๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ by Seth Godin Which self? The self you were when you were two years old, almost out of diapers? The self you were when you were screaming with the fans at the big game? The self you were after a long night? (1/2)
Dr Stevan Bruijns ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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PhD, UK A&E consultant (CESR), AfJEM past chief editor, NHSE South West & CQC UEC clinical advisor. Strong views on: autonomy, mastery & belonging. Views in posts are my own.
Do you ever debrief yourself with an AI agent (such as ChatGPT)? Do you ever discuss your mental health with an AI agent? After a tough shift. Or when things get tough. And you just need to talk. I do. ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ค #EMedsky #EMsky #Medsky ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment
Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) chatbots hold promise for building highly personalized, effective mental health treatments at scale, while also addressing user engagement and retention ...
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๐จ AfJEM Webinar Alert! ๐จ ๐ Want to get published? Join us on March 26, 2025, at 1 PM CAT (GMT+2) for expert tips on mastering article writing! ๐โจ ๐ Click to register https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/workshop/b6416c1f-085b-4794-b881-5efc54b08548 #AfJEM #GettingPublished
People who canโt handle criticism are unfit to lead. Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos. Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
The hallmark of expertise is no longer how much you know. It's how well you synthesize. Information scarcity rewarded knowledge acquisition. Information abundance requires pattern recognition. It's not enough to collect facts. The future belongs to those who connect dots.
No one envisions a future thatโs defined by instability, declining opportunities, and a world where "least-worst" is the best we can hope for. But here we are. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ
โถ๏ธ playlist for: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป ... ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ If thereโs at least one unicorn in the world, itโs likely not the only one. And if one can make a valid English word from seven Scrabble tiles, itโs likely that more than one word can be found. 1/3
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ Aspirant African EM authors who either have a dissertation to publish, or a first time research publication An hour long webinar, with pointers and pearls, key resources and Q&A Register here: researcheracademy.elsevier.com/workshop/b64... #Medsky #EMedsky #EMsky ๐๐๐ค
I sat in the audience at Africa's first emergency medicine conference in South Africa in 2011 when Joe O'Neil related in a keynote how PEPFAR came about. Joe wrote this editorial for @afjem.bsky.social, a journal I edited at the time. Well worth a read. ๐ข www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Taking Acute Care Worldwide: Pragmatic lessons from the HIV pandemic
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The loudest voices rarely represent the majority. They're usually speaking for the extremes. You won't understand the views of a group until you've invited the quieter voices into the discussion. Don't mistake silence for disengagement. It's often a sign of deep reflection.
Productivity is overrated. What counts most is the quality of output, not the quantity. People may be impressed by the volume you produce, but impact depends on the value you create. Success is not about getting more things done. It's about doing more worthwhile things well.
It takes curiosity to learn. It takes courage to unlearn. Learning requires the humility to admit what you don't know today. Unlearning requires the integrity to admit that you were wrong yesterday. Learning is how you evolve. Unlearning is how you keep up as the world evolves.
Patient self-directed sliding scale furosemide is an underutilized tool in CHF management Can a simple weight-based dosing strategy empower patients to manage CHF, prevent exacerbations, and reduce ED visits? Let's dive in! ๐ #medsky #pharmsky #cardiosky #EMsky #GPsky #MedEd 1/
a person is measuring their weight on a scale that goes up to 40
ALT: a person is measuring their weight on a scale that goes up to 40
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โญNHSE planning guidance published 30 Januaryโญ Much of investment to improve flow through ED to be targeted outside ED. Have a read and post your thoughts. ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐... #Medsky #EMedsky #EMsky ๐https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/2025-26-priorities-and-operational-planning-guidance/
Long waits in A&E kill patients. Maybe a thousand every month. The recent ONS analysis has issues but makes the problem look worse than previous analyses: www.hsj.co.uk/daily-insigh...
The mythbuster: Do not ignore this second warning of the deadly impact of long A&E waits
Steve Black examines the ONS' new analysis linking long A&E waits to rising patient mortality, highlighting the urgent need for NHS action to tackle the crisis of excessive delays and their fatal ...
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Observation is an investigation My #DFTB23 Keynote talk. Spoiler: The decision to observe needs to be an active one, not just a process to avoid making a decision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIw...
When the ONS analysis of relative mortality vs waiting times in A&E departments was published last week they omitted some critical information. But the pattern of higher mortality with longer waits was very clear...
Sometimes senior NHSE leaders say things that accidentally reveal the biggest reasons why they can't fix major NHS problems. This speech from Steve Powis is an example: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/step... ...
โA&Es will treat equivalent of half the population each year without reformโ
Sir Stephen Powis has urged people to engage with the national conversation about the future of the health service.
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Solving crowding in A&E: Reduce attendances or improve flow though hospital beds? ๐งต๐ #EMedsky
Sometimes senior NHSE leaders say things that accidentally reveal the biggest reasons why they can't fix major NHS problems. This speech from Steve Powis is an example: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/step... ...
Kinds of incompetence The second worst is the unaware sort. The work doesn't meet spec, and we don't even realize it. The worst is uncaring. We know the work doesn't meet spec, but we don't bother to fix it. But there are other varieties, and some are worth seeking out: There's the incompetence ofโฆ
Kinds of incompetence
The second worst is the unaware sort. The work doesn't meet spec, and we don't even realize it. The worst is uncaring. We know the work doesn't meet spec, but we don't bother to fix it. But there are other varieties, and some are worth seeking out: There's the incompetence of creativity and art, where the spec isn't the point. …
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๐ฅ Hot off the press: Empowering emergency nursing in Africa through research https://buff.ly/3DY4cx5 #Medsky #EMedsky
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โThere must be a point where we go beyond analysis and accept that this is a serious problem that needs urgent political action.โ RCEM's President responds to ONS research concluding patients who wait in A&E for more than two hours are exposed to an increasing risk of death - tinyurl.com/5fkpp4b6
Relationship between โ spent in A&E & odds of 30-day, post-discharge, all-cause mortality: Compared with patients who spent 2h in A&E, the odds of post-discharge death were: ๐ 1.1 x โ๏ธ if spent 3h ๐ 1.6 x โ๏ธ if spent 6h ๐ 1.9 x โ๏ธ if spent 9h & ๐ 2.1 x โ๏ธ if spent 12h #EMedsky ๐ shorturl.at/Tvw9e
Association between time spent in emergency care and 30-day post-discharge mortality, England - Office for National Statistics
Relationship between time spent in A&E and the odds of 30-day, post-discharge, all-cause mortality, controlling for other factors.
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We are not documenting crowding in individual patient notes. Makes it difficult to give context around delayed care for coroner, solicitor etc Do you document crowding in clinical notes? If so what phrases do you use?
๐ Essential Leadership Tips for 2025 Are challenges like communication and culture puzzling you? Start the new year strong with leadership advice from MIT SMR experts. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/10-e...
10 Essential Leadership Tips for 2025
Use these strategies to build your leadership skill set and solve tough challenges in the new year.
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