Open AccessThe extraordinary undergraduate career of Oliver St John Gogarty: has the modern medical student anything to learn from him?
Author(s) -
Seamus O’Mahony
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh/the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2042-8189
pISSN - 1478-2715
DOI - 10.4997/jrcpe.2013.216
Subject(s) - the renaissance , irish , medical school , classics , medical education , medicine , art , art history , philosophy , linguistics
Oliver St John Gogarty (1878-1957) was a celebrated Irish doctor and poet. A 'Renaissance' figure, he was renowned as a surgeon, poet, memoirist, senator, athlete and wit. His years as a medical student, although not crowned by academic success, were remarkable for many other achievements. A study of Gogarty's University career provides a number of lessons in the art of being a medical student. Although it is more than a century since Gogarty qualified as a doctor, this paper suggests that these lessons are still relevant today.