The social life of medics (with Christina Aaliyah)

They say nobody parties harder than medical students, but is that really true? What do our panellists think? Long-time listeners of sharp scratch may remember the fresher’s firsts: socialising episode recorded in the middle of the pandemic, so we are happy to be revisiting this topic now that medical school, and University, feels a little more normal.    In this episode, the panel talk all about socialising at medical school; from freshers' weeks, to sports and societies, to all the friends they made along the way.    Expert guest Christina Aaliyah is a final year medical student at Newcastle University and a content-creator who’s content about studying medicine and university life has amassed a following of over 140,000 on TikTok.   You can find Christina’s social media here: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@christina.aaliyah?lang=en  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrstinna/ Check us out on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BMJStudent  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmj_student/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/     This podcast is produced and edited by Geoff Marsh and Duncan Jarvies.