One of my favourite poems is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and in summary it is a poem about the choices we are presented with in life. I have often used this poem as a compass when making big decisions, to challenge myself, am I doing something because it is a well-trodden route […]
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Mentorship Mantras by Vineet Chopra, Ravi Pendse, & Sanjay Saint
It is hard to mentor in socially distant times. Stimulating growth and development in others, taking on new proteges, or helping mentees succeed is challenging in a virtual environment. It is tough to escape the lassitude of isolation and the incessant back-to-back Zoom meetings to find time for meaningful mentorship. It becomes a chore that […]
“Fresh Air” for the NHS by Emma Hadley
It is easy to assume those who work for the NHS, particularly frontline staff, would live a healthy lifestyle due to being well educated on lifestyle choices that positively and negatively impact on their health, or, that exposure to the outcomes of these choices could be enough of a deterrent to pursuing unhealthy habits. But […]
In tackling health inequalities, we must be patient centric and system focused by Aideen Dunne
As a fitness instructor in a gym in Ireland I was often frustrated at the lack of progress many of my clients achieved, despite giving them the skills, knowledge and equipment they needed to achieve their goals. Now as a Public Health Registrar, I know that the barriers to their success were not simply a […]
Medicine must choose its leaders fairly by Shannon Ruzycki
The lack of diversity among medical leadership gap is well-described. Men, white physicians, and white men physicians are overrepresented in leadership, academic, and decision-making roles relative to their proportion in medicine. This is best highlighted in specialties that are predominantly women, like pediatrics and obstetrics, where most of leaders are still men. This gap is […]
From a place of hope by Nagina Khan
I am absolutely delighted to write this blog for International Women’s Day 2022. As a woman in medical education and medical research, my own journey has been embedded in the NHS and academic departments which work to inform health and policy globally. I want to start by highlighting a quote by Secretary-General of the United […]
Women Speakers in Healthcare: Still Speaking Up for Balanced Gender Representation by Rose Penfold
Who are Women Speakers in Healthcare? Women Speakers in Healthcare (WSH) is a grassroots database organisation, co-founded by five NHS women in 2019. We were brought together by a shared frustration that women remain underrepresented on panels and as speakers at healthcare conferences and events, despite comprising the majority of the health and social care […]
‘I am woman, hear me roar’ by Emma Hadley
I have been very fortunate to grow up in a world surrounded by incredible women. Whether it has been family members, friends, through my education, or my working world, I have never been short of women role-models to provide tangible guidance, inspiration and hope for my own future. As a child, these women helped cultivate […]
What makes an old riddle a riddle? by Amira Tankel
‘A father and son are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to the hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate – that boy is my son!”’.1 How is this possible? If you didn’t guess that the surgeon could have […]
A work-life balance is possible by Fathima Rawther
A BMJ paper in 2016 investigating the work-life balance of doctors in training in the UK, showed that the lack of work-life balance in postgraduate medical training negatively impacted on trainees learning, particularly women with children. I believe the situation now is not much different, if not worsened by the COVID pandemic. I am currently […]