Doctors and nurses get infected in their own hospitals unfortunately. But there is one hospital in America that has had zero of these infections in over 25 years. Not one single doctor or nurse in that hospital has been infected. Not one.

Conference abstracts accepted, but no publications?  It's a common story for residency research projects. As someone who'd experienced it 6 times... these are the reasons why many residency projects go NOWHERE.  Brace yourself, because it's time for some tough love.

Few things have broken my brain like learning caterpillars fully dissolve into goo before becoming butterflies 🫠

For the record, the best slide in Timothy Caulfield’s deck this afternoon. There is strength in community & Canadian Medical Association is so proud to support this work via CMA Media

Video review of critical events is a game changer in healthcare yet underutilized I've started routinely video recording intubations (my own & my trainees). Sports has long realized this benefit. Here are my thoughts and why its so effective 🧵 1/ #meded #deliberatepractice

So, three years into the best (and most stressful) gig of my life, i.e. being a freelance journalist, I thought it would be nice to share some nuggets 🧵 (10)

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Glad to see masking returning to the hospitals where it never should have left in the first place.

I've read this article multiple times today, and this part hits me each time 👇🏿 "High-income countries do not have a shortage of nurses; they have a shortage of healthcare institutions providing necessary & sustainable working conditions, leading to a loss of nurses." By

605 jobs eliminated. Another blow to journalism in Canada in a long line of them this year alone. Devastating for so many individuals and families. And a huge loss for the public, who will know less about local issues and stories that need to be told.

I was reminded recently of just how awe-inspiring modern emergency medicine can be. Had a shift where multiple children were brought in by ambulance for significant asthma and croup attacks. Thanks to quick identification by nurses and protocols that are drilled and practiced

For the last decade, the sole focus of the media crisis narrative has been on saving old institutions. Let's hope that happens. But what about building new institutions? It's rarely even considered as a possibility. 3/x

What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis? scientificamerican.com/article/what-w… by NaomiOreskes ht 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 [email protected] "In fact, there is strong evidence that masks do work to prevent the spread of respiratory illness." "We often think of proof as a yes-or-no proposition, but in

They buried the lede on this new study. It's not that exercise beats out SSRIs for depression treatment, but that *just* dancing has the largest effect of *any treatment* for depression. That's kind of beautiful.

Ten things they'll say about avian flu when it achieves widespread human to human transmission, whether or not they're true:

What’s going on with pharmacies no longer reliably stocking Covid shots or Paxlovid? Only one pharmacist in #hamont had Covid shots when I called around a couple months back. Now none I’m talking to are replacing expired Paxlovid stock?

Hamilton’s James Street North in pretty spectacular form this beautiful evening.

💯 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead 15 years into a concerted effort, we have. Once you know that what you do matters, you can’t un-know it. @CAPE-ACME Global Climate and Health Alliance

My biggest hope is as clinicians, you will incorporate the “Explain-Name-Validate” framework into your interactions with patients and their families and teach it to your colleagues and students. onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-…

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