Good doctors are made, not born, and we can all contribute to that process by making them aware of what matters to us; of things that define our quality of life. There is a growing appreciation among some in the medical community that true expertise in healthcare is found among the public, not in the hallowed corridors of medical training and practice. There is a widening appreciation that medics, or all health professionals for that matter, must be as competent to seek help, as they are in offering it.

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MegaReach has always championed the efforts to create future leaders who are firmly grounded on the needs of the general public. We have constantly sought the assistance of experts in facilitating this development. That spirit was clearly evident when Dr. Ruvini Senasinghe, the reputed consultant psychiatrist, conducted a three-day workshop on Neuro-Psychiatry organised in collaboration with the South West Undergraduate Neuro Society (SWUNS) from 19th to 21st February 2016, at Plymouth, United Kingdom. We particularly appreciated Ruvini’s effort (and obvious expertise) in tailoring the content to meet the needs of relatively junior medical students, when she normally deals with senior postgraduate trainees and consultant psychiatrists. She helped us transcend the gap between mental ill-health, as it is spelt out in textbooks and the human suffering, as it manifests in real life.

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