Interested in #Uncertainty, #Transplantation & #Ethics? (Who isn’t?! 😁) Two related MPhil/PhD opportunities to investigate nephrologists' decision-making under uncertainty More info at med-projects.deakin.edu.au/projects-202... or DM Note: no confirmed funding. DeakinPhD eligibility criteria apply

Sometimes research and life collide in unexpected ways. Going through uncertainty before my son Gus’s cancer diagnosis really changed how I think about the emotional side of diagnostic uncertainty. Read what Gus & I wrote in this surprisingly cathartic piece. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Bumpy Ride: How Patients Experience Diagnostic Uncertainty and Anxiety - Journal of General Internal Medicine

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👉 Main finding 👈 international awareness for diagnostic safety is growing 📈 🇺🇸 currently producing more prevalent and dedicated diagnostic safety policy documents compared to 🇦🇺🇳🇿. Find out more about #diagnostic safety in health and research policy free via: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Policy is the critical lever for diagnostic safety and one that is often underused, underimplemented, haphazard or vulnerable to political fluctuations. #healthpolicy #patientsafety #diagnosis #diagnosticerror #policy Find out what is and what more can be done: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Diagnostic safety in the policy landscape - a comparative policy document analysis of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand vs US health care and research policy - BMC Health Services Research

BMC Health Services Research - Diagnostic safety, a subset of patient safety, ensures safe, high-quality care in the diagnostic process e.g. through reporting and evaluating near-misses and errors....

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Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly - It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed @laura-chien.bsky.social #patientsafety #diagnosis #MedSky insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/46/diag...

Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly — Australia must take diagnostic safety seriously - InSight+

It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed, write Laura Chien, Mary Dahm and Jen Morris. Every ye...

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Meanwhile in Germany: #newWords "Bedarfswehrpflicht" meaning needs-based recruitment, to describe the mandatory element of conscription that the government can fall back on if necessary www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

What a fantastic team and supportive funders to work with! Hope you all enjoy the module we made 📓👩‍🏫👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🥼❔⁉️ abimfoundation.org/uncertainty-...

Uncertainty in Medicine Learning Module - ABIM Foundation

Uncertainty is a routine part of clinical care—but it can be difficult to talk about, especially when patients are expecting a clear answer. This module was developed by Thomas Jefferson University, U...

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Huge 🙏 @abimfoundation.bsky.social for giving Drs. Dimitrios Papanagnou & @drmarydahm.bsky.social & I the opportunity to collab - we hope this interactive module that we co-created will help clinicians & trainees learn best practices to communicate #uncertainty! 🎉 abimfoundation.org/uncertainty-...

Medical education in diagnosis that teaches about diagnostic inequities, equity considerations, and equitable diagnostic communication can lead to greater diagnostic equity. Read the latest Review Article in the Medical Education series: nej.md/3VRmANT #MedSky #MedEd

Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has a motion on notice in the Senate to stop #ANU job cuts. 👀 Will ANU Council act accordingly at their meeting tomorrow, or will they ram through job cuts whatever the damage to the University? @nteunion.bsky.social is calling on ANU Council to stop the job cuts.

Are you interested in #Uncertainty and #transplantation #ethics? Dominique Martin & me have a MPhil-PhD opportunity* to investigate on "Kidney specialists' decisions under uncertainty and in deceased vs living donor kidney transplants" *w/ . More 📖 med-projects.deakin.edu.au/projects-202... #medsky

Smiling sibling gang gang cockatoos 😍

My first wearable garment, that's not a scarf 😁. Neapolitan 🍨 inspired tshirt. I learned the hard way that wool from a frogged project works up and looks different than 'fresh' wool (in the white stripe). But after 20 years of not knitting, I didn't think I could even pull this off!!! #knit

Today in #AcademicSchitt when nothing is 💩 and your PDR mid-term is lovely, supportive and collaborative affair 😁. What a difference a workplace makes ...

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New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.

Neurosurgeon dials in to emergency brain surgery from 600km away

New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.

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#BREAKING: CBS says the Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026 (Reuters)

Ever wondered why it seems difficult to tell your doctor about the *other* problem? Or, as a doctor, to elicit what the patient is *really* there for? Fab insights and simple, helpful tweaks to improve from @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and @drmarydahm.bsky.social 🤗🙏 www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...

How Doctors Talk

In this episode of How Humans Talk, Rune investigates the language of how words shape the doctor–patient relationship, and what’s at stake when communication fails. He’s joined by Dr. Sarah J. White, ...

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Hello from Brisbane, getting my #pragmatics fix #ipra2025 #IPC #commsky. Already ran into unexpected participants @superlinguo.bsky.social @elenasemino.bsky.social & and my friend from PhD days George Major!

Art impressions from Meanjin Brisbane (here for a conference tomorrow).

With some manually added as I can't believe none of silverchairs neon ballroom was on the list! Also all of 2020-2025 seems to have passed me by 🫣

📻 Tune in! Want to hear more about how talking about waterfalls, sitting down and 'some' and 'any' can make a difference in communication in health care? Listen to @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and myself explore 🩺 How Doctors Talk🩺 @deakinuniversity.bsky.social www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...

How Doctors Talk

In this episode of How Humans Talk, Rune investigates the language of how words shape the doctor–patient relationship, and what’s at stake when communication fails. He’s joined by Dr. Sarah J. White, ...

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An excellent development! Gay and bi men now able to donate blood. I can highly recommend being a donor -- the staff are lovely, the snacks are plentiful and the demand on your time is very small.

Ban lifted: Gay and bisexual men among over 600,000 Australians newly eligible to donate blood

Rules that have effectively banned all sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood and plasma will be lifted, in a world-first move that would expand Australia’s donor pool and redress a ...

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Today in #AcademicSchitt it seems that the 60 day clock on moving my #DECRA between institutions has reset after I did not have a current employment history on RMS. Been at Deakin for 5 months now and DECRA is somewhere 🤷‍♀️ idk... @arc-tracker.bsky.social

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It would be very easy to add a box to the the observation chart for parent/carer response to a question that elicits whether they feel the child is stable If they are perceived to be deteriorating then that prompts timely senior review and closer observation

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Parental intuition better at spotting child illness than vital signs, study finds

Bullying and harassment without consequences and an complaints systems that is as effective as screaming into a pillow. Two findings from the @ouranu.bsky.social #ANU #NixonReport and those to not just apply to former College of Health and Medicine www.anu.edu.au/news/all-new...

This is an excellent event for anyone interest in #patientsafety #diagnosticsafety Alaska's 5th Annual Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Medicine Conference May 8, 2025 – May 9, 2025 web.cvent.com/event/649d23...

The Royal Children's Hospital says it is working with the RCH Foundation to continue funding 13 positions that it  had planned to cut.

Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital backs down from Cancer Centre job cuts

The Royal Children's Hospital says it is working with the RCH Foundation to continue funding 13 positions that it  had planned to cut.

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Today in #AcademicSchitt an unexpected university holiday when the kids* are back in school after the school holidays; yes please😆 *don't show my children 🫣

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scrap square inside out #crochet blanket coming along