Sharp Scratch
By The BMJ
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Bringing together medical students, new doctors and expert guests to discuss everything you need to know to be a good doctor.
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Mentoring in medicine - Is it really "who you know" that shapes your career?
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May 01, 2026 |
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"Is it my job to teach you?" - Race education in medicine
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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“I’m Not Like Other Medics” - Deconstructing the medical student stereotype
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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This isn't what I signed up for - Moral injury in medicine
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Bringing back joy and whimsy in medical school - Medics Comedy Revues
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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The £100k Question: Is Medical School Still Worth It?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Is the spectre of the GMC silencing the next generation of medics?
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Is there a universal medical school experience? - 150th Episode!
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Do you take medicine home with you?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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How do we describe medical experiences to others? - Christmas Episode
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Navigating medicine when you're deaf or hard of hearing
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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How to avoid the 'Surgical Scaries'
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Dissection Horror Stories - Halloween Episode
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Practicing creative writing to be a better doctor
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Re-release: Reasons to be hopeful
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Re-release: Anxiety
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Re-release: Is there room for creativity in medicine?
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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How to get into medical school
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Implicit and explicit bias in medical school
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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How do doctors cope with death? Part 2
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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How do doctors cope with death? Part 1
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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PassMed or perish
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May 29, 2025 |
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From scrubs to the stage: indie rock and medicine - with GULZ
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May 15, 2025 |
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Yes, medical school is still racist and misogynistic - with Annabel Sowemimo
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May 01, 2025 |
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Medical school and widening participation
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Let's talk about sex: how to take a good sexual history - with Naomi Sutton
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The cult of medicine - with Sam Jahara
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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What they won't teach you at medical - with Maddy Lucy Dann
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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What is professionalism?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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We all make mistakes
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Doctors' dating dilemmas
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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”It’s giving...CAP”
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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How do we cope when a family member is unwell?
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The OSCE Horror Show
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Taking time out of medicine
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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If you can see it, you can be it
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Religion at Medical School
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Re-release: The dating life of new doctors
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Can we debrief?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Inbound medical students
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Spark trans joy, not discomfort
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Agency and autonomy at medical school
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Is there room for creativity in medicine?
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May 13, 2024 |
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Navigating grief
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Rewind: Behind the scenes at The BMJ
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Reasons to be hopeful
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Perfectionism
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The lonely medics club
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Meet the multidisciplinary team
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Why I (still) love medicine
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Christmas on the wards
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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How to study for medical school exams
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The social life of medics (with Christina Aaliyah)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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The medical school scaries
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Replay: How not to bomb your OSCEs
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Replay: The first generation medical students
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Replay: Academic first times
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Replay: Starting University
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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The 100th episode
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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A problem shared is a problem halved
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Medical milestones
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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The first generation medical students
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May 15, 2023 |
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How good is a good enough doctor?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Is the grass greener elsewhere?
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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How do I choose a specialty?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Baptism of fire: starting in the NHS
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Behind the scenes at The BMJ
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Sharing is caring
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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What’s in a name?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Nothing like Grey’s Anatomy
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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It’s not just you, medicine is weird
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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I’m a (Phobic) Medical Student… Get Me Out of Here!
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Everyone has an accent
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Compassionate medical schools
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Students, sex work, and stigma
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Being out of your depth
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Starting university
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Concerns about a colleague
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Prescribed personalities
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Understanding your payslip (special segment)
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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What med school didn’t teach you about money w/ Medics Money
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Do doctors do what they preach
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Too much medicine
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May 26, 2022 |
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Funding medical school
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May 12, 2022 |
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See it, say it, sorted?
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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The role of medical students in activism
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Patient Confidential - is it okay to recount patients’ stories
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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The clinical guideline will see you now
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Can you learn empathy?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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What you weren’t told about working as a junior doctor
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Publish or perish?
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Lost in translation
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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All I want for Christmas is...
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Medical jargon 101
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Planet Earth on Red Alert
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Superstitions in medicine
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Mind the gender health gap
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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What is the hidden curriculum?
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Do you have a mentor?
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Tips for clinical years
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Should I intercalate?
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Imposter Syndrome
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Will my hobbies make me a better doctor?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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I tried to do everything and I had one or two breakdowns a term..
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Inclusive Practice
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May 21, 2021 |
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Queer Allyship
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May 07, 2021 |
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Queerness in Medicine
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Working hard or hardly working
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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The F word
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Tackling the hospital tech
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Naps & night shifts
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Being at a birth
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Festive ’Agony Aunt’ (part 2)
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Festive ’Agony Aunt’ (part 1)
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Too girly to be a doctor
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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”Apparently one of the students has already fainted..”
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Specialty Stereotypes
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Being a patient as a medical student
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Medical student syndrome
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Fresher’s firsts: Socialising
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Freshers’ firsts : Academic first times
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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How not to bomb your OSCEs
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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How to smash your med school exams
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Fighting shame by talking about it
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Learning online
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Should you give that casual consultation?
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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How competitive are you?
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Sharp Scratch, talking evidence
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May 29, 2020 |
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Leaving medicine
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May 18, 2020 |
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What med students can learn from a Saturday job
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May 01, 2020 |
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Should a doctor have a tattoo?
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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You’re suddenly a doctor - what does interim FY1 mean
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Covid-19
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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What to wear on the wards
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Anxiety
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Yvonne Coghill is trying to fix racism in the NHS
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Racism in medicine
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Working with patients
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Working with the multidisciplinary team
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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New year resolutions
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Doctor’s first Christmas
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Gallows humour
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Making ends meet
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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What you can do on social media
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Documenting death
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Coping with death
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Being a sick doctor
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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How sick, is sick enough, to call in sick?
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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The dating life of new doctors
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Keeping your relationship alive when you become a doctor
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Tips for new doctors
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Making your first mistake
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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How to treat someone who’s racist or sexist
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Working with arsehole doctors
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Why CPR isn’t like on TV
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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How to start a project that could actually change something
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May 24, 2019 |
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How to refer a patient without p*ssing off the med reg
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May 09, 2019 |
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Sharp Scratch episode 1: Surviving the night shift
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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What is Sharp Scratch?
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Apr 19, 2019 |