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On the 12th of September 2024 I attended the annual British Association of Urological Surgeons Endourology Conference in Edinburgh, in order to present an audit I had worked on, alongside surgeons from the urology department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Our research considered the local rates of stoneless ureteroscopy (a procedure…

I completed the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at the University of Aberdeen. This was inspired by my passion for health equity and social determinants of health. The program offered a diverse range of courses, with Health Policy and Systems Research, Evaluating Policy Effects in Practice, Health Informatics, and…

In July, Kate and I had the pleasure of attending the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) annual scholarship meeting, where we were honoured to present two talks.

Our first talk was based on work we did as student interns on a project led by Kathrine Gibson…

Attending the 2024 RCOphth Annual Congress at the ICC in Belfast from May 20-23 was a transformative experience. Presenting my research on diabetic retinopathy and prediction models was an incredible opportunity to share my work with experts and peers.

Throughout the conference, I immersed myself in a variety of sessions…

In May 2024, I was invited to present my elective study at the "The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology" (EFORT) in Hamburg. Baffled and surprised, it was an honour as a student of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition to present my research at…

From the start of my placement search, I was determined to go abroad. After weeks of sending speculative applications, I connected with the Principal Investigator of the Microbiome group at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona. In August, I moved to Barcelona and worked alongside a team of…

In a paper published in the British Journal of General Practice, former Highland GP and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Alistair Appleby is helping to re-shape the scientific foundations of medical practice. The paper entitled “Right idea, Wrong science – should critical realism be the new science of medical practice?” outlines…

As I sit down to reflect on the past almost three years, it's hard to believe how quickly time has flown since I made the leap from my role as an Online Learning Developer in The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences at Robert Gordon University (RGU) to becoming a Teaching Fellow…

Professor Lora Heisler gives some insight into what it is like to be a biomedical researcher at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, and her tips for success.

What are you working on now?

I feel very fortunate to be an obesity researcher at this point in time where the…

Reimagining assessment in scaled up work-based learning: a case study in Applied Health Sciences

Heather May Morgan PhD, FHEA¹, Toni Gibson BSc, SFHEA¹, Emily Cleland MSc¹, Caroline Franco PhD^1,2

¹Postgraduate Education Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen

²Aberdeen Centre for Health…