Yesterday, the second day of the RAMS International Summer School Neurosurgery 2017 was of an extensive variety! Almost forty students took part in the lecture series that started with two lectures from professor Aronica, a neuropathologist from the Amsterdam Medical Centre. With neurodevelopmental disorders as her main area of interest, Aronica came to Nijmegen especially for this Summer School to teach about neuropathology and neuro-oncology associated with development of the central nervous … [Lees meer...]
Start of RAMS International Summer School Neurosurgery 2017
Yesterday, the RAMS International Summer School Neurosurgery 2017 finally started. We were absolutely delighted to meet attendants from various backgrounds, cultures and places across the globe with divergent motivations and objectives. After the organisers (members of the Summer School Committee) introduced themselves to the attendants at a very inspiring place, Operation Theatre 71, professor Bartels spoke out about motivation, incentives and goals this Summer School could provoke in all … [Lees meer...]
RAMS Pubquiz 2017
On Friday the 14th of July 2017, the annual Pubquiz of the Radboud Annals of Medical Students (RAMS) will take place! This evening teams consisting of a mix of (international) students, PhD candidates, and post-doctoral researchers will compete against each other. As Board of RAMS we would greatly like to invite you to join us at our Pubquiz! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge on a broad range of scientific subjects. The pubquiz will be in full English. You can sign up for the … [Lees meer...]
Eighth edition of RAMS: Neurosurgery special
The decision to read our next edition will be a no-brainer. Or maybe not? The eighth edition of RAMS is all about the topic of our International Summer School: neurosurgery. In the week of July tenth, both students and lecturers will come from all over the world to discuss a diverse range of subjects related to neurosurgery. To top off this interesting week, the 8th edition of RAMS will be launched. In this edition, you will read about preventing Alzheimer's disease while sleeping, psychosurgery … [Lees meer...]
The more the merrier
By Mirjam Schaap My parents couldn’t be happier when they discovered they were expecting triplets. I can hear you think – triplets? Yes, you’ve heard me right. Some might shiver by the thought of thousands of diapers, others might be charmed by the thought of three toddlers hopping around (surrounded by pink clouds, a rainbow and some unicorns). Anyway, I’m very grateful that me and my siblings were born blurred of health. This is not usual in higher multiple pregnancies, since there’s a … [Lees meer...]
Winner of the best article!
The winner of the best article published in RAMS has been chosen! The authors won a prize of €100. 'Hydrogen cyanide emission by mono- and co-cultures of pseudomonas aeruginosa and aspergillus fumigatus.' This article is published in our sixth edition and is written by: Kevin Hengstler M.D. (on the picture below), Anne H. Neerincx MSc, Dr. Frans J.M. Harren, Dr. Simona M. Cristescu, Peter J.F.M. Merkus M.D. … [Lees meer...]
When to stop eating?
By Wendy Schreurs Working in a retirement home gives me a lot of new insights. Especially when I work with elderly who suffer from dementia. They told me I was Irish, I experienced the second World War, I have kids and that I have big feet. Of course this was nonsense; my feet are a normal size 6. But not everything they say is always gibberish. A while ago I was helping a woman with her dinner. She wasn’t too happy with me helping her. She looked at me with her grumpy face and said: “Why do … [Lees meer...]