If you have an interest in Values Based medical education with healthcare needing a moral underpinning, and you want funding for projects, this is for you.

John Launer@johnlauner.bsky.social · 16h ago

Free conference on 28 October to celebrate projects in medical education supported by the Della Fish Foundation www.eventbrite.com/e/the-della-...

Free conference on 28 October to celebrate projects in medical education supported by the Della Fish Foundation www.eventbrite.com/e/the-della-...

The Della Fish Foundation Chester Conference 2026

TDFF has funded numerous worthwhile medical education projects over the past 2 years, here we share the work and inspire new applicants

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The joy of improvisation: why good medical consultations and teaching resemble jazz more than following guidelines. My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

Reassurance is not simply about giving the right answer. In my latest essay in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), I reflect on why understanding the patient’s existing story may matter before our explanations can become meaningful. bjgp.org/content/76/7... #BJGP #MedicalGeneralism

Correct, but not reassuring

I recently bought a new car. The old one was traded in, the paperwork was signed, and I assumed the matter was finished. Then a vehicle tax bill arrived in my name. > “Before we can reassure, we may ...

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I'm pleased the Footballers won in their match against the Mixed Martial Arts team.

Medical consultations are often now summarised by AI. How do we ensure AI captures the narrative as well as the medical facts - and prevent the clinical skills of writing and reflection from withering away? Out now @thelancet.com by Victoria Ekstrom and myself www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The art of fidelity: clinical documentation and ambient AI

A physician reviews a note generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from her morning clinic. The patient, a woman in her fifties with type 2 diabetes, had spent much of the consultation describing he...

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So many memes, so little time. Source: substack.com/@nigelfarage...

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Koki Kato@kokikatokk.bsky.social · 4w ago

New paper published in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. We explore how Communities of Practice can support GPs in developing advanced generalist medicine, drawing on the Japanese concept of Shu–Ha–Ri. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... #MedicalEducation #GeneralPractice #ShuHaRi

In my latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com, I challenge the stereotype of GP work as simple or trivial, and introduce Anna Beug's brilliant metaphor of "mosaic care." www.bmj.com/content/394/...

John Launer: I hope GPs will continue to value “mosaic care”

A common stereotype of GPs’ work—held by some politicians and hospital specialists, as well as members of the public—is that we deal mainly with simple or trivial problems and refer everything else on...

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Koki Kato@kokikatokk.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 New in BJGP Life Correct, but Not Reassuring Sometimes a consultation is medically correct, yet the patient leaves without feeling reassured. That familiar gap became the starting point for this essay. bjgplife.com/correct-but-...

May I be the first to say how disappointed I am in Andy Burnham since he became Prime Minister.

The UK left the Erasmus scheme after Brexit - a pointless gesture, depriving our students of valuable opportunities to learn with their peers in Europe. We're now rejoining the scheme - a very welcome decision. My latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...

"the implicit erasure of the Tavistock Clinic's separate identity has attracted little publicity" @johnlauner.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/393/...

How the Tavistock Clinic came to an end. A personal elegy. My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com www.bmj.com/node/1123386...

John Launer: Elegy for the Tavistock

At the end of March the Tavistock Clinic, along with its sister clinic the Portman, ceased to exist as an autonomous trust. The following day, all signage was replaced by the insignia of the conglomer...

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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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A Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948

I can’t get enough of these kids. ❤️ This morning on the bus to Budapest, practicing for today’s performance at Péter Magyar’s inauguration. “Zöld az erdő, zöld a hegy is” — the Hungarian Romani anthem about their historic struggle as outcasts. 🙏🏼🇭🇺🕊️ 📹 Bácskai Napló

Medical consultations go better when the doctor doesn't trying to control them like a politician, public relations spokesperson or marketing agent. My latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com, just out. BMJ column 29.4.26. Doctors shouldn’t control the narrative www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to kids in NYC

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Koki Kato@kokikatokk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our new paper is out: Kato, K., Miyachi, J., & Shimazono, Y. (2026). Using ethnographic fieldwork to cultivate situational awareness. Education for Primary Care, 1–4. doi.org/10.1080/1473... We explored a novel way to teach situational awareness in primary care training.

The doctor's dilemma: Mr X is resilient in spite of all his ailments, Mr Y seems overburdened by the same ones. How do we show equal respect to Mr Y, and plant the idea that we can be the partners of our illnesses rather than victims? My latest column @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Is being busy all the time something that doctors should be proud of - or a cause of more problems than it addresses? My latest "Talking Point" in @bmj.com just out. www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

“Throughout my many years as a political activist, I have grown accustomed to feeling anger at Israeli society,” Orly Noy writes. “But now it does not anger me—it frightens me.”

Longing for My Tehran | Orly Noy

Since the outbreak of the current war between Israel and Iran—much like during the previous one last summer—I have been sought after for interviews by

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Britons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better | Owen Jones

Britons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better | Owen Jones

Kowtowing to US foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan had disastrous consequences. Why are leaders making the same mistake again, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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“EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year” Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year

Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

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Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Being a GP often involves everything you'd assume: diagnosis, treatment, advice, reassurance... Surprisingly often, it's also about finding meaning in what life throws at you - for the doctor as well as the patient. My latest column @bmj.com, just out www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Being a GP often involves everything you'd assume: diagnosis, treatment, advice, reassurance... Surprisingly often, it's also about finding meaning in what life throws at you - for the doctor as well as the patient. My latest column @bmj.com, just out www.bmj.com/content/392/...