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Healthcare workers, tell us about your most memorable experience Healthcare workers, tell us about your most memorable experience
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Every healthcare career has landmark moments, whether it’s delivering your first baby, losing a patient in shocking circumstances or being assaulted by someone in A&E.Every healthcare career has landmark moments, whether it’s delivering your first baby, losing a patient in shocking circumstances or being assaulted by someone in A&E.
The Guardian’s Healthcare Professionals Network is going to launch a series, Blood, sweat and tears, featuring your accounts of the moments that have been joyous, life-changing, difficult or just plain awful.The Guardian’s Healthcare Professionals Network is going to launch a series, Blood, sweat and tears, featuring your accounts of the moments that have been joyous, life-changing, difficult or just plain awful.
Is there an incident that has shaped how you carry out your job now? Or has there been one patient who changed your view on something, or who was difficult to treat for whatever reason? Have you had an encounter with a colleague that has stayed with you? Or maybe there was a seemingly mundane incident that brought home why you went into the sector and what keeps you there.Is there an incident that has shaped how you carry out your job now? Or has there been one patient who changed your view on something, or who was difficult to treat for whatever reason? Have you had an encounter with a colleague that has stayed with you? Or maybe there was a seemingly mundane incident that brought home why you went into the sector and what keeps you there.
We don’t just want to hear from clinicians; whatever your role we’d like to read about your most memorable day. If you work as a manager or in an administration position, share your stories about how your job enables the health service to run.We don’t just want to hear from clinicians; whatever your role we’d like to read about your most memorable day. If you work as a manager or in an administration position, share your stories about how your job enables the health service to run.
Everyone’s got a story to tell – so what’s yours? If you decide you’d like people to know about a standout moment in your job in healthcare, send a brief email outlining what you’d like to write about to healthcare@theguardian.com.Everyone’s got a story to tell – so what’s yours? If you decide you’d like people to know about a standout moment in your job in healthcare, send a brief email outlining what you’d like to write about to healthcare@theguardian.com.
If we like your idea, we’ll get back to you with suggestions and then you can go ahead and write. Remember, the piece can be anonymous or written under a pseudonym.If we like your idea, we’ll get back to you with suggestions and then you can go ahead and write. Remember, the piece can be anonymous or written under a pseudonym.
Here are some tips for a successful piece:Here are some tips for a successful piece:
• It should be around 600 words.• It should adopt an informal but not overly colloquial style.• Put some work into your opening paragraph – is it engaging and does it describe an unusual experience?• Think about how your piece might draw the reader in and keep them reading until the end. If you get bored reading it, so will everyone else.• Keep it personal.• Avoid standing on a soapbox, sounding too emotional and banging on about something.• Avoid jargon and acronyms. • It should be around 700 words.• It should adopt an informal but not overly colloquial style.• Put some work into your opening paragraph – is it engaging and does it describe an unusual experience?• Think about how your piece might draw the reader in and keep them reading until the end. If you get bored reading it, so will everyone else.• Keep it personal.• Avoid standing on a soapbox, sounding too emotional and banging on about something.• Avoid jargon and acronyms.
To get an idea of what sort of style goes down well with our audience, have a read of some of our most successful Views from the NHS frontline blogposts:• Being an abortion doctor has taught me a lot about lifeTo get an idea of what sort of style goes down well with our audience, have a read of some of our most successful Views from the NHS frontline blogposts:• Being an abortion doctor has taught me a lot about life
• I loved being a midwife but bullying, stress and fear made me resign• I loved being a midwife but bullying, stress and fear made me resign
• Patient’s shocking death alone in a public toilet made me question end-of-life care• Patient’s shocking death alone in a public toilet made me question end-of-life care
Meanwhile, to keep up with what other healthcare professionals are saying, join our network and follow us on Twitter (@GdnHealthcare).Meanwhile, to keep up with what other healthcare professionals are saying, join our network and follow us on Twitter (@GdnHealthcare).