Considered writing on games, tools, and everyday questions.
Shibamatsu is a slow publication for curious minds — essays on play, instruments of thought, and the small inquiries that shape clinical life.
By The Numbers
Treatments
On Games
Reflections on board games, ward rounds, and the role of structured play in clinical reasoning.
On Tools
Quiet examinations of instruments we use daily — stethoscopes, spreadsheets, and software for thought.
On Questions
Essays on the small questions patients ask, and the larger questions practitioners learn to sit with.
Field Notes
Short letters from clinic corridors, conferences, and late-night study rooms across medicine.
Correspondence
A reader letter section where clinicians, students, and patients reply to recent essays.
Annotated Lists
Curated reading lists with margin notes — what to keep, what to skim, and what to revisit.
The Procedure
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