How fortunate we are – Alden Harken
As students of medicine, you will soon be educationally unique – with a body of knowledge that no one can ever take away from you. When you receive your MBBS, …
As students of medicine, you will soon be educationally unique – with a body of knowledge that no one can ever take away from you. When you receive your MBBS, …
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, we gained over 25 years of extra life expectancy during the 20th century. These extra years have resulted largely from development …
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. …
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 …
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 …
“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, …
Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases, Second Edition. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates; 2010. RRP: AU$119.95 Snell, RS. Clinical Neuroanatomy, Seventh Edition. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. RRP: AU$107.80 As stated …
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 …
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 …