What the *****

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

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 […]

A New Beginning: The Doctor’s Journey

Poem: A New Beginning: The Doctor’s Journey Through gilded halls of learning once I strayed,Where books and lectures wove their […]

Keeping in Touch with My Prima Ballerina

I have been dancing since I was four years old. It was one of many activities I was enrolled in, […]

The Power of Hope in Palliative Care

As I stand next to my patient, self-doubt coils its way from my fluttering stomach, tightening around my throat. I […]

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 […]

Mind the Sheep…

The opportunities, experiences and memories that have come from being sent far away from where I wanted to be will […]

You’re hot then you’re cold: An IMG’s transition to the UK Foundation Programme

I believe that one of the most powerful things about the UK Foundation Programme is its diversity. I am from […]

The Joys of Working in Northern Ireland

In October of your final year of medical school, when it comes to starting the dreaded foundation application that is […]