Beth Routledge

Acute Physician • Obstetric Medicine • Scottish Episcopalian • Runner • Knitter • Naturalised Glaswegian • She/Her 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

Prompt bystander CPR saves lives.

https://t.co/HK8OnXEEcZ

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

My hot takes on that “doctors want a work-life balance” article are (1) actually a life is good / burnout is bad and (2) why in the name of God did I read the comments?

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

This may beat the time I was cast as a bauble on the bottom of the Christmas tree.

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

Nativity season is upon us! My son has been cast as a wise man. My daughter, on the otherhand -

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

Taking shameless advantage of needing to travel through London to get home from #SAMBrighton, and have brought myself out to see @WWTAOnStage.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@bethangriffith And important to know that sometimes you have to make it explicit that you’re giving feedback, in order for it to be received as such. We’ve discussed whether there are subtle ways to do this, and I was relieved that someone else had come to the same conclusion!

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@RhonaBriggs1 My medical school flatmate and my aunt had a custody battle when my mum died over who got to take over Advent calendar duties, and the extremely satisfactory resolution was that now I get two.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

I am 39 (and I have no parents), and I would riot if I didn’t receive an advent calendar.

[EMG @GaddersII]

My children are hinting they're expecting advent calendars again this year.
They're 27 and 19.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@VickyKomrower I’m telling myself I’d have been faster if I didn’t keep stopping to take pictures of the sunrise…

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

My “early session” at #SAMBrighton: a wee run into the sunrise and a pain au chocolat on the beach. You’d think they’d got the sky to show off for us.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@techpriest On the one hand, I’m awake this time. On the other hand, I’m not in Scotland and they have some competition from the lights of Brighton Pier.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@dr_doddle I picked up the phone a month ago to make a referral and introduced myself as “one of the med regs”; didn’t realise until I hung up and found the whole office failing to suppress giggles. I have been a consultant for two years.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@VickyKomrower I agree with our president that the other best thing is two days of not having to explain what our specialty is.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

It’s oddly affirming to be at #sambrighton, hearing from amazing colleagues that everywhere’s on fire and we’re all struggling. This morning feels like it’s given us permission to exhale, just for a minute.

[Carol Postlethwaite @CarolPostlethw1]

Recurrent reminders on World Mental Health day at #SAMBrighton that all of us medical starlings need to be happy and mentally healthy in order to cohesively murmurate like this lovely lot, to provide excellent care for our patients and keep coming to work every day.

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

“One thing I love about this conference is that for one day in my life I don’t have to explain what Acute Medicine actually is”
- Nick Murch, SAM President

#SAMBrighton

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@jakerrush @MissalModernist The King (or Queen) of England stops practicing as an Anglican as soon as they cross the border into Scotland.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

Yes, as we all know, Lin-Manuel Miranda famously wrote the lyric “there is suffering too terrible to name” to best capture the light and upbeat nature of — *checks notes* — a child bereavement plotline.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

@sarah16107480 @Medic_Russell I had someone tell me last week that I was too young to be the doctor, which is a tricky one to answer when you’re almost 40 and also the boss of the man they’ve already met.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

A whole month ago. There’s a whole series of photos from the #GNR where you just see me trying to deal with the combination of relentless pishing rain and wearing glasses, but there’s also this: the first finish line photo of me I’ve ever liked.

[Beth Routledge @sefkhet]

Nice speech, @JoshMalina.

https://t.co/cdoff49bAP

[Maggie Simpson @m4ggiesimpson]

@RCPEdin Maternal medicine symposium
Wed 4th December 2024

Acute presentations & team work
Reducing health inequalities
Chronic conditions
Challenging cases

Register here https://t.co/iuIcehj4OP

#CardiacObstetrics

And thanks to @RCPEdin for making all events accessible to medical student members at reduced/no fee. A great example for other Royal Colleges to improve access to education