Renegotiating: When Worlds Collide

Renegotiating: When Worlds Collide

The evening started like any other, a day spent sleeping poorly, counting the hours until another long night spent in the emergency department. My disguise laid out; dark green scrubs, pens, stethoscope and an ID badge. My hair is scraped back off my shoulders and I...
Re-defining: lessons from the other side

Re-defining: lessons from the other side

Being ‘on the other side’ is the most valuable medical educational experience I have ever had that can never be taught in the classroom.  Having been fit and well all my life, when I started getting swollen ankles at only 19 years old I didn’t...