Narrative Medicine: How storytelling could improve patient care by Elisha De-Alker As I looked into the eyes of the woman sat opposite me I saw hope. I saw a determination to get better. I saw a daughter who had cared for thirteen siblings. I saw a wife who had […]
Making impact the priority by Jade Okene and Olamide Dada Upon joining the HLA Programme, Melanin Medics had existed for just over two years during which we had experienced tremendous growth and expansion of our activities. The focus of the organisation when founded in 2017 was to function as […]
Since 2019, we have started to produce annual reports for our community. For an update on our 2019-2020 scholar year, please see our HLA Community Report 2020 Information about our 2018-19 scholar year can be found on our HLA Community Report 2019
We are delighted to present the winning essay for The Ian Noble Essay Prize 2020 – Followership during the Covid-19 Pandemic: What can we learn? by Yathu Maheswaran ‘There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it’. Edith Wharton(1) The COVID-19 Pandemic […]
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 […]