Background
Studying medicine opened my eyes to a wide number of global issues that are extremely difficult to address by front-line clinical practice alone. I realised the need to deepen my understanding of these problems and hence, applied to intercalate, studying antimicrobial resistance at MSc level. In my second year of medicine, I assisted in conducting research, in a project entitled ‘Identifying if a variant of Arfaptin-2 has therapeutic potential for ALS’. Whilst I was not able to conduct any wet laboratory work myself, due to COVID-19 restrictions, I gained an understanding for how processes were carried out and understood the real-world impact that novel ideas could have. Whilst studying on the AMR MSc, my eyes have been opened to the fact that we humans live in a microorganism’s world and I realised the hidden complexity behind fixing what may initially appear as an easy-to-solve problem. I believe this course will guide me as a future clinician, helping me better serve patients, equipped with a new-found understanding of antimicrobial resistance and what can be done to help. |
The Team
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