What a great start to the decade! 280 primary care health professionals learning together with arts and community professionals @ Vale of York CCG PLT ‘The Bigger Picture’ These slides and information might be useful for your own teaching and learning I’m hoping that David Hockney won’t mind me using his famous picture ‘The Arrival …
On the first day of Christmas my bookshop sent to me 12 books to help maintain the art of medicine Cutting for Stone Abraham Verghese 2010 Published by Vintage Several friends recommended this book. Set in Ethiopia, the story follows the lives of the doctors and staff at ‘Missing’, a mission hospital. The book’s main …
It’s been a busy few weeks with lots of exciting teaching events. Here are some of the highlights, with some new resources for teaching. Compassion At HEE Autumn School we discovered more about the lives of the GPs we work with by hearing stories about their shoes. Inspired by ‘A Mile in My Shoes’ an …
This month, inspired by reading Darren McGarvey’s book ‘Poverty Safari’ I have been thinking about inequality and the negative impact this has on the health and well-being of everyone in our communities. McGarvey has experienced poverty first hand and understands why people from deprived communities feel angry and unheard. I’ve put together some of his …
What does chronic pain look like? The BMJ article 20thJune 2019 ‘What does chronic pain look like?’ provides the stimulus for this month’s post. It can be hard for patients to explain their experience of pain and for doctors to understand. The article describes a project that is investigating the value of visual imagery in …
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Thoughts about GP Training in 2019 At our recent trainer’s workshop, we discussed aspects of GP Training that have changed- this helped us understand the current trainee’s perspective. For some, GP Training was half a lifetime ago- there was much reminiscing about a world without computers, mobile phones, protocols or CQC. We reached a consensus …
A CREATIVE FORUM FOR GP TRAINEES – LEARNING HOW THE CREATIVE ARTS CAN BENEFIT HEALTH AND WELLBEING Last week we planned a one day ‘Creative Forum’ for all trainees in ST1 and 2 on York and Scarborough GP Training Schemes. A group of arts educators, local artists, a TPD and a trainee facilitated learning by: …
A WORLD OF WONDER OVER 150 FREE EVENTS TO EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE Take a look at the amazing talks, drop in sessions and exhibitions that are being showcased as part of ‘York Festival of Ideas’. Why not take your trainee to an event as part of a tutorial? York GPTS are helping to run …
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‘Artemisia’ visits Pocklington Group Practice From Monday 29 April 2019 until Saturday 11 May as part of a partnership with the charity, Paintings in Hospitals the self-portrait by the celebrated artist, Artemisia Gentileschi is on display at Pocklington Group Practice. There will be a number of opportunities for the general public to pop in and see …
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It’s not just social prescribing that is making political headlines. In February, US photographer and activist Nan Goldin brought the Guggenheim Museum in New York to a standstill by staging a protest against it accepting donations from the Sackler family who own the makers of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller at the centre of the US …
