Learners have to be active. This is something that I have heard a lot and also said a lot in the years I have been involved medical education. The idea […]
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Shivani Randev: The system needs to change to tackle violence against doctors in India
Reports of violence against doctors in India are no longer rare instances. They have become an everyday feature in the media. But finally doctors have started to fight back. Almost 4000 […]
Nishma Manek: How can we attract and retain a workforce that may be developing its own set of social norms?
Ian Cumming, chief executive of Health Education England, gave a speech recently at the NHS Confederation’s conference that prompted another set of millennial-bashing headlines. [1] I’m a millennial. We’re defined […]
John Ashton: Public health must constantly be challenging
With the nation still reeling from the shock of the recent Grenfell Tower fire in West London, in which so many of our most disadvantaged citizens died, Martin McKee reminds […]
Achieving universal health coverage in India: Inefficiency is the problem, not money
India is a land of contrasts and its provision of healthcare is no different. While wealthier people living in urban areas have access to high quality healthcare services, a vast […]
David Gilbert: Let’s talk about death—breaking the taboos that surround suicide
This article is all about death and suicide. It may not be an easy read. The first time I thought about suicide was when I was eight. Leeds Utd had […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—26 June 2017
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals […]
Maria Hägglund: Electronic health records in Sweden—how can we go from transparency to collaboration?
I have had full access to my electronic health record (EHR) online since 2012, when Uppsala became the first region in Sweden to make EHR accessible to patients. I remember […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The Two Cultures—Leavis versus Snow
Last week I showed how the noun “culture” developed from the IndoEuropean root KWEL, which implied turning in different ways. “Culture” entered English in the 15th century with meanings related […]
Florence Wilcock: Black box thinking in maternity care
To err is human, but how do healthcare professionals move forward after being confronted with avoidable errors on their watch? […]