When emergency-department pressures affect morale, how can colleagues make the working day more supportive? Janos Baombe shares experience-based ideas about gratitude, helping others, explaining plans and choosing words carefully. He also reflects on emotional responses to difficult cases and the value of acknowledging them within the team.
Tough Times in the Emergency Department. St.Emlyn’s Read More
What happens when a passion for emergency medicine meets the physical limits of chronic illness? Harriet shares her experience of training with rheumatoid arthritis, exploring workplace barriers, difficult career choices and what meaningful support for colleagues might require.
Rheum for Improvement? The physical challenge of EM training. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Busy shifts can make eating and drinking feel like an afterthought. Drawing on personal experience, Janos Baombe considers meal preparation, breaks, snacks and hydration, encouraging clinicians to give their own basic needs more attention during the working day.
How is your eating hygiene at work? Read More
Following Prince’s death in 2016, Rick Body reflects on what clinicians might learn from his response to a rain-soaked performance. The post connects resilience, humour and hope with the emotional tone we bring to patients and colleagues during difficult times in healthcare.
Dancing in the purple rain: lessons for clinicians from Prince Read More
