The use of thyroid ultrasound is gaining in popularity at postgraduate level. However, it has not been broadly incorporated into the UK undergraduate medical curriculum. Thyroid ultrasound can help augment students understanding of both anatomy and endocrinology. We aimed to embed a hands-on thyroid ultrasound practical teaching session as part of the QUB (Queen's University Belfast) 3[rd] year medical students' endocrine and diabetes rotation. Students completed a questionnaire on the effectiveness of the teaching.

In this paper I will chart the development of the medical sub-culture within Nazi German society. I intend to show that ethical regulation provided by professional societies, state, and the legal system were inadequate and failed to prevent the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi doctors and that the acceptance of the concept of "a life not worth living" was a key turning point in medical culture and practice.

James Alexander Logan, a second-year medical student at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, died in February 2001 after a distressing illness of three months duration. His family, friends and interested professionals subsequently set up the James Logan Trust to encourage doctors and others to have the confidence to recognise and treat cancer pain. The James Logan Trust has provided funds for an annual prize for the best essay on "The challenges of cancer pain assessment and management" to be submitted by a Queen's University of Belfast undergraduate medical student after completion of their fourth-year palliative medicine teaching.

There is a growing interest in the use of digital learning and clinical decision support (CDS) in medical education and clinical practice. However, until recently there has been little interest in the potential cost savings that could emerge from the use of digital CDS in clinical practice. This study attempted to fill this gap by asking frontline resident doctors by means of a questionnaire to what extent they value digital CDS resources as a way of saving costs.