Don’t miss this BIDMC Academy session on #feedback next week led by our #communication and #feedback expert what you permit you promote! BIDMC Department of Medicine BIDMC Nursing BIDMC Shapiro Inst.

You can condemn terrorism without denying Palestinian suffering. These are not mutually exclusive.

You can actually be pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslims, and pro-Jews.

To do so, however, you must be an actual humanist who condemns terrorism and pursues peace.

Do you cook on gas ♨️ or electric 🔌? Mary Rice outlines the adverse health effects associated with gas stoves and opportunities to mitigate exposure to indoor air pollution in her new paper: tinyurl.com/37703392

This is an incredible idea. Every med school and residency should start with a “amazing moments” journal

One thing I wish I had done throughout med school/residency is keep a running list of all the awesome things I’ve done: difficult diagnoses I’ve made, patients I’ve helped, kudos from attendings, etc.

Because my dumbass brain only wants to remember all the times I’ve fucked up

Visiting my daughter's high school today. They've recently restricted cellphone. So many students siting in groups in the cafeteria, laughing & talking...chatting in the hallways... it's a different place. Side note: I asked a teacher what the biggest change is... Ready?

In 8 years I’ve written and read >20,000 SOAP notes.

Most could be improved.

3 tips to writing better notes:

100%
Often preceded by a few scattered runs of NSVT

Here’s a video I made breaking down this great case of a 65-year-old man with severe chest pain after crashing his truck head-on into a tree

#FOAMed

SO TRUE - don’t just do something… stand there (and be present, validate, explore, align)

MOC death updates!

Happy Saturday!
I am on call actually helping patients (unlike MOC)

Petition nearing 15,000 sigs!
change.org/p/eliminate-ab……

SCAI Now and EP Advocacy Foundation societies agree MOC should go. Which society is next?

News media paying attention!
inquirer.com/health/america…

Eliminate ABIMs MOC requirement - Sign the Petition! chng.it/yJfnmwyn via Change.org

With covid cases rising in NYC, important reminder:

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Available regardless of ability to pay or insurance status.

This week we put out the final episode of Crash Course Black American History. We worked on this series for over 3 years and put out 51 episodes spanning the transatlantic slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement. I’m so proud of what we made.

youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Med Twitter- what are the best (simple) AI programs you have tried for supporting literature search? The options are overwhelming.

In this case study from the June issue, clinicians concluded that understanding other clinicians’ goals and perspectives benefits patients and families, helps clinicians feel valued and fosters mutual trust. Read more in the latest issue: hubs.la/Q01S-R4Z0
#CHESTCritCare

I’m so excited to share this recent study on ICU team culture- lots of “I never knew you had to…” between RNs and MDs with Jenny Rudolph Walter Eppich kate j morse Harvard Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship BIDMC Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

If you read anything today, read this.

And if not today, read it tomorrow.

When I got into Stanford the first time, my high school classmates told me it was because I was brown to my face in our calculus class. But they didn’t take into account that I begged my mom for an old SAT blue book at a thrift store - that was my test prep. (1/4)