Most medical students learn to write reflection the way they learn to take blood: reluctantly, under supervision, and mainly to get signed off. The portfolio wants a reflective entry, so one gets produced (and increasingly, with the help of AI). It describes an event, names an emotion, cites a model

On Dear You, the version I could get a ticket to, and the language that changes a consultation I couldn't get a ticket to the Teochew version. It sold out in two hours, then sold out again in batches as the cinemas kept adding sessions, so what I

Medical Humanities Weekly Digest — 14 September 2026 This week’s selection asks what happens when the parts of care that are hardest to quantify — being believed, carrying responsibility, belonging, and being heard — are treated as central clinical concerns rather than as extras. Every article is fully open access. I. 🗣️ When

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates In healthcare, the days can become crowded with decisions that need to be made quickly: what is happening, what needs doing, who needs to be called, what must not be missed. This work matters. Yet the pressure to act can leave little

By Jennifer Leong (You may read the poem from the last line upwards as well) First threshing The failing limbs No longer flail No longer holding On to the guard rails And then the grasps Beyond ailing Loosen like a bracelet's clasp Surrounded by doctors And children in

Our second monthly word — and an invitation to write together. Last month, we began In Common with a single word: Threshold. We have been deeply heartened by the number of responses it has already drawn — small, generous pieces from people willing to place a moment of illness, care, work, or

A working map of narrative medicine and health humanities resources: courses you can take online, free teaching materials, communities to join, and open archives.

Introducing a new monthly series — one word, and the gathered voices of our community. Our first word is Thresholds. Medicine can be a strangely lonely thing to carry. You witness something on a Tuesday afternoon — a piece of news received, a hand held, a small brave moment in a hospital

An honest, up-to-date map of good homes for short reflective and creative writing about illness and care — essays, stories, and poems, not academic papers. Last checked early 2026; always confirm current guidelines before you send. You wrote the piece. Maybe it started as five minutes against a timer

Forty narrative medicine writing prompts for clinicians, students, patients, and carers, with a simple method for writing to them.