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At the very heart of medical science is a void that is unpredictable and uncontrollable-it is the murmurings of a human voice. Cecil Helman. Hang on a minute Phil Pemberton. Hang on a minute. Experience 1 Experience 2. History of Time. Evolutionary time Egyptian time Babylonian time
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At the very heart of medical science is a void that is unpredictable and uncontrollable-it is the murmurings of a human voice. Cecil Helman
Hang on a minute Experience 1 Experience 2
History of Time • Evolutionary time • Egyptian time • Babylonian time • The time piece/church clock • Newton’s time • Industrial time • Einstein’s time
Words involving the word time • Prefix of time • Suffix of time
Past present and future • Is an illusion of flow created in our mind • Is an illusion • Anticipation (links to imagination)
Time travel • Just close your eyes
Time is…… • Memory • Friendship • Life -is the most important time
Memory • Bridges time; our mind to the world • Sensory memories • Our memory lives in others • Imagination
Disturbed Memory • Dementia • Dying • Bereavement
Friendship • Souls mingle and blend so that the seam which joins them can no longer be found
Hang on a minute The spectre of the future often overwhelms us to the exclusion of truly appreciating and getting the most out of the day, the hour, the moment we are inhabiting. Eugene O’Kelly When we truly and deeply reflect on aspects of our lives that are important to us it’s generally the investment in relationships and the lack of time and effort we have made in these that are the cause for regret rather than the achievements that relate to material outcomes
What should we teach our registrars? • Wisdom • Imagination • Time
Medicinal time • Words with a time connotation • In a minute
Different types of time • Chronological time • Subjective time • Event time • Distance time • Healing time
Healers • Doctors stick to chronological time • Healers transcend time and space
Often it’s the very first lesson you learn in medical practice, sometimes on the first day - the lesson that the membrane between life and death is thin and transparent, and so easily crossed. Once learned, it is never forgotten.
Are we important? • Time is a force of nature and the wise doctor works in alliance with it • Time quality v quantity • Time is life • The Clergy promise life after death • Medicine promises life before death • GP patrols the line between life and death
Time…… • Is the framework in which we live • Is a perception created by us • So we control it • Is elastic • Reflection and reaction • Now is gone and the future isn't here • Is memory and friendships • We should all have a bucket list
Time surfing • The chronological passenger • The time lord
Having the time of our life • Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take but by the number of things that take our breath away.
Wine tasting-why? • Sensual shared experience • Creates a memory here and now • Celebrates our friendship