Teacher or villain-elle? Here comes another eager-eyed learner, She stutters as her glasses begin to mist, Wisdom or trauma: which will it be, Teacher? Now with beaded sweat and shy demeanour, She asks to examine the pulse at the wrist, Here comes another eager-eyed learner. With eyes

A heartfelt confession and sharing about finding connection, meaning and purpose in the ED

There's a story we're used to hearing about aging. A slow, inevitable decline. A journey of loss — of health, independence, identity. This story plays out in quiet corners of hospitals and in loud headlines celebrating the "oldest person to survive" some illness. In clinics,

There's a particular kind of silence that falls in a consultation room just before a difficult conversation begins. It's the silence that comes when the scan results are not what we hoped. Or when a patient says, "Just tell me what the scan shows,"

Lessons from the "Hospital Playlist" Drama

Working in the intensive care unit is very much a team-based approach, and for those familiar with it, a fairly noisy one at that. On any given day, there’s a gamut of activity (and emotions) which the team must take in their stride… Movement 1: The morning adagio

The quiet weight of meaning in Medicine

Recently, I was introduced to the concept of “Question Thinking” at a workshop I attended. This was taken from the book “Change Your Questions, Change Your Life” by Marilee Adams, which chronicles how the protagonist discovers this concept and the stark difference it made to his thinking and actions. When

As doctors, we are trained to preserve life, to relieve suffering, to advocate for the vulnerable. To be the voice for the voiceless and marginalised. But as we scroll through and view the livestreams, images and headlines from Gaza on our mobile phones daily, we cannot help but feel an

Beyond the Clinical Chaos Emergency medicine is defined by urgency—rapid decisions, life-saving interventions, and intense human encounters. But beneath this clinical intensity lies a quieter reality: how those on the frontlines process what they witness and find meaning in their work. For four clinicians at Changi General Hospital&