Alexa Caldwell

R1 @UBCanesthesia. Lover of concerts, travelling, and chocolate cake. She/Her

[CBC News @CBCNews]

Ontario hospitals with more than 35 per cent female surgeons and anesthesiologists had better patient outcomes, including fewer deaths, in the following three months after their surgery, according to a new study in the British Journal of Surgery. https://t.co/KTuAzk2lrF .

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Oh you’re going to a teaching hospital in July? Well get ready…

for the most compassionate care from extremely empathetic interns along with their vigilant supervising attendings. Hope you like open ended questions and doctors listening to you bc you’re gonna drown in it.

[Justin Morgenstern @First10EM]

Multiple emergency departments in Toronto are on the verge of collapse tonight.
There are no nurses. They are begging people with no nursing training to act as nurses.
Care will be compromised.
But they won't declare an official emergency (presumably to save face?)

[Hana Baig, MD @hanabaig_]

Iced coffee is for pleasure, hot coffee is for business

[Alexa Caldwell @Alexxa_Caldwell]

I love Canada, but it’s time that we admit that the friendly, tolerant and inclusive narrative of Canada and its history is far from complete or true

[Jacob @doctorboudreaux]

My co-residents: “my wife” “my kids” “my fiancé”

Me: “my plants”

[dani @dch1309]

People become “good” doctors DESPITE brutal training not because.

[Justin Ling (Has Left) @Justin_Ling]

I think we've got to stop asking if Portugal's model could work elsewhere, and start asking: Has criminalization worked *anywhere*? Our status quo bias means we're asking for a lot from one country's experience, without interrogating how much of a failure our strategy is.

[Alexa Caldwell @Alexxa_Caldwell]

My dad trying to comfort my mom about hot flashes: you know, I was hot last night too, I think I have Man-O-Pause. Pls don’t ever change.

[Canadian Medical Association @CMA_Docs]

This weekend’s checklist:

😷 Focus on protecting each other

💪 Continue rolling up those sleeves for vaccination

👏 Express gratitude for #CDNhealth workers who have been labouring around the clock

[Alexa Caldwell @Alexxa_Caldwell]

In true pandemic style, my last lecture of med school ended with zoom crashing ✌️

[Kathryn Ivey @kathryniveyy]

If you are pregnant I am begging you to get the covid vaccine. The only young, healthy women in our ICU have all been pregnant. Every single one. They crash harder and faster and with worse outcomes than any other patient group I've seen. Please get the vaccine.

[Alexa Caldwell @Alexxa_Caldwell]

@Dolores_McKeen @CASUpdate @CASresidents @ubc_anes @BC_Anesthesia @ResidentDocsBC @Agent99rp @antonchau1 @AlanaFlex @CaRMS_CA It’s an absolute privilege to be joining the specialty!

[Alexa Caldwell @Alexxa_Caldwell]

Regardless of the outcome of the next few days, I'm proud of how far I've come. What will be, will be.

[Robyn Maynard @policingblack]

Why choose massive increases to policing when you could have chosen paid sick days?

[Sara Markovic @_SaraMarkovic]

Absolutely wild - saved 2503kg of emitted CO2 by having virtual residency interviews this year (in addition to financial, psychological + public health benefits). S/o to programs, candidates & @AFMC_e for adaptability in taking this massive (eco-conscious!!) change in stride.