by Anonymous | 5th Jul 2019 | Clinician Stories, Grief
“I’m not ready to go yet.” The words were barely understandable through the sobs, but the feeling and power with which they were spoken was immense. My patient was in her 30’s and had been admitted through the Emergency Department to the surgical ward I...
by Anonymous | 28th Jun 2019 | Clinician Stories
“I’m so sorry for keeping you waiting.” I heard the words spoken from within me as my next patient walked through the door from the waiting room to the minor injury area of the Emergency Department. It was after midnight. My shift had officially...
by Anonymous | 21st Jun 2019 | Clinician Stories
“ I have found that the smartest, most competent, empathetic women in medicine are the most likely to rate their performance as ‘awful’, ‘terrible’, or a failure. This characteristic gets worse the higher the level of coaching that I am providing. This is ridiculous;...
by Anonymous | 17th May 2019 | Clinician Stories, Stress and Burnout
The first pre-alert of the day probably had nothing to do with the annual bank holiday biker jaunt to the coast. A car carrying three young men had crashed. I can’t remember the detail, but I do remember a sense of anticipation; possibly even excitement....
by Anonymous | 7th May 2019 | Clinician Stories
Working with sick children is a journey that has its joys, its pain, its ups and downs. It is highly rewarding to accompany the child and their parents in their journey but, the most challenging scenario that any health professional dreads is dealing with child death....
