Doctors Book Club

Join us 5-7 May 2023 to discuss "The Myth of Normal -Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture” by Gabor Mate

[Doctors Book Club @DoctorsBookClub]

Join us 5-7th May 2023 to discuss The Myth of Normal (Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture) by @DrGaborMate Moderator @HornbyStella #dbcMay @drlesleybarron @s_m_sharma @HesterOosterhof @EViteriOft @DrDayaSharma @Doctorbookshelf

[Matthew Evans @Neuro_Matt]

Now that literally anyone can get GLP-1s via super drug and boots online, why can’t I prescribe it for my patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension? A condition where severe patients need VP shunts to prevent blindness, and can be cured with >15% weight loss?

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Part of job as senior drs is to train drs, not just in knowledge, but handling uncertainty, managing ethical/moral questions, what to do when lack of evidence, etc. seniors who don’t do this, either because of COIs, ‘irritated’ etc- it’s how a profession fails.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

I’d like :
A computer that doesn’t take 10mins to switch on
An operating system that doesn’t crash 3-4 times a day
A system that alerts me when tests/referrals I’ve requested haven’t been done

Tony Blair: Britain should have AI doctors and nurses
https://t.co/T3KHmBcSNV

[Mo Imam @MoAImam]

Only thing to know in surgery!

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

A thread about consultants about giving feedback. 🧵

Consultants: Have you ever looked at feedback from rotating doctors - either end of rotation surveys or GMC survey data - that highlight a lack feedback in your department?
And thought ‘but I give feedback all the time?!’ 🤨

[𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚞𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚙 @ukneurosurgeon]

Every Doctor being gaslit by our own @NHSEngland is not what I expected for 2024

A Cancer specialist needs:
5-6 years Med school
2 Years foundation
2-3 years CMT or ACCS
Then MRCP
4-5 years Oncology training to CCT
Minimum 13 years
Fellowships mean 14-15 years training

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

“We should not play with patients’ lives.”

Devastating comments on @DHSCgovuk, @NHSEngland & @gmcuk’s willingness to let non-doctors - physician associates - perform potentially life-threatening surgeries.

This is a national scandal.

A patient safety debacle.

Just appalling.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Absolutely spot on from @DrLKVaughan & @mancunianmedic on @gmcuk's appallingly dumbed down vision for UK medical education.

Patients, doctors, med students, all health care workers - please read.

Just what on earth is our regulator playing at? 🤷‍♀️

https://t.co/s9Tmy8EmXJ

[Naomi Harvey “PhD Witch” #WearAMask @Naomi_D_Harvey]

BMJ Rapid Response:

Steps doctors and other medical professionals can take today to improve medical care for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

https://t.co/ZPWTTvFEO8

[Robert @SmellsofGlory]

@DGlaucomflecken Sounds a lot like “are you going to hold that light correctly or not” working on the car with my dad.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Absolutely wrecking my 8 year old for not adequately releasing the lateral canthal ligament during an orbital compartment syndrome simulation. “Congrats sweetie, the patient’s blind.”

[Alan Plotzker, MD @AlanPlotzker]

@DGlaucomflecken That’s what I tell children when they say they want to wait for the biopsy results before starting steroids for suspected giant cell arteritis. They’ve gotta learn somehow

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

One doctor takes their life every three weeks, @VictoriaAtkins.

How can you possibly countenance slashing psychological support services for a deeply traumatised post-Covid NHS workforce?

It’s pure vindictiveness.

[Katie Wiskar @katiewiskar]

Me: orders vancomycin for patient

Phone rings - Pharmacy: “Do you really want X dose for this patient?”

Me: “Absolutely not, I have no idea how to dose this medication, please change it to whatever you think is correct”

[Mary Miller (also on drmarymiller.bsky.social) @dr_mary_miller]

Such a shame. NHS practitioner health helped me recover and supported me back to work in the NHS. NHSE, look after your staff to help them look after our patients and families.