Patients increasingly have multiple conditions; doctors increasingly specialise in one organ #PrimaryCare #GeriatricMedicine

❓ Can #delirium be managed safely at home? ➡️ Crucial issue as an alternative to hospital admission ⭐ New pilot study on feasibility of new approach - appears safe & effective 🔗 rcpjournals.org/content/future… Emma Vardy #WDAD2023 iDelirium

Delighted and totally surprised to have won the Chair's Award at the Northern Trust Medical Awards last night for my oral presentation outlining our project "Introducing Advanced Care Planning to the Renal Unit"☺️

Publication day! Well done Deborah Toal

Med Reg Barbie 🤓

I cannot recommend this course enough- knowledgable staff from a host of disciplines and a “no such thing as a silly question”attitude. Fantastic! James Irvine NIMDTA

#GeriatricEmergencyMedicine Results from University Hospital Southampton 💙 Post NICE on #headinjury. Low rate of bleeding, bleeding associated with high risk injury +/- clinical signs, time to stop scanning? Can we therefore keep people at home? British Geriatrics Society Royal College of Emergency Medicine EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #EuGMS2023 #EuGMS

Graduate entry courses were meant to diversify medicine. No grants and no specialised loans mean that only the wealthiest students can now afford to do the training. Huge fees means lower retention as docs head abroad to pay off debt quickly. rte.ie/news/education…

Incredibly impressed at today’s ‘Geriatrics For Everyone’ conference in Belfast. Such a credit to the current cohort of NI trainees! British Geriatrics Society

Out on a community placement this week as part of my IMT 3 placement in Endocrinology. I was lucky enough to bend the ear of some of the team based at the #maureensheehancentre to advise on what social prescribing options are available in their locality.

Delighted to have been selected for and passed the Generic Instructor Course to become an ALS instructor! (Certificate just through) Thanks to all the staff at Daisy Hill for being so supportive throughout the two days.😀

Rotational training has its benefits, but rarely do the twitterati consider the following: 1) adapting to a new culture of egos, "we have always done it this way", random professional beefs and obstructive relationships 2) being dropped in to "expert scenarios" on day one

Public sector pay has been too low for too long. But the Executive party’s have found money for their own pet projects. It’s time for reform on #publicsectorpay The SDLP | Matthew O'Toole

Joining the rest of the “junior” doctors in NI striking over pay degradation. BMA NI Junior Doctors Committee

This is a very clever and informative paper: of 99 SLT students asked to consume pureed solids and mildly thick liquids for just 24 hrs, 60% didn’t/couldn’t. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.104…

First time in the College! #RCPE

Very helpful advice from a range of Old Age Psychiatry in both supportive and pharmacological management options for BPSD. #rcpeolder2024 RCPEdin

How are we going to fix the doctor shortage in NI if we get paid less than our UK colleagues and in my experience work in worse conditions? Would you move here? #PayRestoration #BMA

At Stormont now with Northern Ireland junior doctors making a lot of noise. BMA Northern Ireland The Doctor Magazine

I had the pleasure of working with Melanie and she is truly wonderful! Congratulations!