As a basic guide- "treat people well & trust each other to do good work"- seems a useful starting point. And let things grow from there. There'll be exceptions to this obvsly, but I think the best work happens when we feel genuinely supported & there's freedom to think & create.

New data: The suicide risk for female physicians is 76% higher than the general population. Women in medicine need your support. We need reasonable workloads, adequate support, respect from colleagues, equitable pay, & work environments absent of discrimination & harassment.

People provide care, and thus, the value of a service is ultimately dependent on people. We sometimes forget this in healthcare and invest heavily in tech and tools. It's like we believe that the basketballs used by NBA players are the real product, not the players.

it is a truth universally acknowledged that every service severely underestimates how busy the other services are

When you send your kids to school there is zero chance they will come back to you "a different gender," but there is certainly a chance they won't come back at all. Yet some of y'all are worried about the former while shrugging about the latter.

The onion has been tweeting this for at least a decade. Let that sink in.

This is why supporting free healthcare is suicide prevention. Supporting free housing is suicide prevention. Supporting universal basic income is suicide prevention. Supporting all forms of social safety nets is suicide prevention.

Pessimism is not an effective strategy for protecting our emotions. Data: We feel worse when our negative expectations are confirmed than when our positive expectations bring disappointment. A recipe for happiness is planning for the worst while continuing to hope for the best.

Suicidal thoughts/urges would happen a lot less often if people's basic needs were actually met.

I used to work with a guy who had been a pretty good linebacker in college. He was one of those scrappy undersized players who had a nose for the ball. He had a saying that I love: “I’m faster than anyone who’s stronger than me, and I’m stronger than anyone who’s faster than me.

Last week, the Department of Medicine turned up the heat at the Internal Medicine Interest Group’s Q&A session, “Hot Ones”!🌶️ Our panel braved spicy wings while answering tough questions from eager medical students. A big thanks to everyone who joined us for this sizzling event!

It needs to be said over and over and over again. The Haitians who have flocked to Springfield, Ohio, are not illegal immigrants! They are here legally and have moved to the city because of all the job openings in recent years. The town itself urged immigrants to move there!

Dr. Andrea Labus, Dr. Brooke Shannon and Stacy Wood share their takeaways from their work in the WIM Leadership Primer: "Stop setting goals, start planning your own journey" #WIMStrongerTogether #WIMSummit

A few years ago, a town about 30 minutes from us had a huge number of Somalian immigrants move in. I don't know how it came about. I know they were brought because of the turkey plant there was struggling in a big way. Like many small towns, finding workers is a huge

And Chairs for their Faculty. Make sure everyone is aware of the local early voting opportunities

West Virginia important election dates ~ pass it on!

Reminder to all the physicians: USE YOUR VACATION DAYS

Maybe wellness in medicine is recognizing/not undermining your achievements! Here's mine: I'm now a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine 💪 Check out⬇️why I did this & comment with yours! NASM #PhysicianWellness #SettingAnExampleMatters

No matter what your job there is a learner/patient/customer/client misquoting you somewhere right now. If you don’t have the details, give those that came before you the benefit of the doubt