UKFPO Bulletin

May Bulletin National Walking Month International day of the Midwife – 5 May Other national campaigns this month Action for […]

Luck of the draw

I came off a train at 6:00 local time in Berlin, frantically refreshing the tiny screen of my phone for […]

Language, History, and Art. My non-medical side of a doctor’s life

Throughout my artistic career, I have dedicated myself to portraits. was interested in the human form, especially facial expressions. However, […]

What the *****

Medical school is like cycling with stabilisers.   On-call shifts are like taking off those stabilisers and being expected to ride […]

The Letter I Wish I’d Received as a 5th Year Medical Student

Dear 5th Year Medical Student,  Nothing will prepare you for foundation training. You can read all the textbooks under the […]

UKFPO Bulletin

April Bulletin Stress Awareness Month  Other national campaigns this month  Action for happiness calendar – ‘Active April’  Introduction Welcome to […]

Journey of learning and teaching

I was a fresh-eyed fourth-year medical student with my bags packed and my brain filled with a mixture of emotions […]

Can I be more than a Doctor?

I’ve always said in another life I would have been an artist. And for a while it felt as though […]

Nightshift

Poem The world becomes quiet  The moon retires the sun,  Yet the hospital is humming  The night shift has begun.  […]

Words and Thoughts

Background: During a patient encounter, I spoke to an elderly gentleman who presented to the HIV clinic for his medication […]