Have you ever wondered about the untaught, 'soft' skills of surgery? This week's article, written by newly-elected ESSS Senior Vice President, Aya, provides advice on achieving important skills such as Networking and Data Handling. Aya is a third-year medical student at the University of Edinburgh, currently undertaking a BMedSci in Surgical Sciences. She has interests in academic surgery, global health and medical informatics and has recently been awarded the RCS Intercalated Bachelor of Science Degree in Surgery Grant for her dissertation with Edinburgh Surgical Informatics team. She is the Edinburgh Regional Lead for the STARSurg research collaborative and is involved in various student societies including being Vice Convenor of the Medical Students Council and Senior Vice President of the Edinburgh Student Surgical Society. Here's what she had to say... As medical students interested in surgery, we all try to do well in exams, practice our surgical skills and get involved in some research. What I recently realised is that there is a whole set of “soft” skills that are not immediately associated with surgery but nonetheless very helpful. A blog post could be written on each of these, but below is a brief list of what they are and some ideas on how to work on them. **As a medical student I am in no way an authority on what skills you need; so this is just a reflection of my personal experiences, opinions and things I may have benefited from knowing earlier. **
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