Looking back on a year of Surgo

Now that we are nearing the end of thevery long academic year, it seems like anopportune moment to reflect on a year ofSurgo. Ultimately, I am extremely proud ofwhat our Surgo team has achieved over thepast 10 months. However, this would nothave been possible without the guidanceand contributions of staff and studentsalike. When we began our work in September,Surgo had largely lost it’s drive andidentity; I could only recall 2 issues ofSurgo being released since I startedmedical school in 2019! This formed ourgoal for the academic year: to put Surgoback on the map and have staff andstudents WANT to contribute to ourmagazine. I think that we have definitelyachieved this. Since September, we havereleased 4 issues of Surgo and we havediscussed a wide range of topics: climatechange in healthcare, disability inmedicine, the cost of living crisis and manymore! My biggest thank you has to go to Prof.Cindy Chew. Cindy has been the drivingforce behind Surgo’s creative commonslicense which has allowed Surgo to be aplace for students to showcase their workand benefit from doing so. Not to mentionCindy’s interesting tail lights column at theend of each issue. THANK YOU!Thank you to Dr. Camille Huser foreducating me about the impact ofhealthcare on climate change and forhelping me to share this message to thestudent population. And thank you to mySurgo team: Lucy, Eva, Daanyaal, Chloe andDominique, for working behind the scenesand for your contributions. Feeling like I have helped to return Surgo toits former glory, it was the right time tohand over the editor in chief title to ourarts director, Daanyaal Ashraf. I feel veryconfident that Daanyaal will keep the Surgomomentum going next year and that he willdo a fantastic job. Bye! Anna x