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“In Africa, you do not view death from the auditorium of life, as a spectator, but from the edge of the stage, waiting only for your cue. You feel perishable, temporary, transient. You feel mortal. Maybe that is why you seem to live more vividly in Africa. The drama of life there is amplified by [...]
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University of New South Wales
Empathy and the medical student – Practice makes perfect? The observation of another person in a particular emotional state has been shown to activate a similar autonomic and somatic response in the observer without the activation of the entire pain matrix, not requiring conscious processing, but able to be controlled or inhibited nonetheless. [2] This [...]
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University of Queensland
During my elective term in early 2010 at the Royal Free Hospital, London, I was presented with a fantastic opportunity: to learn how to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass procedure. The challenge was for myself, a medical student and complete novice in laparoscopic surgery, to use the hospital’s state-of-the-art screen-based simulation technology to become proficient [...]
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University of Queensland
Introduction “‘Change’ is scientific, ‘progress’ is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.” – Bertrand Russell Forty years ago it was generally accepted that a baby born more than two months premature could not survive. Now neonates as young as 22 weeks can be kept alive with medical intervention. This essay [...]
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James Cook University
This photograph was taken during a four week elective placement at Ilula Lutheran Hospital, located in the southern highlands of rural Tanzania, East Africa. It emphasises the innocence and resilience of this country’s generous, kind people. Ilula Lutheran Hospital is a 70-bed facility with a geographically broad service area. Patients often travel long distances to [...]
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University of New South Wales
Introduction In early 2010 the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century (the Commission) convened to outline a strategy for advancing healthcare towards a system that provides “universal coverage of the high quality comprehensive services that are essential to advance opportunity for health equity within and between countries.” [1] The strategy [...]
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Flinders University
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University of Sydney
Introduction In recent years, there has been quite some attention given to supporting the health and well-being of doctors but less to that of medical students, particularly their mental health and well-being. [1-3] Up to 90% of medical students will need medical care whilst in medical school, and while many of these health needs may [...]
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Flinders University
“Will you see shark bites?” was a question I was asked a few times by other medical students when I told them I was doing an elective in trauma at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney. While I promptly replied this was unlikely (especially as Liverpool is a lot further from the coast than I initially realised), I [...]
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Act 1 Scene: at the bedside Enter stage: registrar, intern, medical student, Mrs. Thompson Registrar: “Hi Mrs. Thompson, how are you travelling?” Mrs. Thompson: “Not too well dear, I’ve had a pounding headache since last night.” Registrar: “Really? Well you are recovering from a stroke, but I wonder if we have overlooked something. Maybe we [...]
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University of Tasmania
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