Last Friday, RAMS had the honor to host a roundtable session at the NVMO-congress (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medisch Onderwijs). We did this in collaboration with the Erasmus Journal of Medicine (EJM). Mirjam (editor-in-chief) and Ferhat (former vice-chair) gave the participants a brief overview about the ins and outs of a student medical journal. After this talk there was time to discuss scientific education and the differences between EJM and RAMS. It was a very inspiring session with lots … [Lees meer...]
Archief voor november 2017
RAMS Symposium Cognitive Enhancement “Brain Gains”
On November 27th 2017 RAMS will organise a symposium about cognitive enhancement. This evening, different speakers will talk about multiple perspectives of this theme. First subject of the evening will be Braincaps. Their inventors David Lo Dico en Mucahit Yalanizmet will talk about this cognitive enhancer and how it was developed. PhD student and future neurosurgeon Saman Vinke will talk about Deep Brain Stimulation and last but not least Jason Farquhar speaks about Brain Computer Interfacing. … [Lees meer...]
Ninth edition of RAMS is now available!
The ninth edition is now available! From now on you can read the November edition online, download the PDF or get it in real life at the medical faculty building (in the bookshelf near the stairs at the entrance or at the study square). In this edition you can find our new rubric: the zebras of medicine. The zebra that will be discussed in this edition is “the genital arousal syndrome”. Read about this and more diverse articles, for instance about the effects of EPO or about transgenderism in … [Lees meer...]
Can you trust the five-second rule?
By Jamie Hulzebos Do you ever pick-up food from the ground after dropping it and then eat it? Some people do it daily, others are disgusted by this practice. People that do pick up their food and thereafter eat it often justify their behaviour by referring to the five-second rule. This “rule” is known to most of us, and implies that bacteria “wait” five seconds before contaminating dropped food. It has even been subject to scientific research. High school student Jillian Clarke won an Ig … [Lees meer...]
