Dr Chris Tiplady blog – Unencountering

27 February 2026

In his latest blog, Dr Chris Tiplady discusses how he and his colleague, Senior Lecturer, Mr Michael Atkinson at the University of Sunderland, teach students how to move on from patient encounters, how to cope, how to balance all that uncertainty and be able to move on to the next patient or even just go home to the family.

 

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