Andrew Baker

BPT to be, cyclist, musician. Keen on rural health, geriatrics, rheumatology and peri-operative medicine.

[Lakshman Swamy @laxswamy]

Possibly my most important 🧵 & a big announcement(!)

Please read & share.

In 2020, I was on the front lines of the pandemic in Boston- it was a bad time, the worst in my life...

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

What a marvellous place to watch cricket 🏏

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@JasonMCobley @GeoffNorcott Haven’t worked with him for a decade so I’m not sure how he lined it up this year, but every other year it has been in summer holidays so no need to get leave.

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

Classic end of night shift moment at handover:

Home team: “thanks mate, sleep well”

Me: “you too”

🤦🏻‍♂️

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

How marvellous is this! Can we have more nursing homes like this one in Perth?

There are so many benefits to gardening for both physical and mental health, so making it accessible and integral to the nursing home environment is wonderful to see!

https://t.co/40Uz3xbNBq

[Alex Psirides @psirides]

This, on death and even ICU emergence, is quite something even though the narrator isn’t someone you’d associate with this. Worth 3 mins if you have time.

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

To be honest @Qantas, probably not going to accept a flight change that means I’m supposedly going to be able to leave Sydney before I’ve even arrived. Unless you’ve invented time travel?

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@dr_ashwitt Congratulations Ash 🎉

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@virtualstatman If you’ve answered this already apologies, but just wondering when we last had 4 new pole sitters in a season?

[Dr Neela Janakiramanan @NeelaJan]

I’ve been thinking about the ‘doctors defraud Medicare’ piece for hours.

It’s my considered view that it’s a shitty piece of investigation.

Not because doctors don’t defraud Medicare - a minority do; this is abhorrent.

But because most of what’s in the piece isn’t fraud.👇🏽

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@Imi_cycles I learnt far more orthopaedics on my ED and GP rotations than my Orthopaedics rotation!

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

It seems weirdly absent from news coverage, but climate change is happening — and happening much faster than scientists even predicted. This is the biggest health threat facing our communities. We need bolder, more urgent action from leaders. Delays risk everything.

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

...and Australia has specific geographical challenges compared to other countries of similar population- a very large landmass with marked differences in access to breast screening of any variety. (And as pointed out previously- frequent natural disasters impacting access).

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

Thought provoking stuff at #AIBC. For screening of asymptomatic women, both MR and Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (CEM)- alone- are significantly better than the current workup of mamm+/- tomo+/- US. But there are significant resourcing + logistic issues to make this the norm. 🤔

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

Great presentation on student advocacy from @yourAMSArural @all__that__jas @jasminemdavis96 at #RMA22! Love seeing AMSA Rural having such a great presence at the conference, and seeing projects we started a few years ago coming to fruition @Imi_cycles @jesspaynter30 @jacobacla

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

See you soon #RMA22 @RuralDoctorsAus! With this early flight time, tossing up reading @NeelaJan’s The Registrar or getting a bit more sleep!

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@DanWilsonMD @ACRRM @RuralDoctorsAus See you soon 😀

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@hardy_bm My brother @skyhawkmatthew learnt to fly there! And dad will keep you on your toes at work I’m sure @Orthoport

[Andrew Baker @am_baker]

@hardy_bm Have fun in Port Macquarie! Great flying club there too ✈️