#CSASummerConf26 "Burnout Bingo" hosted by Drs @maryannturner.bsky.social and Ellen Rosenquist with prizes! "There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in." - Desmond Tutu @csahq.bsky.social

I wish more doctors understood this.. "... I am no longer willing to keep postponing life. Medicine can have extraordinary meaning. But it cannot substitute for being present in your own life. The world may need us as physicians. But the people who love us need us as ourselves." #AnSky #MedSky

JAMA@jama.com · 4mo ago

"Medicine can have extraordinary meaning. But it cannot substitute for being present in your own life." In #APieceofMyMind, a psychiatrist and residency program director reflects on an unexpected #LungCancer diagnosis. ja.ma/3Qre9ZU

Our new editorial in @cja-journal.bsky.social: From h-index to hashtags: the modernization of research and publication metrics Introducing our concept of "social media biofeedback" for journals and authors @alopipatelmd.bsky.social @maryannturner.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41712179/

From h-index to hashtags: the modernization of research and publication metrics - PubMed

From h-index to hashtags: the modernization of research and publication metrics

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Now we have to worry about hallucinations in Google Scholar searches:

Melbourne firm busted using AI-fabricated citations

A Melbourne law firm was caught using citations in court documents that were fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

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Registration is now open! See csahq.org/events/csa-2... Need to plan your study leave? Join us next July 2026 in Hawaii and stay at the Four Seasons Ko Olina or Disney Aulani Resort at discounted room rates thanks to @csahq.bsky.social 🙏🏽🏖🌞 @maryannturner.bsky.social @anaesjournal.bsky.social

CSA 2026 Summer Anesthesia Conference - California Society of Anesthesiologists

*Program Brochure Now Available! *Speakers are subject to change Accreditation and Credit Designation The California Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for continu...

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Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA@emarianomd.bsky.social · last yr.

The program for the 2026 @csahq.bsky.social Summer Hawaii Conf is posted! csahq.org/events/csa-2... Save the dates (July 13-17, 2026) and join me and Drs. @maryannturner.bsky.social, Adam Milam, Feyce Peralta, BobbieJean Sweitzer, Richard and Ellen Rosenquist. Registration opens this month!

Great engagement on @drnavsidhu.bsky.social post on paediatric anaesthesia. Weekend #MedSkydebate is from social media royalty @chrimesy.com @hypoxicchicken.medsky.social and @maryannturner.bsky.social It’s all about consent!! HT @anaesjournal.bsky.social All good fun!

a man in a knight 's armor pointing at the camera with the words y all better recognize

ALT: a man in a knight 's armor pointing at the camera with the words y all better recognize

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“Rather than clinicans adapting to the legal requirements for consent, the law may need to adapt to better serve the interests of patients” From me, @hypoxicchicken.medsky.social & @maryannturner.bsky.social Free full text for a limited time in @anaesjournal.bsky.social 🔓🔑⏱️

The paradox of informed consent

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Does the study break down the case types for >85? With more minimally invasive surgical techniques and the increased use of noninvasive monitoring (BIS & Pulse variability index), I can see why fewer arterial lines are used. Anecdotally it feels that age has lower risk and ortho trauma surgeries.

The program for the 2026 @csahq.bsky.social Summer Hawaii Conf is posted! csahq.org/events/csa-2... Save the dates (July 13-17, 2026) and join me and Drs. @maryannturner.bsky.social, Adam Milam, Feyce Peralta, BobbieJean Sweitzer, Richard and Ellen Rosenquist. Registration opens this month!

Paradigm shifts in medicine are always characterized by resistance from within the medical community. See Ignaz Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, etc. What we're witnessing is a paradigm shift in how metabolism and obesity are understood. It's not a surprise some doctors are resistant.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social · last yr.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... yes it is 👍

"The silence of so many of our medical institutions in the face of this genocide reflects a profound failure to uphold the ethical principles these institutions claim to espouse and seek to instil in their members." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Genocide in Gaza: moral and ethical failures of medical institutions

In March, 2024, Safiyyah Abbas and Lucy Mitchell1 highlighted the atrocities unfolding in Gaza and the failure of Australian medical institutions to mount a meaningful protest. Since then, the Israeli...

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Well payed, Harvard, well played. Harvard offers FREE American Government course.

We cannot force a corpse to donate organs, but we can force a dead woman to be an incubator against her family’s wishes. The precedent this is setting is terrifying.

Not everyone is equally vulnerable to misinformation. That’s a key argument in the BMJ piece— and one public health has been slow to confront. This isn’t just about critical thinking. It’s about social determinants.

A quote about Nazi Germany that feels very relevant to current events.

Tetris. Truly the greatest game ever made. This story is wonderful. Five stars.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · last yr.

any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...

Fantastic post-election read by Dr Amy Maguire It’s time to unite “Australian values” of fairness & equity with protection of #HumanRights in Australian law” It’s time for an #AusHumanRightsAct! #auslaw #auspol

Australia doesn’t have a federal Human Rights Act – but the election clears the way for overdue reform

On election night, the prime minister talked about ‘fairness’ and ‘Australian values’. To legally protect those values, we need a national human rights act.

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The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · last yr.

On election night, the prime minister talked about ‘fairness’ and ‘Australian values’. To legally protect those values, we need a national human rights act.

I don't know how or whether they can even hold World Pride in the US this year. Seems not a good idea. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘A very real possibility of being detained’: LGBTQ+ Australians cancel travel to US for World Pride

Mik Bartels is among those fearful of Trump’s America, partly because their research includes 20 words on US government’s list of banned terms

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@who.int Health inequities don’t exist in isolation -they’re part of a vicious cycle of poverty, discrimination & poor access. But with inclusive policies, we can build a virtuous cycle of health, equity & sustainability. #HealthEquity #WHO #SDOH #globalHealth #intersectionality #healthjustice

‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK Amy Brenner tells @theguardian.com under-representation of women in #ClinicalTrials & “urgent need” to correct disparity to improve women’s #health outcomes. #PublicHealth www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts

Exclusive: doctors and patients forced to make decisions in ‘vacuum of evidence’ as women under-represented in data

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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

Growing evidence highlights significant maternal health disparities in the UK. How do we achieve greater involvement of women from minority groups in health research? #AnSky #MedSky #Equity #ObgynSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

Participants in clinical trials have been abandoned in the middle of clinical trials because of a Trump order. The stop-work order on USAID-funded research has left thousands w/ experimental drugs & devices in their bodies w/ no access to monitoring or care www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

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Visiting Professor Clooney is married to actor - how about that headline @oxfordmail www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2491546...

George Clooney's wife appointed to role at Oxford University

The wife of a Hollywood film actor has been appointed as a visiting professor of an Oxford school of government.

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Opinion - Travis Rieder | Not Everything Understandable is Justifiable: Why the Murder of a Health Care CEO Is Morally Wrong | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

Opinion | Why the Murder of a Health Care C.E.O. Is Morally Wrong (Gift Article)

Our broken system can test us, but it shouldn’t break our morals.

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*Fantastic* thread on Altmetric scores and what they mean... and don't mean. #AcademiaSky #MedSky #AnSky

a cartoon of the fantastic four running in a city

Alt: A cartoon of the fantastic four running in a city

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Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y ago

THREAD So your Attention Score went down because people are rage-deleting their Twitter accounts. Why is that happening? Should I be worried? Should I see my doctor? Let's get into what the Attention Score actually is, how it's impacted by posts and deletions, WITH THE HELP OF MEMES. 1/20

You may not be aware that over the last 50 years, the Supreme Court has chipped away at your Miranda rights case by case, rendering them weak and ineffective. You no longer have the right to remain silent, to an attorney, not with the foece you used to. Time for a history lesson. /🧵

NA is a delight@itsnancyann.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please document the gutting of Miranda in the US. I’ll wait.

Difficult #airway management in Treacher Collins syndrome. The authors found that unexpectedly neck flexion produced the best views. Airway enthusiasts - what is your take on this very challenging case? https://buff.ly/3B2FEBM #anaesthesia #difficultairway #paedsanaesthesia #openaccess

Talking of Bier, @orthopodreg.bsky.social the story of how he developed spinal anaesthesia is pretty wild A story of cocaine, cigars, and German army helmets. #AnSky #MedSky #HistoryMedSky

a baby rhino is playing with snow in a zoo enclosure .

Alt: a baby rhino is playing with snow in a zoo enclosure .

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