--- title: "A trip to Kings College London for a Medical Activity Day" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2018-06-26-a-trip-to-kings-college-london-for-a-medical-activity-day" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # A trip to Kings College London for a Medical Activity Day ![Image of A trip to Kings College London for a Medical Activity Day](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/178.jpg) 26 June 2018 On Wednesday 20th June, 39 students from year 10 went to Kings College London for a medical activity day. They were lucky enough to be shown around the campus and have lots of interactive sessions for different clinical skills. Some of the highlights included: - Learning about the effects of alcohol and the dangers of completing activities under the influence of alcohol. Note the drunk goggles!![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/172a.png)![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/172b.jpg) - Learning about the effects of diet and finding out some surprising facts about the foods we are eating:![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/172c.jpg) - Having a go at some tricky keyhole surgery! ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/173a.jpg)![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/173b.png) - The fine art of stitching somebody back up ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/174a(1).jpg)![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/174b.png) \- Life-saving CPR ![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/176.jpg) Overall it was a really fun and well organised event with the students asking great questions. Riverside looks forward to sending lots of students off to be our future doctors and nurses! [ Riverside Students visit the Victoria and Albert Museum](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2018-06-14-riverside-students-visit-the-victoria-and-albert-museum) [Celebrate Reading at our Book Fair on Friday 6th July 2018 ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2018-06-28-celebrate-reading-at-our-book-fair-on-friday-6th-july-2018) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)