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The Medical Student

The Medical Student is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Medical Student rather than just read about it. In short: The Medical Student (TMS) was a monthly print newspaper published entirely by full-time medical students from the five medical schools in London (King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Imperial College School of Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UCL Medical School, St George's, University of London). TMS was affiliated to London Medgroup, a collective body of Students'…

Key takeaways

The Medical Student belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Medical Student to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Medical Student from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Medical Student (TMS) was a monthly print newspaper published entirely by full-time medical students from the five medical schools in London (King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Imperial College School of Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UCL Medical School, St George's, University of London). TMS was affiliated to London Medgroup, a collective body of Students' Union presidents and British Medical Association representatives from each of the five member medical schools. It was an editorially independent publication with control over content and editorial appointments vested in the elected Editor-in-Chief and executive committee. TMS regularly published stories concerning medical politics, Modernising Medical Careers, London medical student issues, society, culture and United Hospitals sports news. It ceased publication in 2016, having moved from physical to online-only publication the previous year.

History The newspaper was founded in February 2004 by the University of London Union Medical Students Officer, Johann Malawana, as a means to inform London medical students of the key national medical and political issues affecting them, as well as publishing news concerning the five London medical schools. The initial motivation for founding the publication was to inform students of the changes that would ensue as a result of the Modernising Medical Careers policy. The publication ran into managerial and financial difficulties between 2008 and 2010, and was put on hiatus. In February 2011, TMS was restarted by a newly elected committee. In January 2015, the paper stopped printing physical copies and became online only.

Awards Guardian National Student Media Award for Newspaper of the Year (Nomination, 2007) Guardian National Student Media Award for Diversity Writer of the Year (Rohin Francis, Winner, 2006) Guardian National Student Media Award for Student Feature Writer of the Year (Rohin Francis, Runner-Up, 2006) Guardian National Student Media Award for Student Columnist of the Year (Rohin Francis, Nomination, 2006) Daily Mirror/NUS National Student Media Award for Small Budget Publication (Runner-Up, 2006) Daily Mirror/NUS National Student Media Award for Small Budget Publication (Winner, 2005)

Past editors in chief Navindi Fernandopulle (2016–) Rob Cleaver (2014–2016) Peter Woodward-Court (2013–2014) Katherine Louise Bettany (2012–2013) Purvi Patel (2011–2012) John Hardie (2010–2011) Joanne Ooi (2007–2008) Emma-Jane Smith (2006–2007) Ferras Alwan (2005–2006) Rohin Francis (2004–2005) Johann Malawana (2004)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Medical Student

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Medical Student claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Medical Student before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Medical Student ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Medical Student

In research: The Medical Student appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Medical Student in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Medical Student is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Medical magazines, Medical schools in London, Student magazines published in the United Kingdom, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Medical Student outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Medical Student in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The Medical Student means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain The Medical Student out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is The Medical Student in simple terms?

Why does The Medical Student matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Medical Student?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The Medical Student.