An Interview with Helen Wilcox
The following audio is an interview with Helen Wilcox touching on her journey through medicine and helpful advice for student doctors. Dr Helen Wilcox is the MD Program Director and …
Dr Nicholas McLernon – Finding meaning in medicine
The following is a piece written for the Humans of Medicine by Dr Nicholas McLernon, a UWA graduate, whose work currently focuses on general practice and family medicine. Dr McLernon also …
Dr Beth Western – Keeping yourself in sinus rhythm
I have been a Doctor for 7 months now and what a wild ride it has been. There have been times where this job has made me feel euphoric and …
Leah Whitmore – An internal struggle against expectations
Children add an additional layer of complexities to an already complex journey. I’m not just talking about the strict routines or the constant need for forward planning. I’m referring to …
Dr Nicholas Faint – medicine: ‘easy’ to practice, difficult to integrate?
Medicine – superficially, it appears simple enough for the stereotypical medical student (driven with a sprinkling of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder). There are learning objectives, examinations and key performance indicators that need to be achieved in order to advance. The same can be said for fellowship training; don’t fail a rotation, complete workplace-based assessments, pass summative assessments and collect your letters. Pretty straightforward, right?
Pristina Goh – ‘You are exactly where you need to be’
Transitioning from pre-clinical to clinical years in Medicine can be challenging. We find ourselves adjusting to the long hours of placements and study, leaving whatever time is left for leisure and (hopefully) rest.
Dr Jarrad Paul – Self-Flagellation by Proxy
Workplace bullying and harassment is a horrible blight on our profession that happens to others, but not me. Not me because I’m too careful, I don’t ruffle feathers, I’m competent and don’t make a fuss… until it did.
Dr Lianne Leung – food for thought (and other basic physiological needs)
Dr Lianne LeungIntern A few weeks into our internship, we had a horrendously busy day. None of us juniors on the team had a chance to eat lunch that day. …
Hunter Gurevich – on speaking up
Hunter GurevichChair of Transfolk WACurtin Medical Student “Is there any LGBTI health on the medical syllabus?”“No.”“Do you think there should be?””Yes.” I had this conversation with the Course Coordinator at …
Dr Mudra Shah – making mistakes in medicine
Hello! My name is Mudra and I am a junior doctor, and a human being. Most people (including me) often forget the latter. I am writing to tell you that at the beginning of my internship, I made a mistake. Spoiler alert, the patient lived.