UCC Internal Medicine Society

🔥What better way to start a new month than a new Fun Fact Friday!🔥

This month, our theme is Geriatrics 🩺🧓👴. Today let’s learn some interesting facts about Delirium!

Make sure to stay tuned for all the events we have coming this month!

✨Please join us for our Alumni Talk on Saturday Nov 2nd at 5pm via Google Meets. ✨ Listen UCC alumni speak talk about their experience in Internal Medicine residency programs in North America 🌎 and ask them your questions. They will share what it is like day-to-day, challenges, triumphs and words of wisdom for future candidates.

🔥Our wonderful speakers are: 🔥
Dr Shreya Motkur (Class of 2024): Michigan State University, Sparrow Hospital
Dr Kyle Rollheiser (Class of 2023): Brown University, Kent Hospital
Dr Khaled Nawar (Class of 2024): University of Toronto
Dr Justin Karstdat (Class of 2024): University of Toronto
Dr Yousef Manialawy (Class of 2024): McMaster University

We can’t wait to see you there! 🥼🩺⚕️

🔥Happy Friday everyone! We’re finishing the last Friday of the month off with Alport Syndrome! 🔥

We hope you enjoyed our Nephrology series and our talk with Professor Clarkson as much as we did!

Stay tuned for our upcoming events and for November’s theme…

🔥Kicking off another weekend with another Fun Fact Friday! Let’s learn all about Intersitital Nephritis!!🔥

🚑Ward Simulation🚑

The moment you’ve all been waiting for…

Wondering what life is like as an internist on the medical wards of CUH? Do you want to learn how to apply your clinical skills in real practice 🥼? Do you want to get an early exposure to more advanced medicine? Well then we have a tricky patient that is being referred to YOU. Their care is in your hands 🤒.

Join us, in person, on Saturday Oct. 12 at 11am in Brookfield for our Nephrology Ward Simulation. The case will be broken down into smaller workshops including History Taking 📝, Examination 🔎, ECGs 🫀, and Phlebotomy 💉🩸!

An admission fee of 3 euro will be collected at the door (cash only) with 100% of profits donated to our fund-raising partner CUH Charity. Lets give back to the hospital and patients that help us learn everyday!

This event is targeted to all years from DEM1 to GEM4/DEM5! Limited spots are available to facilitate more hands on learning, sign up is in our bio! (https://forms.gle/DbHA5rHYTwmzf1yH6)

There are also still spots available for volunteering, so sign up in our bio! (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AKmy7_qqhN5J6-VSp7afpJLmQ5JTnSRkdHRGE1uNLIE/edit?usp=sharing)

🔥Hitting off our first Fun Fact Friday of the year with Kidney Transplants!🔥

Stay tuned for some major events happening soon…

Join us for our Intro Night next Tuesday, Sept 17th! We’ll be hosting our elections for GEM1 and DEM1/DEM2 Reps!⚕️🏥🩺

If you would like to run to be a rep please sign up at the link below and prepare a 1 minute speech to present at Intro Night!

Sign Up Sheet: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIIZIoEQQ2qDh8wtkaGkLrLeEEOckksXStEbKJXIz2Ph5Yyg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/zrm-muvi-jdc

The Internal Medicine Society will be recruiting committee members for the 2024/2025 committee via an AGM conducted over Google Meets on Sunday, May 26th at 5 pm (Ireland local time).

https://meet.google.com/rin-ddih-dqm

The following roles are available:

Vice-chair
Ex-officio (must be on the current committee)
Senior Clinical Tutor (must be GEM4/DEM 5)
Assistant Clinical Tutor (must be GEM 3/DEM 4 or GEM4/DEM 5)
Public Relations Officer
Assistant Public Relations Officer
Events Officer
Ordinary Committee Member

Recruited in the fall: GEM and DEM representatives

If interested please DM us your name, email, program year and the role(s) you are interested in.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to us via DM or email at [email protected].

Special thank you to Prof Noel Caplice and Prof Subrata Ghosh for judging our amazing case competition! 🚑🏥🩺🥇

Congratulations to our winners and competitors for great presentations and case work 🥼🩻🫀🫁🧠

Most importantly, thank you all for an amazing year of enjoyable events and learning with the UCC Internal Medicine Society! 🎉

🎉🥼 Welcome all UCC medical students to our Case Competition, brought to you by and 🫁🎉

Sign up using the link in our bio and message us if you have any questions📢✌️

📝 The format will be a 10-minute presentation including clinical detail and key outcomes of a brief literature review.
Q&A will follow (3-5 mins) ⏰

⚕️Entrants will include a team of up to two undergraduates. Cases should reflect General Internal Medicine or its Subspecialities, and may be selected from either inpatient or outpatient practise.

🚑All patient information and case details need to be anonymized.
✅Rubric will be handed out closer to the event.

🏆🎉There will be PRIZES for the top 3 teams🥇🥈🥉

🫁 Resp Talk Event 🫁

All UCC medical students are invited to join us for our respiratory talk with Dr Cara Gill, Respiratory SPR! 🩻🏥

The talk will be online on google meets. Follow the link in our bio! 📢

We will discuss respiratory medicine training - how to set up a career in respiratory medicine, pathway to training, and the day in the life of respiratory doctor 🩺🫁

See you all there 🥼

🚑 Ward Simulation Event 🚑

In collaboration with , we bring you another Ward Simulations event!

Wondering what life is like as an internist on the medical wards of CUH? Do you want to learn how to apply your clinical skills in real practice 🥼? Well then we have a tricky patient that is being referred to YOU. Their care is in your hands 🤒 🩺

Join us, in person, on Saturday Feb. 24th at 10:45am in Brookfield for our Resp/Neuro Ward Simulation 🫁🩻🏥

An admission fee of 2 euro will be collected at the door (cash only) with 100% of profits donated to our fund-raising partner CUH Charity. Lets give back to the hospital and patients that help us learn everyday!

This event is targeted to all years from DEM1 to GEM4/DEM5! Limited spots are available to facilitate more hands on learning, sign up is in this bio (https://forms.gle/CFi82X9BkrigErET8)!

🎉🎉 Congraturlations to our winners from our Trivia Night! 🎁🎁
Thank you to all that joined our great event and we hope to see you all in the future events we have in store 😎

We raised €42.10 for CUH charity👏🙌

Special thanks to for sponsoring our event! 🍕

🫁🩺 Medical Monday on a Tuesday😱
Enjoy some fun facts about the CTPA procedure used in respiratory medicine 🫁🏥🩻

Your Fun Fact Friday is here🚑🔥 Today we look at some interesting facts about COPD 🫁🚭🩻🩺

This week’s Medical Monday! 🩺 💊⚕️
Continuing with our respiratory medicine theme we present some facts about the EBUS procedure 🫁 🚑

Comment on which procedure you would like to see next!🩻⚕️🏥

Special shoutouts for to out peer tutors and organizers!

🌟 Exciting news we are now collaborating with the GP Soc to hold our GEM2&DEM3 Mock OSCE 🌟

Save the date: Saturday, November 18th – it’s the moment you’ve all been eagerly waiting for! Our highly anticipated GEM2&DEM3 Mock OSCE is right around the corner!

If you are still interested in taking part there are few spots left. We are also looking for DEM4/GEM3 or DEM5/GEM4 clinical tutors! Links to sign up for both are in the Internal Med Soc bio!

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for the ward simulation event last weekend and for your generous donations to the CUH Charity🙏💙.

A special shoutout to our incredible clinical tutors who guided us through the event: Yousef, Mark, Khaled, Ahmed, Ihsan, and Irfan. Your expertise and dedication made the experience unforgettable. 🏥📚

🩺 Grateful for your presence at our North American Medical Electives talk last week! 🌎
🧠 Informative insights from our fantastic presenters – check out the slides in our IG bio! 📚
🙏 Big shoutout to our amazing hosts and contributors: Khaled, Ahmed, Justin, and James. 🌟

🚑 Ward Simulation Event 🚑

Wondering what life is like as an internist on the medical wards of CUH? Do you want to learn how to apply your clinical skills in real practice 🥼? Do you want to get an early exposure to more advanced medicine? Well then we have a tricky patient that is being referred to YOU. Their care is in your hands 🤒.

Join us, in person, on Saturday Oct. 21st at 11am in Brookfield for our GI/Cardiology Ward Simulation. The case will be broken down into smaller workshops including imaging (X-ray and CT) 🩻, ECGs 🫀, phlebotomy 💉🩸, and management principles in order to save your patient!

An admission fee of 3 euro will be collected at the door (cash only) with 100% of profits donated to our fund-raising partner CUH Charity. Lets give back to the hospital and patients that help us learn everyday!

This event is targeted to all years from DEM1 to GEM4/DEM5! Limited spots are available to facilitate more hands on learning, sign up is in this bio (https://forms.gle/DbHA5rHYTwmzf1yH6)!

🌟 Exciting News! Join Our GEM2&DEM3 Mock OSCE Practice Session 🌟

Save the date: Saturday, November 18th – it’s the moment you’ve all been eagerly waiting for! Our highly anticipated GEM2&DEM3 Mock OSCE is right around the corner!

🔥 Why should you be a part of this event?

1. Prepare for Success: Gain valuable practice to excel in your upcoming December OSCE.
2. Confidence Boost: Impress your tutors with your newfound skills and poise.
3. Perfect Your Clinical Abilities: Hone your clinical skills to perfection.

But that’s not all! We’re also on the lookout for dedicated clinical tutors from GEM3/GEM4 and DEM4/DEM5 who are ready to share their knowledge and gain invaluable teaching experiences. 📚

👉 Ready to shine and help others shine too? Secure your spot now! The sign-up link will be unveiled this Thursday at 7 pm sharp. Stay vigilant! 👀

This is your golden opportunity to elevate your performance in the OSCE under a time constraint. We’re eagerly looking forward to having you with us! 💯🚀

Another one of our GI themed Medical Mondays! Be sure to join our GI talk tonight 💉🩻

Check out this week’s fun fact Friday about coeliac disease! 💊⚕️🩺

Take a look at our first Fun Fact Friday showcasing the ABCDE of diabetes treatment! 🩸⚕️💊💪