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The UCC SMJ provides students with an opportunity to connect with the greater research community at UCC. This is a platform for students to showcase their work, as well as introduce them to the peer reviewing process. Our goal is to create a space for students to ask critical questions, with the ultimate aim of fostering more well-rounded future healthcare professionals.

Current Issue

Vol. 4 (2024): UCC Student Medical Journal
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The UCC Student Medical Journal's 4th edition is here! We are excited to present the hard work of UCC medical students, ranging from original research, case reports, systematic reviews to medical exchange experiences.

This edition also boasts the SMJ's first ever special feature, highlighting the emerging field of personalized medicine. A diverse array of UCC Medical Societies have provided their thoughts on what personalized medicine means in their individual disciplines, and have showcased innovative technologies that are advancing individualized care.

Thank you to our authors, faculty reviewers, SMJ team and Medical Research and Technology Committee for their contributions to this exciting new edition!

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/smj.2024
Published: 2024-10-10

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  • UCC Student Medical Journal 4th Edition

    Padraig Cronin; Shobha Mehta
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/smj.2024.1

Articles

  • An exploration of gut hormone therapy to treat infertility caused by Type 2 Diabetes

    Alison Belle Martin, Eileen Duggan
    9-23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.1

  • A two-dimensional cellular automaton model of parasystole

    Megha Kodancha
    25-35
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.2

  • Aortic valve replacement via mini-sternotomy: Results of a single centre analysis

    Joey Harrington, Dr. Seán Barrett, Dr. Eileen Duggan, Mr. Kishore Doddakula
    37-42
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.3

  • Cancer cachexia and dysphagia: a systematic literature review

    Mark Leahy
    45-59
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.4

  • Review of the dietetic and MDT management of Cystic Fibrosis

    Aoife Twomey
    61-66
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.5

  • Exploring the biopsychosocial model for evaluation of an acutely suicidal patient with co-occurring borderline personality disorder and substance misuse: a case study

    Sten Kajitani, Megha Kodancha, Hannah Anderson, Kayla Smith, Anthony Goodings, Dr Dayananda Siddaiah, Mpho Mthethwa
    69-72
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.6

  • Unraveling paediatric constipation: a biopsychosocial approach toward a 2-year-old’s chronic gastrointestinal quandary

    Sten Kajitani, Anthony Goodings, Mpho Mthethwa, Munsa Kang, Dr. Frances Enright, Ahmad Albakri, Sophie Dunn
    75-79
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.7

  • Harmonizing the healing of hand trauma in a piano teacher: a case report on pain management in Ireland and utilizing butterfly ultrasound for a brachial plexus nerve block

    Sten Kajitani, Andrew Kramer, Ahmad Albakri, Dr. Brian O'Donnell , QUENTIN JEANTET
    81-86
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.8

  • A biopsychosocial approach to 6-year-old patient with impetiginized atopic dermatitis: a case report

    Anthony James Goodings, Sten H. Kajitani
    89-93
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.9

  • Post-partum psychosis: a case report

    Felicia Deonarine
    95-98
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.10

  • HELLP Syndrome: a biopsychosocial case report

    Felicia Deonarine
    100-103
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.11

  • The use of Artificial Intelligence in clinical diagnostics: Challenges to consider for implementation

    Padraig Cronin
    105-107
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.12

  • Psychedelic-assisted therapy: Magical thinking or a meaningful treatment for mental illness

    Megha Kodancha
    109-112
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.13

  • Ethical dilemma in dietetics: Should dieticians engage in paid partnerships?

    Aoife Twomey
    114-116
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.14

  • Elective Experience - Summer Erasmus Madrid 2022

    Adina Elena Zagoneanu
    118-119
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.15

  • Bed Numbers

    Sinead Dart O'Flynn
    121
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.16

Special Feature

  • Future frontiers in paediatric oncology

    Danielle Beleutz, Sydney Brannen, Pádraig Cronin, Colleen Haughey
    123-125
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.17

  • Emerging areas of personalized medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: a narrative review

    Roxanne H. Leung, Alyssa Belfiore, Hannah Whibbs, Emma Wilson, Hoyang Seo, Sydney Rotman
    127-130
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.18

  • Enter Modius: Neurovalens's innovative new solution to insomnia

    Andrew Iskander
    133-135
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.19

  • A snapshot of personalized medicine in palliative care

    Hakhamanesh Behmanesh
    137-138
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2024.1.20
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