Author: tjohn
UKFPO Bulletin
October Bulletin Stoptober Black History Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month Other national campaigns this month Action for happiness calendar – […]
What Have You Gained?
Description of poem: I wanted to write a reflective piece on my journey through the Foundation programme – highlighting with […]
Forged in Steel: Lessons from Port Talbot’s community
For me, the trenches of medical school revision were softened by an image I held in my mind: working in […]
UKFPO Bulletin
September Bulletin World Suicide Prevention Day – 10 September World Sepsis Day – 13 September Urology Awareness Month Other national […]
A Sharp Scratch
You’re going to feel a sharp scratch – don’t Worry about a thing. I’m a professional, I do this every […]
The First Daffodils of Spring: Confirming Death as an FY1
When faced with death one enters this mental space of uninhabited neutrality; Perhaps it’s a form of protection or perhaps […]
UKFPO Bulletin
August Bulletin World Breastfeeding Awareness Week – 1-7 August Other national campaigns this month Action for happiness calendar – ‘Altruistic […]
So I ended up in…
We’ve all heard stories of the unlucky ones finding themselves 10 from the bottom when it came to the PIA […]
What does a 175g of plastic have to do with being a doctor?
Often when people ask what I do outside of medicine, I tell them I play frisbee, and will often get […]
FAO FY2- Are we doing enough to make ourselves understood?
I was inspired to write a piece about medical acronyms and jargon. On an elderly care ward round, an experienced […]