Rick Penciner

Emergency Physician, Educator, Teacher, Scholar (and Cyclist)

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Today my son graduated as a nurse. Soooo proud. Seeing him and his classmates I can't help but feel optimism for our healthcare system for the 1st time in 2+ years.

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We have secured a few more spots at our 7th Emergency Medicine Update Europe https://t.co/Uu9Jm5MHzE Sept 16-22 Andalucia Spain with star faculty @amalmattu @KylieBoothDr @arunsayal1. Learning EM. Biking. Hiking. This trip-conference will check all the boxes.

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Looking forward to Emergency Medicine Update https://t.co/7LwTrlgRyk May 5-7 virtual edition & learning with-from @amalmattu @davidcarr333 @emupdates @First10EM @HumanFact0rz. Now more than ever I feel the need to hang with my community

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Powerful presentation by Dr O @OnyeActiveMD on Systemic Racism in Healthcare & Education as part of Teaching & Learning Week @NYGH_News - We all have a long way to go @UofTMedDean @uoftmedicine @UofTMed_OID @UofT_dlsph @SteiniBrown

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The 1st thing we did at the seder was hand hygiene... how ironic

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Our Passover Seder on Zoom with 9 other families ... added a 11th plague .. covid 19

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Above our PPE cart in the ER. It's all I need to keep doing my job

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Yitz's Deli an icon in Toronto is closing after 47 years. My dad was Yitz - sold it in 2001. I worked there from age 7. It was my 2nd home. The staff were my 2nd family. My father passed in 2013. Now his name in lights will come down. When I heard the news all I could do was cry.

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@saxdavid Yitz was my dad. Its where I literally grew up. Worked there from age 7, weekly shabbat dinners. It was my 2nd home. The staff were my 2nd family. I just heard the news ... all I could was cry.

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Finally a “commitment to change” tool that is free, digital & evidenced based with automated email reminders to track what you learn in lectures, seminars, podcasts etc and change your practice at https://t.co/qhgtaGauq7 @HumanFact0rz @drjfrank @sherbino

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If you commit to change something after learning from a podcast, lecture etc & you’re reminded about this periodically, research shows you’re more likely to change your practice https://t.co/qhgtaGauq7 online “commitment to change” tool @TChanMD @amalmattu @EMCases @First10EM

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Trust and guidance important in mentoring millenials in healthcare @meetapatelMD during Teaching & Learning Wk @NYGH_News #teachersrsuperheroes

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Kickoff of Teaching & Learning Week at NYGH @DawneBarbieri leads a conversation for education leaders on how to teach patient safety #teachersrsuperheroes @NYGH_News

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Virtual care can keep patients out of the ED says @docdanielle at #EMU2019 one of Canadas largest annual EM conference @UofTFamilyMed @NYGH_News @DrJoshuaTepper

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EM leaders need to join the conversation on social media and at least be consumers @DrShawnQI @TChanMD from #edac2018

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Impressive lineup for EDAC Emergency Dept Admin Conference Nov 28 & 29 Toronto https://t.co/B1iKuce4Lq Canada's leading ED Admin Conf. Day 1 "Challenges in ED Leadership" Day 2 "Education & Leadership to Influence Change" including @docschull @HowardOvens @TChanMD @sherbino

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North York General Hospital Education Rounds with @DrRezmovitz on creating professionalism thru role modelling #TeachAndLearn @NYGH_News

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Kickoff to North York General Hospital Teaching & Learning Week celebrating 50 years of teaching & Learning @NYGH_News

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Shock index = HR/SBP. If >1 consider occult shock in trauma says @HumanFact0rz at EMU EUROPE Portugal #Trauma

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Consider tactical breathing when under high stress in ER ... 4 sec in 4 sec hold 4 sec out says @critcareguys at EMU Europe Portugal