Stephanie Cheetham

MD, 2028 👩‍⚕️🩺 MSc. UManitoba Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, views are my own.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Neuroscientists find that chewing gum can elevate focus and alleviate stress.

Randomly assigning people to chew gum increases blood flow to the brain, boosting attention and productivity—especially under stress.

Even small movements are enough to keep our minds active.

[soup🍓 @thrluv]

can someone please explain how my cat grooms himself with stinky tuna breath & he ends up smelling like vanilla & fresh laundry

[Martien 🇳🇱 @MartienBall]

Me every time someone I don’t even know beats cancer

[Lexie Mannix, MD @ALMannixMD]

I thought being a good doctor meant having all the answers.

It actually means knowing when you don’t, and what to do next.

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

You can’t fix your patients’ every complex problem or make all their diseases go away. But you can sit with them, talk together to make a plan, and do your best to make them feel less alone.

[Tyler Olson, EA @olsonplanner]

Doctors make a high income.

This level of debt is insanely stressful.

Both statements are true.

[Stephanie Cheetham @CheethamNSCI]

@fuqekgs Congratulations!!!!

[Michael Justus @mhjrad]

there's a certain type of person who is really talented at this, and most of them end up in internal medicine

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

Please don’t ever blame or shame a tired doctor. I promise you, they are not choosing sleep loss by choice. They’re filling gaps & seeing patients who would otherwise go without care.

The solution is to bolster the workforce & build systems that protect rest, not shame doctors.

[Jacqueline Sweet @JSweetLI]

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. This was her bio:

"Renée Macklin is from Colorado Springs, Colorado and is studying Creative Writing at ODU. Her poetry has been published in Metrosphere and Coronado Literary Review, and she currently co-hosts a podcast with her husband, comedian Tim Macklin. When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."

(People are posting the wrong woman's photo, the red lipstick photo is not her. This is Renee, from her social media accounts.)

[Patrick Heizer @PatrickHeizer]

I would tell my wife and daughters to "flee immediately, no hesitation" if a masked man approached their vehicle and tried to open the doors.

[brit @booritney]

kindness toward beginners when you are an expert is a sign of good character

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

My patients tell me, "If I had only known I would get sick... if I could go back to the last holiday, I would've worried less, I would've been more present with the people I love.”

Cherish your people today. Time is not guaranteed.

[Dr. Doug Eyolfson @DougEyolfson]

When I was a medical student I heard recordings of whooping cough. It was a horrible sound of suffering children. I have never heard it in person thanks to vaccines. The fact that this disease is back is terrifying. Please ensure you and your family are vaccinated
#vasccineswork

[Dr. Brian Goldman @NightShiftMD]

I advise followers to get their flu shot because it's available & takes +/- 10 days to gain immunity. If you don't want it, fine. Comments about your personal experience with flu shots are unhelpful. Saying the vaccine causes frequent catastrophic adverse effects is utter BS.

[Deborah Greenhouse @greenhousemd]

Dying from pneumonia because you have measles is still dying from measles.
If you didn't have the measles, you wouldn't have gotten the pneumonia.
And you wouldn't be dead.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

why do i need keep telling people to LEAVE THE (cute) DEADLY OCTOPUS ALONE

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

I wish that med students had to rotate for a day with bedside nurses... lab orders that trickle in over hours, sliding scale insulin for non-diabetic patients, unnecessarily frequent vitals. We know so little of what the clicks of buttons mean for nurses or how hard they work.

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

Research shows that admitting you don't know something actually helps people trust you more. Instead of making up an answer or pretending you know everything, try saying, "I'm not sure what this is, but I'll work to find out."

[Laura Vater, MD, MPH @doclauravater]

Please remember that patients on ventilators can often hear you.

Speak how you would if they were awake. Introduce yourself. Say what you're doing ("I’m going to listen to your heart and lungs.") Tell them the plan for the day.