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Richard Smith: Teaching is stand-up comedy

Posted on May 9, 2012 by BMJ

Teaching, it seems to me, is much the same as stand-up comedy. One is much scarier than the other, but which is the scariest depends on who you are. I was left thinking about the connection after a recent bad experience of teaching. I do a lot of teaching these days, most of it unpaid and […]

Helen Carnaghan: The messy business of learning

Posted on March 24, 2009March 26, 2009 by BMJ

Many things have changed during my transition from medical student to junior doctor. For starters my bank account contains a mysterious thing called money, a 30 minute lunch break is something I dream about and leaving hospital on time a distant memory. Amongst the changes one of the biggest is the way I learn. […]