Empower your voice
Empower your voice
Category Critical Thinking
BBC Leaders’ Debate – Is This The NHS Recovery Plan?
Junior doctors generally don’t expect much to be done in response to their feedback. So while getting to ask a question about the NHS backlog during the BBC leaders’ debate last month was a bit of a treat, I wasn’t…
Debating 101 – How To Demolish Opposing Arguments using Refutation
Debating 101: How to Build a Case
This article is the first in a series that will guide you through how to argue effectively and logically. These kind of skills are useful for all kinds of reasons; getting better at public speaking, negotiating effectively, or as part…
How to Make your Articles Captivating
This is a step-by-step guide to my article writing process, which I have honed over several years. It should be helpful for anyone considering writing any kind of opinion piece. One of my colleagues recently told me that she was…
4 Types of knowledge – and How to Master them
This is an article explaining different types of knowledge that are important for medical school. For each type, I discuss why it’s important, how it’s tested, and how to develop it.. Being an all-round good doctor means giving each type…
Book Review: Fragile Lives
Book review: How to Read a Book
This is the first in a series where I’ll cover books that have taught me something important, and where I try to spread that knowledge. This is a very fitting book to start with, because it contains the fundamentals for…
An example of poor refutation
Prime Minister’s questions is the only environment that the average British person sees debating in its pure form. Panel discussions and interviews simply do not come close to the direct clash of arguments. It’s for that reason that it’s strange…