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Neel Sharma: Those who can teach, those who can’t don’t
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 […]
Billy Boland: Psychiatry is full of story
I had a minor revelation at the weekend whilst talking about why I became a psychiatrist. It’s one of the careers that never fails to excite further questions when you’re […]
BMJ Today: Reassurance on varenicline, caring (or not) for NHS staff, and more holiday for emergency doctors
Good news for quitters A research paper in The BMJ today “is the most comprehensive published review to date of the neuropsychiatric safety of varenicline.” It was necessary, say the […]
Richard Smith: Will health become more like education or education more like health in the UK?
Uwe Reinhardt, the world’s funniest health economist, says that eventually all health systems will be the same: whatever they want for the rich; an insurance based system for the majority; […]
Abi Rimmer and Navjoyt Ladher: Can books bridge the gap between art and medicine?
What links grief, the early suffragette movement, and evolution? All are themes in books shortlisted for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, announced by writer Bill Bryson at Wellcome Collection’s shiny […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Pecksniffery
“While you’re here, Doc,” said Pat, “would you mind looking at Pat Junior?” It turned out to be a simple upper respiratory tract infection. I recommended something for symptomatic relief. […]
David Wrigley: Manchester—the birth and death of the NHS
On 5 July 1948, in Manchester, Labour Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan announced the birth of the NHS. On 27 February 2015, in Manchester, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, […]
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 […]
Misadventures in the Northern Territory: Upside down Down Under
Retrieval registrar was never one of my professional aims throughout medical school. A natural pause in the UK training scheme motivated me into seeking an opportunity to break the NHS […]