Remonstrating: where teaching and medicine collide

Remonstrating: where teaching and medicine collide

Steven was six feet and five inches tall, with arms and legs like spaghetti. He came to my class as a fifteen year old, having been removed from his mother to live with his father and his new wife. Steven had moved over 500 miles to do so and spoke with a different...
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...
Re-wondering: a visit to the GP

Re-wondering: a visit to the GP

I went with my daughter today to see the GP. At eighteen years old she has been having two years of menstrual problems and has been seeing various GPs in our Practice. We have a range of GPs, and I have for two decades managed who I see for what kind of ailment...