Editorial
Director’s welcome
RCSI Ethics Challenge
- RCSIsmj Ethics Challenge 2021/2022
- RCSIsmj Ethics Challenge winner 2020/2021
Research spotlight
- Breakthrough for hepatocellular carcinoma
Interview
- Prof. David Cotter: predicting psychosis
Case report
- Rubber neck or not: a look back at a neck injury
Original article
- Obtaining best possible medication histories may improve long-term patient management and prevent adverse drug events in the emergency department
Review articles
- Patient positioning for subclavian central venous catheter placement 32 Robotic transabdominal cerclage: where have we reached?
Staff reviews
- Into the future: how artificial intelligence is shaping precision medicine
- A universal vaccine for the influenza virus
- Another diagnostic tool for your pocket: how ultrasound is revolutionising medicine
- The promise and potential of the adeno-associated viral vector in gene therapy
- From early birds to night owls: a review of chronobiology
- COVID-19: a disease of the endothelium?
- Loneliness in the elderly
- Exploring the mental health implications of COVID-19
- A review of the acute treatment of illicit and prescription drug poisonings
Perspectives
- Skin deep: is curriculum reform a responsibility of the student?
Travel brief
- Telehealth: “Travelling†to US electives
Abstracts
- Clinical and sociodemographic associates of depression and anxiety in systemic lupus erythematosus
Book review
- War Doctor
2020/2021 Staff
Executive Committee
Director: Alyssa Conti
Editor-in-Chief: Brian Li
Peer Review Director: Alison Hunt
Senior Editor Assistant: Kathryn Haley
Peer Review Director: Michelle Gyenes
Executive Secretary: Traveen Singh
Webmaster: Tiffany Yeretsian
Peer Reviewers
Lisle Blackbourn, Kassandra Gressmann, Samantha Tso, Nikki Cliffe, Flavia Dumitrascu, Eva Stolz, Blaire Beers-Mulroy, Clare Lambert, Vrinda Munjal, Kalle Amolins, Adam Jordan, Elisa Yoo, Jennifer PY Lee, Erin Walton Ball, Ananya Pentaparthy, Morvarid Zehtab, Matthew Laird, Aisling O’Hara, Jessica Langevin
Senior Staff Writer
Christine Okeefe
Staff Writers
Aidan McKee, Carol Rizkalla, Stephanie Gagnon, Lori Israelian, Candice Parmar, Evani Patel, Iris Rahman, Harleen Jhinger
Director of Education
Matthew Patel
Education Secretary
Tayler Declan Ross
Education Officers
Fraser Jang-Milligan, Savvy Benipal, Yavani Kulasingham, Bao-Nghi Nguyen
Public Relations
Komal Marwaha Sanat Rashinkar Ishan Antony
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the RCSI Alumni for their continued support of us as students – providing career advice, acting as mentors, enabling electives and research, and supporting the publication of the RCSIsmj since its inception in 2008.
As today’s generation of students and tomorrow’s generation of alumni, we are very grateful for this ongoing support.
A warm and special thanks to Prof. David Smith for the time and encouragement he has given to the RCSIsmj Ethics Challenge, and for his support of the annual debate.
We would also like to thank the Dean, Prof. Hannah McGee, for her sponsorship, and Margaret McCarthy in the Dean’s office for her constant endorsement and assistance.
The RCSIsmj was extremely privileged to have a number of professors and clinicians involved in this year’s journal clubs. We would very much like to thank the following individuals for their support of and participation in the journal club, and to express our appreciation of their time, knowledge, and expertise:
Dr Helen Fogarty
Dr Caroline Kelleher Dr Sarah E. Ward
Dr Niamh Merriman
