Gordon, MorrisPatrício, Madalena2020-11-032020-11-032015Medical Teacher, Volume 38, 2016 - Issue 1, Pages 1-2; Published online: 28 Aug 20150142-159Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/44767Copyright © 2015 Taylor & FrancisEarly this year, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of philosophy presented a new theory of time that caught our interest. One of the key concepts that Professor Skow presented is the "moving spotlight" theory. As Skow asserts, the experiences had a year ago or 10 years ago are still just as real, they're just "inaccessible" because they are now in a different part of spacetime. This was felt to be an elegant notion to inform this 'spotlight' piece on BEME ( www.bemecollaboration.org ).engjournal article10.3109/0142159X.2015.10749911466-187X