Hi, I’m Julian.
Broadly, this is a space where I explore:
- The process and effort of becoming a better doctor; lessons from other fields, craftsmanship, trying to be deliberate about improvement.
Why ‘Stronger Medicine’?
I made this website back in 2019.
At that time I was interested in exploring the gap between medicine and physical culture/strength training. I’m still interested in this space, but since then my focus has changed a bit. I still quite like the name and besides, I need a web address!
What’s the point in this website?
Sitting down to think about something, write it out, then publish it, is a process that mainly helps me to organise my thoughts. I’ve found keeping a record of clinical topics, conversations, ideas etc to be very useful to look back on, and it transforms fuzzy inklings into more concrete entities. Having it public means I also sometimes hear from interesting people out there who I otherwise wouldn’t know of.
I generally write about things in my job that have given me pause for thought, such as aspects of a case that highlight a knowledge gap. Apart from medicine, I sometimes write about other things I’m interested when I have the time/inclination.
Teaching
In-line with the above ethos, I like to teach as a method of self-improvement. I’ve found its a good way to improve my own knowledge and skills, and so try to teach areas that I feel less confident about. Going from fumbling blindly with a clinical topic, to being able to package and cohesively present it is transformative to upgrading the mental maps in my mind.
Other bits
- I’m an Emergency Medicine trainee working in the UK.
- I studied a 4 year Mandarin Chinese degree, living/working/studying for >2yr in China.
- Trying to be a Popeye; my best lifts are: back squat 200kg, front squat 160kg, bench press 145kg, snatch 108kg, clean and jerk 140kg.
- I’m a type 1 diabetic. This is in large part responsible for my passion for lifestyle and physical culture as a preventative and therapeutic modality across many areas of chronic disease.
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