Gong hei fat choy! I love seeing the Chinese New Year lanterns adorning the trees in town and the academic intelligence and determination associated with the year of the Snake is certainly resonating in the School!
Jackie, Natalie and Meera are amongst several who been putting Liverpool School of Medicine on the map with their research success and Shane O’Donnell’s RS3 project has blossomed into the LEAF sustainability award recently received by the Clinical Skills lab.
One of the other wonderful things in January is a sparkly example of the balance that your other activities bring to our journey in the School together. Huge congratulations to everyone who organised and took part in another LMSS/Artefacts Strictly spectacular, raising such a magnificent total for charity. The dancing really was amazing this year and after the trailer for the musical, I’m ready to book my seats now!
This month I have also been very glad that my home in Scotland kept its roof, even if we did acquire someone else’s tree in the garden. I’m glad that Wilderness Medicine weren’t booked to be in tents that weekend and fascinated by all the work that goes into creating their realistic emergencies!
As January draws to a close and we look forward to brighter February mornings, I also wanted to share how inspiring it was to walk behind whoever was heading on Tuesday morning to Clinical Skills, on crutches. I thought I might catch up to chat, but despite the crutches, you were on a mission to get to your training and I was soon behind and out of puff. Our NHS very much needs that determination and energy and so, as we say north of the border at Scottish New Year: ‘lang may yer lum reek’ (may you never be without fuel for your fire!)