In mid-June at UIC Barcelona, the graduation ceremony took place for the third class to complete the course in Medicine. Following some words of welcome from the lecturer Marta Elorduy, Vice Dean and Director of the Degree in Medicine, Dr Mercè Boada, neurologist and patron of the graduation ceremony addressed the students with some heartfelt words which described her personal and professional journey through the world of medicine since leaving the lecture halls of the faculty behind. She spoke to the newly qualified professionals about her first years: “you are going to be very scared, and I want to speak to you about fear because no-one told me about it when I was studying and I didn't know what to do… I learnt to anticipate, predict and follow protocol, to listen, understand and read between the lines”. She went on to encourage the graduates to always continue learning whatever they might be doing: “medicine comes in all shapes and sizes: no one type is more important than another”, she told them and went on “Everything is allowed and everything is perfect; be what you want to be and don't worry. Keep dreaming: whatever you choose will turn out to be the best option. You can do research wherever you are; in every corner of the world good medicine exists where there are good doctors”.