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Sooooo many people enjoying the river this weekend!! Fantastic to see everyone ⁦Explore Edmonton⁩

University of Alberta's Association of Women Surgeons Chapter expands its internationally recognized program of mentoring medical students by staff and residents. The chapter tied for the AWS Best International Chapter this year. #surgery #ualberta #abhealth

Congrats to Dr Marta McCrum who was a rising ⭐️ as a University of Alberta Surgery Department resident before moving south of the 49th! It’s been great to here updates about her successes over the years! All the best from EdmontonZoneTrauma

Very clearly laid out summary of immunity, vaccines and COVID. For HCWs a great example of language that can help you explain these concepts.

1/🧵 Haldol for ICU patients⁉️ 📌 Not so fast 📌 Study of N=1000 backs-up our MIND-USA study - full 🧵👇 📌 Haldol doesn’t treat #delirium 📌 Calms pts & can ⬇️ danger 📌 Delirium care is about non-pharm approaches - the Dr. DRE… bit.ly/3sz27Pe

Conference registration is now open for TAC 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting and Conference April 20-21, 2023 in Edmonton. Early bird rates in effect until Jan 31.23 To register go to TAC website: traumacanada.org

The findings of this excellent study highlight how incomplete or misinterpreted data can be worse than no data. Early in COVID, rumors and assumptions were flying. THREAD 🧵 jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

‘Hiya is this gastro on-call? I’m Rob from Prestwich, 54, bit of a boozer. CGV last 24 hrs, melaena 2 days. Glasgow-Blatchford 8, but that’s without an Hb cause I’m calling from home to self-refer. Am I alright to pop in for a quick OGD +/- transfusion later today? Ta.’

Book your TAC conference hotel room at the Westin Edmonton Hotel at a rate of $197 for our April 20-21st conference. Book here: marriott.com/event-reservat…

I don’t know who needs to hear this but please stop cutting clothes and underwear off totally stable trauma patients

"The patient already has AKI don't give contrast." Actually it has been studied and giving contrast doesn't make the AKI measurably worse. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This is so cowardly. Has nothing to do with making a point, only trying to avoid looking “uncool”. This is absolute zero and the Haka is the other end of the spectrum.

It’s Resident Doctors Appreciation Week! Thank you to all of our resident physicians for your hard work and dedication. #ResidentDoctorsAppreciation2023

I also had to stop by Ch. Cafetería. This time, I went for the cookie and a few salted caramel chocolate truffles which I ate without taking a picture of but you should know they were outstanding. Even if you don’t like chocolate, you need must visit them on Stony Plain Road BA.

This is a fantastic read. Describing lossy compression and ChatGPT gives a lot of pause for thought about the meaning of expertise, understanding and how we assess learners.⁦Reminds me of insights I’ve learned from Walter Tavares⁩ newyorker.com/tech/annals-of…

6. Implement true team based care to include (and fund) nurses, PAs, NPs, social workers, dietitcians, PTs, OTs, pharmacists, etc. 7. Stop focusing on “quick fixes” that the evidence shows aren’t fixes and cost more in the long run (i.e. private clinics, two tiers). /12

via The New York Times Awesome initiative ⁦Alberta Health Services⁩ ⁦AHS EMS⁩ ⁦UCalgaryMedicine⁩ ! As an intensivist,and much more as an Albertan, thank you! nytimes.com/2023/03/01/mag…