Virtual Fog
Reflections around the impact of Covid-19 on medical education reveals a surprising outcome.
Beneath the Dura Mater
The balancing act of self-care and caring for others viewed from both physiological and psychological perspectives.
Giving and Receiving
Donorship – a circle of trust within medical education
The Role of Technology in Healthcare
When faced with the choice between traditional healthcare professionals and new artificial intelligence – who would you trust to be in charge of your care?
Curiosity
A student’s insight into the sensitive dialogue within consultation places due weight on the gifts of genuine authentic connection in healthcare
Organ Manufacture
Questions around the ethics of new technologies and a culture of throw-away organs
Sleep
Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?
Human to Human
The in-the-moment challenges of juggling clinical and individual readings of a patient whilst developing clinical insights and consultation skills
Hand in Hand
A celebration of both individual difference and universal connection – front cover of an exploratory illustrated booklet
Leaking Identity
How much of the clinician’s personality is it appropriate to reveal in professional practices? – coming to terms with integrating ‘new’ roles
The Barrier of Medical Jargon
A plea for less clinical terminology used in consultations to build a more participatory relationship between clinicians and patients
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.
Give me a Hand
Diverse quotes around the current healthcare profession in the public domain
Donation
Complexity and apathy around organ and whole-body donation
Reflections on the Human Form
Drawing on historical and current perspectives to exploring the richness of human form
Beyond Physical Boundaries
The significance of giving space to the unknown in consultations
The D.R.
The poet processes her first time in the Dissection Room
Breaking News
Concern around physical and mental exhaustion impairing future sensitive communications with patients and relatives
My Mistake
Hypothetical exploration of a young patient dying due to the poet’s oversight
Who says graffiti isn’t art
Musings on a commonly held misconception
Doubt
A young doctor on a ward feeling inadequate and overwhelmed despite his committment to the medical profession
The Meeting
How an isolated, shared experience, albeit brief – can forge a unique bond and impact on your life
Healing power of prayer
The role of faith in well-being under multi-perspectives scrutiny
This is your Grandad
The death of a grandparent highlights tensions between bio-medical knowledges and personal loss.
The Appearance of Disease
A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation
Finding the Pain
Insights from patient drawings bring the impact of clinical consultations to the fore
Let Go
A lyrical interpretation of patients’ feelings of being misunderstood and aching to be free
The Twilight Years
Poignant narrative about a widow’s first day as a resident in a care home
Crisis-Point
A home-visit to elderly man provides an unexpected chink of connection through spirituality
Mark
A wheel-chair user’s lived experience is ignored by her GP while a man-to-man chat ensues with her companion
Wave
Experimentation with vibrant colours, inspired by the ocean
Doctors in the Movies
A humorous comparison between historical and contemporary models of consultation and home-visit
Distance
Poignant musings about the student’s younger sister and potentially diminishing bonds
I Can Only Hope
The desire to maintain heart-felt life-values across time
My First Patient
Soldier confronted by desperate parents giving his water bottle to their child
My Experience of the Dissection Room
A searingly honest account of a student’s attempts to make the transition from individuals to educational cadavers
The Window to the Patient
A celebration of the uniqueness of each individual
The Empathetic Doctor
Composite figure questioning assumptions and identification from cultural/social/gendered/racial and ageist perspectives
U.B.H.T Lost Property
A hospital-gowned patient at hospital desk – seeking his identity
Pants
Poem about ‘strange privileges’ of doctors from the banal to the poignant clinical episodes
Caterpillar to Butterfly
Thoughts on how medical education is a form of ‘metamorphosis’
Tolerant Farmer
A stoic farmer reluctant to visit his G.P.