Navigating Healthcare Challenges for Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in the UK
Sickle cell disease, an inherited genetic mutation, holds a significant place in the health narrative of Black communities. Its genetic...
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Melanin Medics
- Jul 9
- 2 min
The Art of balancing projects and side hustles alongside Medicine.
Oyindamola Adeniyi, a 4th year Medical student, and a recipient of the Diana Award 2023 shares her tried and tested tips on how she...
Melanin Medics
- Jun 18
- 7 min
SurgIn Success: A participant's perspective.
We spoke to Dr Robyn Anderson about her experience as part of the first cohort of participants to join SurgIn: The Lewin programme. Dr...
Olamide Dada
- May 28
- 5 min
What I learnt from burnout
I never truly understood what burnout meant until I experienced it for myself. For almost a year, family and friends would constantly...
Melanin Medics
- May 7
- 3 min
Overcoming loneliness in the isolating world of medicine.
"I’ve been at work for 12hours and everyone I’ve spoken to has been a complete stranger.” I often find myself saying this to my medic...
Melanin Medics
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Top Tips for Exam success.
Exams, exams, exams! To some the bane of one’s academic progress, to others just another hurdle you need to jump in order to progress....
Melanin Medics
- Mar 26
- 4 min
Health Equity and Black Women in the UK
The WHO states that health equity is achieved when everyone can achieve their full potential for health and well-being (1). In the UK,...
Melanin Medics
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Unwritten rules about being a black, female doctor in the UK.
Growing up in Kenya, I never thought much about my identity as a black woman and how the world would treat me. After all, why would I? I...
Melanin Medics
- Feb 12
- 4 min
“This isn’t what I signed up for” - Falling out of love with Medicine?
The last year has been a whirlwind. I have questioned many things. The state and sustainability of the NHS. The role of doctors. My...
Melanin Medics
- Jan 22
- 3 min
F3 YEAR : PURSUE OR PASS?
It’s the start of a new year and with that comes speciality applications season! Doctors all over the UK are now eagerly waiting for...
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