording: https://rcsicampus-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/editorsmj_rcsi_com/EcRQpe50GaBFj03JTjpRRyUBIbOHX-F-Y7vF1D-Z-7tWOA

Join us for the RCSI SMJ info session this Wednesday Sept 15th at 7pm! We will be discussing publishing, journal clubs, and more! Hope to see you there! MS Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWFjNGFhMjYtZjQ4Yy00MzMwLWI1ZWEtMGViNDFhZThlNjk4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22607041e7-a812-4670-bd30-30f9db210f06%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d8dbf23f-7075-4caf-b3bb-2876058abd0e%22%7d

‼️ DEADLINE EXTENSION ‼️

Applications to join the 2021-2022 RCSIsmj team have been extended! 📄

NEW DEADLINE: May 9th 2021

Application guidelines at: http://www.rcsismj.com/2020/03/30/rcsismj-staff-applications-2020-2021/

Looking to be part of the SMJ Team?

We are excited to announce that applications to be part of the SMJ Team for 2021 - 2022 are NOW OPEN! 📖

DEADLINE: May 7th, 2021

Application guidelines at: http://www.rcsismj.com/2020/03/30/rcsismj-staff-applications-2020-2021/

We are thrilled to announce that the RCSI Student Medical Journal’s 14th Volume is now officially released! Copies are now available on campus and can also be assessed on our website!

http://www.rcsismj.com/2021/04/20/rcsismj-volume-14-2020-2021/

Join us today at 7PM for our final journal club of the year in collaboration with the RCSI Wilderness Medicine Society! Dr. Tom Doyle will be the guest speaker. We will also be giving away prizes to attendees!
Teams Link: https://bit.ly/3wpTaIE

Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5535162/
Link to HSE Guidelines on Management of Jellyfish Stings: https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/hl/water/bathing/jellyfish-in-irish-coastal-waters.html

Come out to SMJ's fourth journal club of the year in collaboration with Neurology Society!
Topic of discussion will be "I’m just not a Sudoku person: analysis of stroke survivor, carer, and healthcare professional perspectives for the design of a cognitive rehabilitation intervention" - an interesting topic not to miss out on! Dr. Niamh Merriman will be joining us as the guest speaker.
DATE: Monday, March 8th, 2021
LOCATION: Microsoft Teams
TIME: 8PM
Link to paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2019.1594400