Be a high impact student

ByMr Jerard Ross

Published08 November 2016

...but make sure it is for the right reasons, writes Mr Jerard Ross as he gives his top advice for being confident and standing out in a clinical environment.

Treat patients with respect, no matter how difficult that might be.

Students who make an effort are always noticed.

Consultants are always impressed when a student knows what is required of a junior team member.

If a nurse says there is a problem, there almost certainly is.

Mr Jerard Ross

Medico-legal adviser

Jerard graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. He then moved into surgical training in Edinburgh before completing his MD at the University of Manchester. Before joining the MDU he was a consultant in adult and paediatric neurosurgery in Edinburgh where he was the surgeon to the Scottish National Paediatric Epilepsy Programme.