Social Events

The annual ‘Freshers Tea’ is opportunity to meet and chat to the older and (arguably) wiser Corpus medics who have navigated the treacherous waters of MVST1A acquiring vast amounts of knowledge en route! With copious amounts of chocolate, tea and cake, the medic family at Corpus demystify what happens in the dissection room, teach freshers the uniquely Cambridge lingo and decipher what FAB, HOM and MIMS really mean, because everything in MVST has a the three letter acronym! There is no better way to ask those burning questions about what textbooks to buy, eliminate any doubts or mitigate worries about the year ahead. Having had a hiatus in 2024, we are looking to bring this back in 2025/26!

Half way through Michaelmas is it LSM tradition to have a  ‘Meet the DoS’ quiz night. This is an informal evening where students and supervisors gathered together in the Harley Mason Room for a competitive pub quiz and pizza afterwards. This was a great opportunity to meet the pre-clinical and clinical DoS’s in an informal setting outside of supervisions and to get to know them as more than the incredibly intelligent academics who critique essays! With masses of pizza and good vibes this event is a fresher’s favour in the LSM calendar.

In the midst of what can be a hectic term, ‘Exam Term Tea’ provides medics from across the years a much needed excuse to escape the library and enjoy guilt free break from revision. With Tea, cake and kinder eggs in abundance; this is a chance to de-stress, catch up with friends and ingest enough sugar to power through long lights of revision. The older medics are on hand to pass on some much needed exam and reassurance. With fears quelled productive revision (and planning for May week) can begin! Again, this has taken a hiatus due to a COVID-induced drop in engagement, but will be back in 2025/26!

The Annual Lewis Society Garden Party has been the opening event of May Week for Corpus medics since its inception 17 years ago. Held in the stunning Leckhampton Gardens, this informal social event brings together preclinical and clinical students, medical alumni, associated college fellows and supervisors. The garden party has become synonymous with an indulgent Mediterranean buffet, flowing Pimms and croquet, despite the unpredictable weather of the Great British summer! We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday 14th June 2025, with a drinks reception from 12pm. 

Throughout the year, weekly Medic Breakfasts are held in the Pelican Bar, which is a chance to chat with the other undergraduate medics and enjoy some pastries and a cooked breakfast before dashing off to 9am lectures. It’s a great way to start the day and the prefect motivation to rise early! This had been postponed following COVID, but again we are looking to bring this back in 2025/26!

The society continues to expand the variety of academic and social activities on offer. After 2016’s trip to the Charité Museum of Medical History in Berlin, this year we had another successful trip to Musée de l’histoire de la médecine in Paris. Click here to read more about the trip! This was followed by a hiatus due to COVID before these trips resumed, to Venice in 2023, Lisbon in 2024, and Venice in 2025!