I believe a key quality of a good doctor is to be humble. This can take many forms, but with respect to these coming posts, I mean the following. Humans, and doctors in particular in my experience, tend to become rather tied to their beliefs and convictions, especially as they get older. However, a good doctor should be able to appraise new data that gets presented to them, and consider whether they should change or modify their view on that topic. No-one likes to be wrong, but doctors will make mistakes. I have made mistakes, and will continue to do so. Having the self-awareness to acknowledge them, reflect, and improve is therefore super important.
Why mention that here? Well, when I do my research into a blog post, sometimes it makes me realise that there is a lot I didn’t know I didn’t know on a topic (I think it was Donald Rumsfeld who famously said this about terrorism intelligence!). In researching for the forthcoming posts on women’s health when it pertains to exercise, I think I was just plain ignorant about some things. I will also however say that so are many of the online ‘experts’ whose advice you might see. If I’m being educated, I hope you are too!
I have no financial or other conflict of interest in the health information I put out online, and have a degree in medical research from University College London, so you can be confident that my posts and online content is from the latest and best research.
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