What an incredible day Wed 20th May was. I did my Professorial Inaugural lecture on 'Love, Laughter and Wisdom: Rehumanising Medicine" to an audience of over 200 people, representing all decades of my life. It was like being at my funeral....with the bonus of being alive! Thank you

When you realise your childhood aspirations to talk about wisdom and love become your actually career focus in Medicine. Global collaboration researching love as a foundational ethic. @NotreDame Ethics & the Common Good ethics.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

"Teach, not for awards or recognition...but for the love of teaching. Write, not for esteem, which may never come, but to share knowledge because it is good. Give, not to get a return, but to share. Love, not for profit, but because it brightens the world" Jeremy D Engels @chris6572.bsky.social

TY @syjameel.bsky.social for a fabulous presentation on virtue ethics at #PCC2026 It gave me hope & inspiration. Will follow love research with interest. @pccongress.bsky.social

Exciting new intellectual pursuit taking on Alaistair Campbell's 1984 text, calling for #moderatedlove to underpin medical practice. I enjoyed sharing these emerging ideas with James from @intellectbooks.bsky.social & @rooshah.bsky.social & Jens Foell. Big news coming... youtu.be/y2e4W4_NG-M?...

Succinct, but hopefully of some value Thoughts in @bmj.com on how to deal with a difficult colleague www.bmj.com/content/392/...

How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

www.medicinanarrativa.eu/learning-for... Some reflections from my dear partner in educational endeavour regarding the event we ran on learning for dialogue and compassion in a Polarised World. Thank you to all those who attended and helped plan the day. @johnlauner.bsky.social

I recommend this paper to GENERALISTS. It is about PRACTICAL WISDOM, which is not often written about coherently. Whether technē (doing) or phronesis (being) is more important in medicine depends on the goal: whether the goal is the treatment of disease or the healing of illness.

How awesome it is to watch 400 Medical Students graduate to become doctors (2 ceremonies needed). So proud of you! Congratulations 🎊 #classof2025

Prof Margaret Bearman from Australia outlines 3 contentious re AI in #meded and healthcare. Interesting to contemplate pros and cons of #digitaltwin Qu from audience..chatgpt as mansplaining 🤣 (acknowledging the important LLM bias) #ASME2025

Happy to be in enchanting Edinburgh for the #ASME2025 @asmeofficial.bsky.social annual conference. 800 delegates from 23 Countries over 3 days. Can't wait for our med students debut!

Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway

In beautiful Gdansk, Poland, presenting on #Phronesis and it's importance in Medicine; From Conjecture & Concept to Consultation & Care. #meded

Wonderful hybrid gathering at St Catherine's College, Oxford today, (funded by the Collaborating Centre for Values Based Practice). The goal is forming a #practicalwisdom network #communityofpractice to be added to database complete this brief questionnaire docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thank you @syjameel.bsky.social for a fabulous talk at the Peninsula GP trainer’s conference. SO much content, new concepts and ideas- from Phronesis to Berwick’s 3rd era to recognising, valuing and nurturing wisdom as a unique characteristic… this was powerful and inspiring

Asklepios and the Art of Healing - We must return to 500BC ..... To learn more, stay tuned for our upcoming book "Toward an Ecological Medical & Health Humanities" @https://www.springer.com/series/16769 edited by @drkopacz.bsky.social #medsky #booksky

I've often thought this can be useful for self awareness and revealing genuine reflection (rather than curated reflection for the portfolio). Thanks John!

This publishing malarkey requires a lot of patience, but I'm so happy to see this finally published. It's a heavily abridged version on my PhD Literature review on #Phronesis in Medicine #practicalwisdom academic.oup.com/jmp/advance-...

What is #Professionalism ? It was a really engaging and exploratory conversation with George and Laura from student @bmj.com www.bmj.com/sharpscratch #sharpscratch #practicalwisdom #medicaltraining #radialholisticprofessionalism

Such a pleasure to host Professor Lauris Kaldjian from Iowa today. He is such an icon re #PracticalWisdom in Medicine. I cited him a lot when writing my thesis. We visited Karis Medical centre who embody values based practice.