The medics' review is an institution in the Edinburgh medical community. Every Christmas the fourth year medical students write and perform sketches which ridicule medicine, politics, tutors and, most importantly, themselves.
The most memorable sketch I remember was Gordon Findlater, anatomy lecturer, doing the "new curriculum" anatomy revision lecture. It was just after Edinburgh had drastically cut the anatomy department's budget and staff, to the horror of students and tutors alike. Dr Findlater sang the educational classic "Head shoulders knees and toes."
Video footage now often plays a central role in the review and with the invention of Youtube these classic clips can be shared with the whole world. I found this sketch recently - The Edinburgh Medics Do Baywatch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxDUHUnpP2g
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