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First Gold and Scholar Undergraduate Medals Awarded by Prof John R. Higgins at UCC
At the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in UCC, excellence is rewarded and celebrated. Final medical year students, Sinead Flanagan and Sinead O’Riordan were presented with the first Anu Undergraduate Gold and Scholar Medals in Obstetrics and Gynaecology respectively by Prof. John R. Higgins on 28 June 2018.
At the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in UCC, excellence is rewarded and celebrated. Final medical year students, Sinead Flanagan and Sinead O’Riordan were presented with the first Anu Undergraduate Gold and Scholar Medals in Obstetrics and Gynaecology respectively by Prof. John R. Higgins on 28 June 2018.
These are new prizes awarded by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in University College Cork. Sinead Flanagan won the Anu Undergraduate Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology on receiving top marks in the oral examination CP5400. Sinead O’Riordan won the Anu Undergraduate Scholar Medal in Obstetrics and Gynaecology on receiving top marks in the written examination CP5400.
John R. Higgins, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UCC was effusive in his praise of the exceptional high standards of the students:
“It’s our first year awarding these new undergraduate gold and scholar medals to outstanding final year medical students. We wish to recognise the exceptional performance of both Sinead Flanagan and Sinead O’Riordan and we are hopeful such high calibre professionals may consider a career in obstetrics and gynaecology in due course.”