We remember medicine best when it is hinged on a patient story, a case whose emotional impact stamps its medical facts in our memory.

Medicine is a window into society: patients come from every walk of life. Whilst medical school does offer a diverse range of placements, its core aim is exposure to medical specialties. The richness of patient narratives, of golden nuggets for life, lies deeper still awaiting our excavation. What is it like to live with a disability, to cope with an unexpected diagnosis, to heal after a complication? These questions are left unanswered in our medical education.

Day 2 is centred on amplifying patient voices. It is an inquiry into the therapeutic relationship from the patient’s end, an invitation to resonate with our interlocutor. As medical students, we learn medical facts from our patients, and how to be a doctor from doctors. We busy ourselves with filtering through the specialties, figuring out the path forward, but sometimes forget our shared beginning intentions of being a good doctor. Perhaps that could be fulfilled by learning from our patients.

Day 2 hopes to provide attendees with narratives to reflect on, from which each person may draw their own moral of the story. We wish to create an open platform for curiosity to be satisfied through a refreshing pool of questions to the patient, and their doctor. How does the patient feel towards the doctor who made a mistake in their treatment? How does the doctor feel towards the patient who suffered the 1 in 1000 complication? Let us bring both the patient and the doctor to the panel.