Aninditee Das

One of my biggest fears as a medical trainee happened recently: “is there a doctor on the flight?” (First attempt at a thread please bear with me) I debate if I’m even qualified to answer, technically I’m not a medical professional.

I continue to think this is one of the most important cartoons of recent years. @marketoonist

I think the field of medicine might improve if we 100% stopped considering research when selecting candidates for med school and residency. Those who love research would keep doing it (good). Those who don't love it would stop doing junk research (also good). Research might go back to its intended purpose of scientific inquiry.

This is 1000% awful.

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope. Credit: David Rogers

Checkout the glory of atelectatic lungs expanding 👏🏻 H/t @LaurelCoons @Innov_Medicine #MedTwitter

Friends and family. Please stop showing me your ‘skin thing’. I am a psychiatrist 💀

Why are they making the poor dogs do OSCEs?

First, check out Part ✌🏻of our Approach to Pulmonary Function Tests 💨📈, written by @adas___ (IM Resident), reviewed by: Dr. George Dresser (GIM) & Dr. Cory Yamashita (Respirology), with beautiful infographic by @DrFlashHeart @westernuIntMed

Thank you for the cool infographic! @DrFlashHeart

This week, we're diving into scars that don't fade. No, we're not talking Harry Potter⚡️we're talking about Pulmonary Fibrosis🫁! Written by @adas___ (IM resident) & reviewed by @kgeukers (IM) & Dr. Marco Mura (Respirology), we dive into history, P/E, & treatment @westernuIntMed

16% of the doses administered at our Home Stretch clinics have been 1st doses – much higher than at our mass immunization clinics. At one pop-up clinic, 55% of the shots were 1st doses. Community outreach and trusted, on-the-ground engagement are critical to this success.

@ikshamsudeen Can’t wait to see you in action :)

@MKParvizian @westernuIntMed

@adas___ @westernuIntMed They're lucky to have you as a senior!

My mum has just worked as nurse throughout the pandemic, a year after qualifying. Got COVID at work. She recovered (we thank God) and went back to work. She's now decided to apply for a new role in a different setting and this is what was sent to her by the recruiter. @CWPT_NHS

@jctangmd Haha, I feel bad for the doc. I’m wondering how long he mentioned this for for it to be included in his hpi

@adas___ #dadpride ♥️😎

My dad is sending this in all the family group chats

“We’ll see you again next week.” -Alex Trebek #Jeopardy

Using negative COVID tests to decide if it’s safe to go to parties is like using pregnancy tests as contraception.

If you’re a final year clerk applying to internal medicine and have questions about CaRMS, IM in general, and/or need someone to take a look through letters etc, hit me up! I’m also very happy to answer questions about Western and London. Best of luck!!