Shahina Braganza is a senior staff specialist in Emergency Medicine in Queensland, Australia. She has previously also been a Director of Clinical Training. She is an examiner for the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. She is passionate about “non-technical” skills in medicine and has a particular interest in professionalism, communication and emotional situational awareness. She also has a keen interest in wellbeing, resilience and balance. She is outspoken about sharing stories of vulnerability, imperfection and courage. Her portfolio in the ED currently includes coordinating interprofessional education, ED-mental health service liaison, and the Mindfulness in ED project.
Is Compassion a Dirty Word?
Could “compassion” be a dirty word? Why do I think working in healthcare is not “just a job?” In the context of a tribalistic exchange about which discipline in medicine is the hardest working (and hardest done by), a colleague and…