Broken Bristol
Reverberations of a distorted introduction to your University location
The experience of being a first-year during co-vid
Questions around self-identity, community and educational expectations triggered by the Pandemic
One step at a time
Managing the steep hill of study in lockdown
Imposter Syndrome
Underlying student anxieties starkly surfaced by the Pandemic
Virtual Fog
Reflections around the impact of Covid-19 on medical education reveals a surprising outcome.
Leaking Identity
How much of the clinician’s personality is it appropriate to reveal in professional practices? – coming to terms with integrating ‘new’ roles
Reach Out
Personal insight into medical student stress and the role of counselling
A Patchwork of my Experiences
Personal insight into paediatric intensive care from staff perspective – and emotional challenges around modes of maintaining clinical professionalism
Resilience in the siblings of disabled children
An insider perspective around disability within the family unit contextualized through current research
Metamorphosis
Striving towards holism within medical education
This is your Grandad
The death of a grandparent highlights tensions between bio-medical knowledges and personal loss.
The Ripple Effect
Conflicts and complexity of care – inspired by a mother’s personal experience
CANCER?
A medical student’s mixed response to his mother’s suspected cancer diagnosis
Paint my Canvas
A student chooses to minutely absorb and process a deeply shared patient experience around terminal illness using poetry as method of learning from this privileged gift
An Excerpt From The Diary Of A Patient
Personal account of patient as undisclosed medic hearing her devastating diagnosis unwittingly revealed in clinical shorthand
The Constant Carer
An insight into caring within marriage