WRITING Learning to think globally From stereotypes to broadening perspectives Through my work with international organizations, I have had the opportunity to meet, work with and become friends with people from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Those experiences have profoundly shaped my worldview. They taught me how important it is to question my assumptions about […]

WRITING Why doctors should think beyond the bedside A reflection on systems thinking in medicine During my first year working as a doctor, I noticed a clear difference in the way my colleagues and I approached our role. Our primary focus was the same, understanding why a patient had sought care, making a diagnosis, and

WRITING Has medical training confused expertise with education? On cultivating curiosity, independent thinking and range Reading accounts of the lives of renowned Portuguese doctors from the past, I can’t help noticing that medicine was just one of the many things they did, and many of them didn’t even stick to a single specialty. Ricardo Jorge,