Celebrating Black British Contributions to Healthcare by Olamide Dada For many years, black history in the medical sphere has been dominated by the achievements and celebrations of African Americans in medicine. As a black medical student in the United Kingdom, I wondered why black British contributions to medicine had very […]
Demystifying research as a medical student by Alice Barber Coming into medical school I couldn’t have been less interested in research. I had this preconceived idea that academics were the really clever people who hid away in their labs and offices, never talking to patients. Whereas I wanted to be […]
Time to rethink our approach to racial discrimination in the NHS: The next big idea by Rajan Madhok Racial discrimination is a fact of life in the NHS. The occasional glimpse of a breakthrough – like BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) people reaching senior positions – does not mean that […]
New People, Old Systems – Breaking Hierarchy: Leading from the bottom by Osman M. Ali Graduating from medical school was the happiest day of my life thus far. It sounds cliché, but I genuinely dreamed of becoming a doctor since I was a child. However, it was […]
Reflections – Lessons from a pandemic by Mayowa Osinibi 2020 is a year for the history books. The Australian bush fires seem like an age away, and COVID-19 may have changed the way that health care is provided and received forever. Currently, as the daily death […]
Reflections – From a leadership fellowship: Belonging, Being valued, Beginning anew by Michelle Horridge Bossy. Confident. Self-Assured. Words I’d heard used to describe me throughout my childhood and adolescence. School hockey captain, prefect, managing director of our Young Enterprise company, I was always drawn to […]
Reflections – Finding leadership in the process and not the goal by Shefali Parikh The last eight months as a Clinical Leadership Fellow have been an absolute rollercoaster – ups and downs with a tangible fear of falling off. I hated the fellowship year to start […]
Reflections – In the Eye of the Hurricane by Ahmed El-Mansouri Today I sat with a colleague at lunch. Inevitably, the topic of Covid-19 reared its head. He fell into the camp of people who had flourished in the eye of the storm. ‘Every day I […]
Episode 4 – The Builder Summary of Episode We often apply to be the newest member of an already functioning unit. Brilliant! Easy! But a good leader is one able to build one of those high functioning units. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, suggested the two-pizza rule. […]
Episode 3 – The Treasurer Summary of Episode Money talks. Without a thorough understanding of resource management, a project is unlikely to survive. Business Model Canvas Business plans are lengthy, complicated and vital. Difficult to write but even more difficult to envisage, sometimes a more concise […]