Recently I was left dumbfounded by a senior colleague who stated that the sign of a good medical educator is one who can do two things well: publish and deliver […]
Guest writers
Julia Pakpoor: Three artists with multiple sclerosis respond to “Good Out Of Bad”
I spent a recent evening at an art exhibition in the trendy Shoreditch area of East London, where three young artists were presenting their work. All three artists have the […]
Karen Horridge: Disability matters
Our global community has made great strides with issues of race and gender, but has a way to go before disabled people of all ages are warmly welcomed, respected, and […]
Kallur Suresh: Prevention and self-management—two pillars for a paradigm shift in thinking about our health
We all know that the health service is struggling. GPs are seeing escalating workloads, waiting times are getting longer, emergency care is on its knees with ambulances queueing in front […]
Kim Wolff: New drug driving legislation in the UK
On Monday 2 March, the new drug driving legislation came into force in the UK taking on board many of the recommendations from the expert panel report commissioned by the […]
Stephen Cannon: How can cosmetic surgery be made safer for the public?
In January, the Royal College of Surgeons published a consultation on proposals to improve standards in cosmetic surgery. It is open until Friday 6 March 2015. Although the vast majority […]
Emma Rourke: Could you give up chocolate for a month?
This March, the British Heart Foundation is asking people to “give chocolate the finger” and embark on a strict no-chocolate “dechox” regime. There can be no denying that it is […]
Neel Sharma: Medical education—which teaching methods work?
Medical education is a confusing field at times. Whilst I value its role in cementing training, there seems to be an often all too common course of contrast among educators […]
Emma Rourke on why we need to GULP
Last week, Food Active, based in Liverpool and funded by the North West Directors of Public Health, launched a campaign encouraging people to Give Up Loving Pop—or GULP. To gulp […]
Kallur Suresh on the portrayal of young onset Alzheimer’s disease in Still Alice
Imagine you’re a world renowned professor of linguistics at New York’s Columbia University. You’ve written game changing books on how children develop their language proficiency in early life and are […]