Back in March I went to a local BMA meeting to submit some motions for the ARM (annual representatives' meeting) on 29 June-2 July. At the time there was media coverage of a potential relaxation of advertising rules that could see abortion providers advertising on TV. So I wrote a...
The summer is a quieter period for the department as many students are taken up with exams or away on holiday. It gives us some time to regroup and prepare for the autumn term. Student Leaders' Conference On 4-6 April we had the annual student leaders' conference near Telford, commandeering...
Writing this, I'm just back from an incredible weekend at the National Students' Conference on 8-10 February. There were almost 400 there from virtually every medical school in the UK and Ireland. Many spoke of the great encouragement and challenge it was to them, and a large number were there...
There can't be many Christian doctors who don't struggle with busyness. But what can we do about it? Tim Chester's book could easily be subtitled, 'tough on busyness, tough on the causes of busyness'. Sure, there is some good advice on how to pack more into our busy days by...
Events, events, events The leaves are turning brown and CMF student groups around the country are preparing to welcome the new students with freshers' events. Laura Risdale in the office has been sending out around 1,000 CMF freshers' packs to encourage new students to join CMF. We are looking forward to...
This book chronicles the author's personal journey with Darwinism and is a fascinating summary of the main problems of standard Darwinian evolution. Latham is a GP in the Outer Hebrides and a CMF member. Accepting Darwinism at school and university, he 'enjoyed disputing with Christians about evolution…to me it was...
The National Students' Conference, 9-11 February, was the second biggest ever, with just over 400 from all over the UK, Ireland and beyond battling through freak snowstorms. Hugh Thomson spoke powerfully from Daniel on 'The God we Serve is Able' and Rhona Knight encouraged us to get 'In the Firing...
Anew year brings a chance to reflect on the last one and to consider priorities for the next. For me this is particularly pertinent as I finished as a GP registrar in October and have increased my CMF commitment to ten sessions a week. I plan to continue working two...
Whether you're a first year at medical school, or graduated ages ago, it's always good to consider why you are working in medicine. For many of our colleagues and for some of us it was for the money, or because they thought it would be interesting to learn about the...
Anniversaries are a good time to give thanks for where you've come from and to re-evaluate your current direction. This issue marks 35 years since Nucleus first hit the doormats of Christian medical students in October 1971. The birth of a legend Those days were times of change for students...