Pat Peal has been Worthing Emergency Floor project’s patient representative since 2014. In this Future Hospital blog, she discusses the four key principles needed for representatives to succeed in the post.
Live sounds of a human heart were broadcast in the UK one evening in February 1925, giving physicians and the general public a newly intimate – and possibly unsettling – insight into the inner workings of the human body.
A mentor and mentee from the Royal College of Physicians' (RCP's) mentoring scheme discuss their respective experiences in the programme, and highlight the successes of its processes and support.
What can physicians’ records really tell us about the experiences of people with epilepsy through time? Examples from John Hughlings Jackson, Jonathan Binns, Robert Reid and Theodore Preston present various possibilities.
Physician John Morgan was instrumental in founding the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1765, the first medical school in the then American colonies. This achievement wasn’t without its struggles, particularly conflict with William Shippen.
In the latest edition of 'Registrar's reflections', Andrew 'Bod' Goddard discusses the recent general election, his Charter 2018 cycle, the Quincentennial Lectures, and grumpy old men.
Michael Trimble, consultant physician in acute medicine at the Belfast Trust, gives his personal reflections on the importance of compassion, calling and citizenship.
