I 🩷 being a doctor. Don’t get me wrong. It can be exhausting, soul crushing, mentally & physically draining. It can be hard to sacrifice time with family & things that make you whole. It can be difficult to process trauma that you witness. But, what a gift it is to serve others.
1/Need help reading spine imaging? I’ve got your back!
It’s as easy as ABC!
A thread about an easy mnemonic you can use on every single spine study to increase your speed & make sure you never miss a thing!
As a surgeon, precision is vital.
If you're struggling to find a solution to a problem, be more precise.
Instead of asking "How can I be better?".
Ask "What can I do SPECIFICALLY to be less bad".
Brainstorm. Identify. Cut away.
With precision.
This is the key to mastery.
4 phrases to repeat to yourself as a new school year begins:
1/ I am not stupid, I’m just learning something new. And learning takes time. I will be kind to myself along this journey.
Short 🧵regarding the use of 'slip' knots to keep the tissues approximated when they are under tension, so that they stay in the right position when throwing the rest of your knots.
This is a very common technique, and I would say I use 'slip' knots in almost every case.
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Some weeks I spend 70% of my waking hours at work.
It's easy to forget that work isn't the most important in my life.
That's why I keep this list on my phone:
There’s no amount of medical school rotations that prepare you for the depths of tiredness in residency. And we should not encourage med students to have to mimic resident hours just to practice what it is like.
I performed over 1200 operation as a trainee surgeon.
These are the lessons I learnt over 8 years.
How to get the most out of theatre time as a trainee 🧵.
I was told in high school that I was bad at English. I was told in college that a letter could not be written for me for recommendation for medical school. I was told in residency that I was not a good writer. I was told in fellowship that I am not knowledgeable about the field
i still have a lot of healing to do, but i will be patient enough with my journey. i will keep on acknowledging my progress no matter how small it may seem.
because i deserve to heal from all the pain, & i deserve to be whole again.
i deserve to thrive & not just survive. 🤍
How to get the most out of your theatre time as a trainee:
- Prep. Prep. Prep
- Read Widely
- Set Expectations
- Make Life Easy
- Be Predictable
- Do The Follow-Up
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Medicine is the profession where when the canary in the coal mine dies, all the leaders look around and ask:
"Why can't we get more resilient canaries?"