Alan Barnard

Family doctor, palliative care clinician, health sciences educator...oh, and a bit of research!

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Britain is currently mowing the grass, hanging the washing, barbecuing, getting its knees out, washing the car, sitting in a beer garden and trying to get a fly out the house.

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#thenetwork #TUFH #SAAHE #Bambanani Jack Boulet

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Prof Rispel challenge: reflection on my action to achieve socially just education practice.#Bambanani

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#Bambanami prof rispel we need 'socially just pedagogy'. Cultural integration horizontally. Learner prioritization. May be uncomfortable.

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Prof Rispel #Bambanani conference: more educational reform needed in SA. Health education must produce graduates who act as change agents

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#pallmentor http://t.co/GcFTdSOC0p life & death in the community. good idea. #primarypalliativecare

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#primarypalliativecare role play to understand spiritual position of patients at end of life. "Do you feel ok all the time?" #pallmentor

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@AlanBarnard3 spiritual trajectory follows the psychological trajectory. #palmentor

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#primarypalliativecare socialtrajectory follows the physical in pall care. psych trajectory dips at diagnosis recurrence & terminal stage

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Identify assess & plan. Take an umbrella in case of rain: ok if you do`nt need the plan but very valuable when the heavens open #pallmentor

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#primarypalliativecare if there is no anticipatory care plan then the care is likely to be compromised at the end of life #pallmentor

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Attending a lecture by Prof Scott Murray. Primary Palliative Care for med students at Edinburgh Uni #pallmentor #primarypalliativecare

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Bad driving by pick n pay truck = bad reputation. 70kph 2m following distance. #road safety #picknpay

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@MedicalEducator @deborahgme

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@ehospicenews @tcddublin @MountSinaiNYC

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@LaraPivodic @PalliativeMedJ why is "good" not reported? Seems that 87% of GP care good, very good or excellent. Well done to those GPs

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@lizhpca enjoying the painSA tweets. CAPRI done. Rgds from Denmark

[Liz Gwyther @lizhpca]

#EAPC2015 @HMChochinov failure to sense the humanity in others the cause of human rights violations

[Liz Gwyther @lizhpca]

#2015PainSACongress Prof Clauw treat pain according to mechanism of pain rather than disease

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@dlkelsall travel well too