Abstract
I have just completed my 15th nine-hour shift at the Polyclinic in the London 2012 Olympic Village, and my ‘limpic afterglow’ is still very much ablaze. Amidst the memories of unusual clinical experiences – the diverse cultural presentations of jet-lag; early-morning medicals to certify the world's best boxers ‘fit to fight’; sightings of rare stress fractures seen only in people who subject their bodies to extreme forces; and a couple of life-threatening emergencies – and even more unusual social ones – such as gathering with fellow doctors and waiting patients around a wide-screen television to watch the 100 m final – I am beginning to look back on the Olympic Polyclinic experience as a potential treasure trove of lessons in the organization and delivery of services.
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