On 12 April 2019 Alex Armitage wrote a powerful piece for BMJ Opinion on “Extinction Rebellion”, the environmental activist group which has been hitting our headlines for the past few weeks. […]
Students
Salil Patel: The paradox of doctors dealing with death
The public need to be better informed about death, but doctors need to be prepared too, says Salil Patel […]
Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley: Some Christmas words of cheer for today’s trainees
In the seasonal spirit of giving, Matt Morgan and Peter Brindley share what they’ve learnt from their time in medicine […]
Anna Goshua: Medical schools aren’t preparing doctors to serve trans and non-binary people
It’s worrying that medical students are graduating with little or no knowledge of communities we will be serving, says Anna Goshua […]
Diversifying and decolonising the medical curriculum
Faye Gishen and Amali Lokugamage As patient populations grow increasingly diverse and complex, doctors and medical students should be equipped with the skills and knowledge to treat patients from minority […]
Mei Wen: To grieve is to maintain empathy
In medicine, we walk the fine line between life and death every day. Students and doctors need to be given training and emotional space so that they can cope with […]
Asif Munaf: Medicine—another bastion of the UK’s class divide?
Doctors should help students who lack the necessary support to navigate the tricky road towards medicine […]
Companionship and conversation—bringing pedagogy to medical school
Medical schools must demonstrate that they care about their students as people and as the future of the medical profession […]
Putting patient centred care at the core of medical education
Remember when you first heard that you had got into medical school? That great feeling of the dream coming true? How the happiness coincided with the sudden realization you would […]
Jenny Shih: The view from the corner of the operating room
Even when medical students are unable to actively participate in patient care, learning opportunities still exist […]