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Surgeons' Hall Museums Launches Oral History Project to Preserve Women’s Voices in Surgery
Surgeons' Hall Museums has announced an Oral History Project designed to preserve voices that might otherwise be lost to time. The project draws inspiration from one of those rare accounts: the autobiography of Caroline Doig, the first woman elected to RCSEd Council.
Dental Dean Update - Thirty Years of Cone-beam CT Imaging, But Do We Take Too Many scans?
Imaging has come a long way since the early radiographic pioneers using long exposure times and high radiation doses. Although reassuringly, radiation protection is now carefully controlled, three decades on from the beginnings of CBCT, the total number of CBCT scans continues to grow substantially across the globe.
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants – an RCSEd MFDS Update by Dr Shan Gandhi
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh MFDS team continues to embrace the themes and the spirit of building on the work of our previous ‘giants’. Over the last year, there has been a resurgence in Part 2 candidates, and this success has been built on our history of forged relationships and our reputation as the ‘friendly’ College.
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RCSEd Marks Second Dental-Only Diploma Ceremony in College History
The 18th and final Diploma Ceremony for 2025 on 16 December was a special occasion for the Faculty of Dental Surgery. For the second time in the history of the College, all of the diplomates receiving their awards were from the Faculty of Dental Surgery. The only other occasion this occurred was in 2022, as part of the 40th year celebrations of the founding of the Faculty.
Dental
Choosing a Different Path: Reflections on a Career Beyond the Hospital
In this article, new Chair of the Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH), Dr Thomas Pols shares his journey from embarking on a career within medicine to exploring the world of policy, business, and diplomacy. Thomas speaks on the twists and turns along his career path and discovering his true passion.
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