Paul A. Lansdowne, MD
@drlansdowne.medsky.social
OB/GYN, Physician well-being advocate, patient experience professional and physician coach #MedSky 🧢 @DrLansdowne@med-mastodon.com
There really is no better name than this time period. Get it on a Time cover ASAP.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2y agowelcome to the Age of Diarrhea
Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
Months before the 2026 midterms, Trump has just removed every remaining commissioner on the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission. As Sen. Mark Warner put it: “The terminations should concern every American, regardless of party.” www.rawstory.com/trump-fec/ #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky
Trump fires commission that helps states run elections just months before midterms: report
President Donald Trump has fired the remaining three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission with just months to go before the midterm elections, reported Reuters' Erin Blanco on Thursday e...
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Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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RFK is so relentlessly full of shit on anything remotely medical or scientific.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoRFK Jr: Kids with autism will never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date.
Forty years? This guy is never going to finish his dissertation, is he?
Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
The E-Trade presidency: Trump trades stocks while America burns | Will Bunch
The tangled web between Trump’s stock purchases, his policies, and blatant promotion is a new low for a corrupt regime.
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Tomorrow 4/10/26 live & online facetcast.org/event/2026-W... 8 AM - noon CME Discussing patient centered efficiencies of practice and well-being centered efficiencies of practice Jay Ashmore PhD Course Director & CWO BSW The Heart Hospital Heather Farley MD VP Prof. Satisfaction @ama-assn.org
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See @colinwestmdphd.bsky.social moral injury ≠ burnout @jamanetworkopen.com “The distinct nature of moral distress from burnout highlights that solutions for one may not be effective for the other – we need to embrace a “yes and” mindset in considering all of these elements of physician experience”
Colin West@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · 4mo ago1/ Welcome to Edition 300 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! As promised last week, today is about moral distress, moral injury, and burnout among physicians, from @jamanetworkopen.com Moral Distress and Occupational Burnout in US Physicians url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Continue conversations with your peers, learn innovative strategies to improve professional satisfaction and work towards a healthier work environment at #ICPH2026. Abstracts are open now – submit yours today! spr.ly/63321CfK11
ICPH | International Conference on Physician Health™
The International Conference on Physician Health™ (ICPH) is a joint scientific conference sponsored by the American Medical Association, Canadian Medical Association and British Medical Association and is dedicated to advancing professional satisfaction and reducing burnout.
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ICE Agents Reportedly Asking Minnesotans Where the Asians Are newrepublic.com/post/205297/... via @newrepublic.com
Highly recommend: Quality Time with Dr. Schaal @houstonmethodistmd.bsky.social A Bite-Sized Approach to Well-being Bryan Sexton PhD @dukewellb.bsky.social discusses how emotional exhaustion and burnout impact clinical outcomes www.houstonmethodist.org/leading-medi...
PODCAST: A Bite-Sized Approach to Well-being | Quality Time with Dr. Schaal
How measuring and improving well-being through bite-sized interventions can lead to better teamwork, leadership and patient care.
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Journey Start In truth the journey is well underway, but also I want to celebrate an exciting new start! Methodist Health System has created its first system-wide Medical Staff Wellness Committee.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room. Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
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Just published - Changing Myths Into Truths: Dispelling Physician Misconceptions on Patient Experience from Beryl Institute’s Patient Experience Journal. Common assumptions about patient experience debunked. pxjournal.org/journal/vol1... #PatientExperience #HealthcareResearch #PXJ
Changing Myths Into Truths: Dispelling Physician Misconceptions on Patient Experience
Patient experience work can be viewed by some physicians as outside their scope of practice and therefore the responsibility of non-medical providers. Assumptions may also be made by providers about w...
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No comparison. When Biden so much as tripped, it was a week-long story. When Trump has no idea where he is and drifts off mid-event— media silence. This isn’t the first time. What’s up?!
I had a very normal pregnancy from weeks 0-36 weeks….and then I caught Covid and developed severe oligohydramnios and had an urgent c section at 37 weeks while still positive for Covid 😭
Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)@placentadoc.bsky.social · 9mo agoNeurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
Can't afford healthcare? No problem! President Trump provides medical advice to all Americans for FREE.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agocomplete batshit insanity
Off to Houston Methodist for the 2025 Joy in Medicine #JIMI Symposium October 3! Theme “The Power of We”: Physicians’ well-being is not an individual pursuit. It happens when connection and community fuels #JOY 💚 and fulfillment. Joy grows when we grow together 🌱 #ThePowerOfWe #PhysicianWellBeing
Proud of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center - recognized with the American Medical Association #JoyInMedicine Award 2025! Kudos to Leadership & Physicians who contribute to physician well-being at MMMC. Privileged to attend ceremony in Boston with daughter Kellyn Lansdowne 😃
I'm excited to head to Boston tomorrow for the American Medical Association + Stanford University School of Medicine + Mayo Clinic-sponsored 2025 American Conference on Physician Health™ #ACPH25 2025 theme: “Inspire, innovate, implement: Systemic solutions to strengthen physician well-being”
“Star Trek” premieres 59 years ago today. “It was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate — but take a special delight in — differences in ideas ..” - Gene Roddenberry #RIP @georgetakei.bsky.social
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center has earned BRONZE recognition from the @AMA Joy in Medicine® Health System Recognition Program for our commitment to reducing #burnout and helping physicians and patients thrive. lnkd.in/gJukHAdg #Wellbeing A first within the Methodist Health System!
Restore the joy in medicine and boost physician satisfaction at #ACPH2025. Join us in Boston to learn well-being strategies from your peers and transform your practice. Registration is now open! http://spr.ly/63322NFmn0
@theguardian.com knows RFK is unfit to serve. Where is US Democratic leadership on this? Sorry, I meant: where is US Democratic leadership? apple.news/A0DJkX1SCQxq...
Opinion | The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office — Guardian US
Editorial: The decision by the US health and human services secretary to remove mRNA research funding is ill-informed and dangerous
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