Tag: motivation

Doctors in the Mist

Wanted: GPs for Remote Rural Hospital in Uganda…  Living in Liverpool and Sheffield, never having met, we were two recently qualified GPs, already feeling jaded with clinical practice in the UK. We were both searching to find an overseas long term placement that would allow us to combine direct clinical care with capacity building for …

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Stories of Us: How telling stories can change the world

(Excerpt from my recent webinar for Faculty of Medical Leadership & Management) Storytelling is a powerful tool for change. Throughout history stories have been used to translate values and inspire action, to bring people together, bind communities. My story starts with my first call to medicine, one of my earliest memories, enhanced over the years …

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Motivating remote healthcare workers

Whenever we are given power and respect in life it is our responsibility, no, our duty to give that power and respect back to our benefactors….as teachers, care providers, protectors and leaders! So today was my turn… I was honoured to be invited to give the introductory talk for remote community healthcare workers training program …

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