750 hours of clinicals is too much?🤣🤣🤣
I had more than 750 hours of clincials in internal medicine and I’m an orthopaedic surgeon!
At least go to 600 hours so NPs have the same amount of hands on training as Petco dog groomers!

Exciting developments. Register now, will see y’all at NYC!

To my followers who wonder what MOC is, and why many doctors are tweeting about it. Thread.

1) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is a redundant requirement thrust on US physicians by a private organization. We resent it.

The US Department of Justice has sought comments on burdens imposed on physicians by certifying bodies. I’m posting a detailed comment on the burdens of ABIM MOC and a request for the government end MOC.

justice.gov/atr/HealthyCom…

Please report 'sorry we are experiencing unusually high call volumes' messages. We've had 20,000 reports in so far to test if some firms (banks, broadband, mobile, energy, water etc) have this for EVERY call. Pls take 30s to report it via moneysavingexpert.com/report-high-ca…

We need to keep…

Very few interventions bring people back from certain death in minutes. Ongoing CPR, bedside pericardiocentesis and the patient survives!

#Cardiotwitter #medstudent Kussmaul's sign: paradoxical rise in jugular venous pressure during inspiration. #Tamponade

Congratulations, Indian health insurance industry has learned the American health insurance model. I won’t be surprised to learn this was implemented by US-trained MBAs. Watch the downfall of healthcare with insurance in the next 10-20 years. Should have adopted the Singapore…

Another “health policy guy”.

How delusional these guys are? They seem to be worse than MBAs it seems.

Is this why healthcare is messed up so much?

Last chance for early bird registration. See y’all at NYC!

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ER calls for abnormal EKG, Calcium was given before labs available. Memorize the pattern of hyperkalemia. Potassium came out to be 8.5.

Stacey—I have to tell you that I was a patient in your DPP (diabetes prevention program) as a prediabetic. I was following the plan (including oatmeal for breakfast—even when I was not hungry in the AM, I was told “don’t skip the most important meal…” and to eat 5-6 times a day…

Why do we adhere to these clock changes in the name of daylight saving in 2024? It completely disrupts my circadian rhythm. It's well documented that there is an increased rate of road traffic accidents and a higher incidence of heart attacks associated with these periodic…

Excited to explore the latest in structural cardiology and groundbreaking technology! Share your innovations and can't wait to connect at #NYValves .

6 antihypertensives with uncontrolled BP. 30 mins later off 💊💊💊!

#cardiotwitter don’t ignore simple secondary HTN with up with duplex.

Dr Shariq Shamim There are 2 important points.
1. Patient already has q waves in the anterior leads with some STE.
2. Regardless, ischemic chest pain should be taken to Cath lab emergently. Qualification into NSTE, sometimes, as in this case, delays care and we do a disservice.

Because I am raising concerns about the flood of unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities, the press will often characterize me as “anti-immigrant”.

As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth.

I am very much in favor of increased and…

Any interventional cardiologists who interpret this ECG and do not see a 100% occluded LAD, and do not perform a coronary angiogram emergently, should quit performing interventions.

We have been replacing with IV Iron when low TSAT and ferritin and CHF exacerbation w anemia. Nice paper!