Tag: Foresterhill Campus
Draw in Suttie – February 6th 6.00 pm
Happy Christmas from the Medical Library!
We would like to wish all the Medical Library’s patrons and readers a very happy and relaxing festive period and new year.
The library will close at 17:00 pm on the 24th of December and re-open after the Christmas break at 9:00 am on the 6th of January 2020. Our festive hours can be found on the library Opening hours web page.
We look forward to seeing you in the New Year to make the most of 2020!
Med-Chi lecture : Doctors are People Too
Thursday 5th December 2019
Med-Chi Hall
Polwarth Building
Foresterhill
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
“How research can inform workforce policy and Planning?”
A lecture by Professor Jen Cleland, John Simpson Chair of Medical Research, Aberdeen.
Many areas of Scotland struggle to recruit and retain trainees and doctors. This lecture draws on a 10-year programme of work to highlight the factors most valued by medical students and trainees in terms of their career choices and personal priorities.
Jen is a psychologist, starting her career observing primate social behaviour, then training and working in occupational and clinical psychology. She moved to Aberdeen in 2000 for a split University : NHS Grampian post, working as a clinical psychologist in Liaison Psychiatry for 10 years. She moved to the University full-time in 2011.
She has been John Simpson Chair of Medical Research since 2011, and is Director of the Centre for Healthcare Education Research and Innovation, University of Aberdeen.
All are welcome to this talk. A finger buffet and tea or coffee are available from 6:30 pm.
Directions to the Med-Chi Hall in the Polwarth Building on the Foresterhill Campus are available here (map).
Med-Chi lecture by Brigadier Robin Simpson QHS
Thursday 3rd October 2019
Med-Chi Hall
Polwarth Building
Foresterhill
7.00 pm
How to train doctors to deliver healthcare in an austere environment
Brigadier Robin Simpson QHS, Defence Postgraduate Medical Dean
Robin Simpson graduated MB ChB from the University of Aberdeen in 1983. On joining the Army, he undertook Parachute training and then deployed to Northern Ireland before Officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He then was posted to Germany for his GP training which was completed by a year at BMH Hong Kong in 1989. As RMO to 1 KOSB he deployed to on Operation Telic in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq. On posting to Dortmund as SMO, he became a GP trainer and GP Course Organiser in 1992. Subsequent tours were as Senior Medical Officer to Sennelager and then Episkopi Cyprus. In 1998 he returned to Sennelager as the Regional Clinical Director. This tour included overseeing the transfer of secondary Health care from BMH Rinteln to a German hospital in Paderborn. In 2001 he completed his MSc in General Practice at Kings College London. In 2004 he undertook a tour as the SMO for the Provincial Construction Team Mazar-i-Sharif Northern Afghanistan. In 2011 he deployed as the Senior Medical Officer Camp Bastion with specific responsibilities for the medical care of Captured Personnel.
In 1995 he became the Defence Professor of General Practice at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine. His research interest focusses on care of patients on the battlefield on which he has published extensively. In 2012 he was appointed the GP Dean and then in March 2015 the Postgraduate Dean of the Defence Medical Services. He is an MRCGP Examiner (since 1995) and has had many senior roles in the senior management of the exam. He is the Vice Chair Midlands Faculty RCGP.
Brigadier Simpson is particularly interested in making GPs more aware of veteran’s health issues and co-authored the RCGP document entitled “Meeting the Healthcare Needs of Veterans”. He is now the RCGP Veterans Champion and is the Professor of Military Primary Healthcare and Veterans Health University of Chester.
In January 2018 he was appointed Queens Honorary Surgeon.
His awards include:
-
-
- Defence Medical Services General Practice Medal November 2012
- Royal College of Surgeons Mitchiner Medal December 2013
- Order of St John March 2015.
-
He will leave the Army later in 2019 after 35 years’ service.
NOTE: Representatives from Playlist and Aberdeen Mountain Rescue will talk about the work of their charity and how the society’s donations can help.
All are welcome to this talk. A finger buffet and tea/ coffee are available from 6:30 pm.
Directions to the Med-Chi Hall in the Polwarth Building on the Foresterhill Campus are available here (map).
Topiary elephants are back!
The topiary elephants were on loan to Castle Fraser for a few months during the construction work for The Baird Family Hospital and the Anchor Centre. The car park outside the Children’s Hospital has been redeveloped and the elephants have now returned. It’s good to see them back on a sunny day in Aberdeen!
Anatomy of Oor Wullie at the Suttie Centre
The Anatomy of Oor Wullie stands at the entrance to the Suttie Centre on the Foresterhill Campus.
This sculpture was created by Judi Milne and sponsored by the University of Aberdeen. The Scottish language is full of colourful words and phrases and Judi wanted to create a fun but educational reflection of this with her sculpture, and hopes visitors will enjoy learning about our local dialect.
There are a total of 36 statues dotted across Aberdeen and parts of Aberdeenshire. Click on each of the Oor Wullies on the Aberdeen BIG Bucket trail to see a map showing where you can find them. Don’t forget to take a selfie and use the #OorSelfie when you spot one!
Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail runs for 11 weeks from 17th June 2019 – 30th August 2019, culminating in a series of Farewell Events and nationwide auctions in each of the five host cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
Scotland’s first ever national public art trail aims to unite the country as it raises awareness and vital funds for Scotland’s children’s hospital charities. Funds raised through the trail will support these charities in helping children in hospital across the country.
Find out more about the project by following this link to Oor Wullie’s Big Bucket List.
Oor Wullie’s BIG Bucket Trail is a Wild in Art event, and is supported by DC Thomson Media.
Spring cherry blossom at the Rowett Institute
In Japan, the cherry blossom is of great public interest due to the custom of flower viewing known as hanami. The Japan Meteorological Agency records the opening and full bloom of the blossoms from Kyūshū in late March to Hokkaidō in the middle of May. The advancing front is also the subject of regular reports by the major news agencies.
Spring Daffodils at ARI
The sculpture in the photo is called Breathing and was created by the Japanese sculptor, Hideo Furuta. This piece was commissioned to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in 1992.
Among other works of public art, he designed Juxtaposition in Saltwell Park for Gateshead Council and the Adamson Square, Creetown with funding from the Scottish Arts Council.
Autumn on the Foresterhill Campus
Students enjoy a picnic in the autumn sunshine outside the Suttie Centre on the Foresterhill campus.
Medical Library News 