This week, I have managed to interview Dr Loretta Chan, a family doctor in Hong Kong who I met through the WONCA Asia Pacific Young Doctor's group called the Rajakumar Movement. We spent some time together at the WONCA conference in Kyoto last year and she is truly a vivacious positive character and an extremely … Continue reading A Hong Kong family doctor in COVID-19 – surviving the first wave
Apologies for the radio silence! As some of you know, I have started a Masters in Medical Anthropology in October last year and I had three assignments to hand in in the space of two weeks in January! I'll definitely write up a blog post on how this is going and about how much the … Continue reading Erasmus exchange to Tolentino, Italy
This week, I have the pleasure of introducing my boss in Japan, Professor Ryuki Kassai. This is a man to whom I am eternally grateful for having taken a chance on me and allowing me to work for him in the Department of Family Medicine at Fukushima Medical University since 2016. He is widely accredited … Continue reading Introducing family medicine to Japan – Interview with Professor Ryuki Kassai
Thank you to Marcello who has written this blog post on his experience in Kolkata. They are recruiting now if you're keen! Contact details at bottom of piece xxx The unrelenting heat of summer finally dissipates The monsoon rains have just hit Kolkata, and the entire city has breathed a sigh of relief as the … Continue reading Kolkata volunteer opportunity
Hemali and I had trained at the same VTS in East London and I was pleasantly surprised to receive a message from her last year about the possibility of working abroad. Through that dialogue of debunking common myths about appraisals and revalidation, I learned that she was planning to go to Canada. So now, enough … Continue reading Oh Canada, the True North strong and free? – Interview with Dr Hemali Patel
I'm sure it's crossed all of our minds at some point: "I'm going to jack it all in and move to Australia or New Zealand. It's a better quality of life and I will feel appreciated". So, for this post, I decided to investigate what it was really like to work in the supposed utopia … Continue reading Working in New Zealand – interview with Dr Anna Liebmann
WHO are doing a free Webinar on Refugee and Migrant Mental Health on the 16th October. Click here for details. What's the big deal? During the summer, the effort to repeal Obamacare was all over the news. I called my friend Lucy for an interview to better understand why this was such a big deal. Admittedly, Lucy is … Continue reading What’s the deal with Obamacare? Interview with Dr Lucy Pickard
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