Pillowsink
When you are non-resident on-call and your phone goes at 2am. Submitted by Ross Fisher.
Topic
Moments
A collection of 65 issues
Passnesia
The sudden mental blackout when trying to log in to a hospital computer youÕve used daily for years, as if the password has been surgically removed from your memory.
Thera-punk
When another clinician undermines your therapeutic plan in a particularly undermining way. Submitted by Bethany Bremner.
Nameghost
The sudden intimacy of caring for a patient who shares a loved one's name.
Mentorclench
The mix of pride and anxiety while watching a junior attempt a first procedure.
Obeepity
When your gut mutes the pager sound whilst leaning forward. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Matronymosis
The strange flicker of tenderness and discomfort when a patient shares your mother’s name - as if care suddenly becomes personal, memory and medicine briefly overlapping.
Bleepinertia
The resistance to agreeing to any unexpected requests to do work on a day you thought would be quiet. Submitted by Sebastian Knudsen.
Glancecode
The silent exchange of looks between staff when things turn serious.
Publishitis
The compulsive urge to turn every passing clinical thought, observation, or half-baked idea into a paper. Submitted by Peter Brindley.