Calling for doctors’ stories!

Got a story to tell? Send it in for consideration to run in the Medical Post magazine’s Stories Issue in December.

Storytelling is key to medicine, and doctors tend to be great storytellers (at least the ones we know!). The December issue of the Medical Post is themed the Stories Issue. We invite you to be part of our upcoming magazine edition dedicated to the extraordinary experiences that unfold within medicine.

Submit writing:?

• A fictional story —max 2,100 words
• A true story article—max 1,400 words
• Medical Morsels (true anecdotes)—max 200 to 300 words

Medical Morsel prompts: Have you experienced or witnessed something funny, telling or poignant? that might be worth writing up?

?Here are some prompts to get you thinking:?

• Best description of symptoms from a patient, i.e., “It feels like. . .”
• Cutest interaction with a pediatric patient
• Best gift you ever received from a patient
• A cost-saving idea that backfired when you had no money in medical school, residency
• How I met my partner
• Most poignant interaction with a patient
• A time when you were baffled
• Messiest day at the clinic
• When the power went out
• Most memorable advice from a patient
• Best MacGyver trick
• Situation when you had to dig deep to practice patience
• Once upon a time on an airplane. . .?

Deadline for submission: Oct. 1

Submit your story: Email your medical stories to editor Colin Leslie at [email protected] with the subject line “Stories Issue.” We will print as many stories as we can and let you know if yours will be published!