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If a medical center thanks its healthcare heroes, but doesn’t pay to display it on billboards, then did it make a sound?

Residents are on the front lines of the response to COVID-19. They are paid 1/5 to 1/40th of attending physician salaries, 1/2 or less of NP/PA salaries. New post: buff.ly/3bn7aHF #surgtwitter #medtwitter #surgery @cirseiu

BREAKING: I am announcing a new directive requiring NY health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for #coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits. We can't let cost be a barrier to access to COVID-19 testing for any New Yorker.

Well, another residency application season is in the books. And in 2019, the average residency applicant (all comers) submitted 92 residency applications. Yes. NINETY-TWO. And each year, this number creeps higher and higher. We need to talk about this. (thread)

Gave a lecture to 20 residents today. They were NOT engaged. I cut off the power point and said "let's talk". 30 minutes later, I was invited back to that program next month. Moral of the story: You dont know what people want/need until you ask. It's ok to go off script.

Budget simulator?

All the fighting over labeling, PA versus resident salary is a distraction. REAL PROBLEM is we don’t pay residents enough and they feel insecure. Training programs need to be accountable for their graduates of any type. Not safe, don’t graduate. #medtwitter

Did you know in UK, 91% appendectomies, 40% emergency laparotomies, 17% segmental colectomies are unsupervised by attending? Tough in US. New blog post for gaining autonomy for US residents: buff.ly/2M84bKN

New Post for Surgery Residents. Ways to demonstrate you are ready for more autonomy in the OR. buff.ly/2M84bKN

Me: I'd like an ID consult ID: You need to place and release the order Me: Ok...? Can I tell you about the patient? ID: No, just place the order ------ Also me: For emergencies you have to call, not just put in the order Non-surgery MD: Oh, really? 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

I love how the ACGME is like "hey residents don't let pharma buy you lunch or we'll put your name on a list" and then the president of all of Dermatology is like "don't you dare say mean things about private equity they are my friends oh and also my boss."

mobile.twitter.com/LACancerRun/ph… Congratulations Agi Hirshberg, Dr. Girgis, Dr. King. Beautiful spot on @ABC7. Good luck Sunday!!! @UCLAHealthNews @UCLAHealth @dgsomucla UCLA surgeons honored for achievements in treating pancreatic cancer abc7.com/4519824/ via @abc7

There is a silent epidemic of Comic Sans among surgeons' PowerPoint presentations #ACSCC18 @AmBdSurg #wednesdaythoughts

The University of Chicago Endocrine Surgery team, Simultaneous Bilateral Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomies with @pangelos1 & @tanazv, @OKantorMD at @UCCancerCenter @TheAAES @uchicagosurgery @TheEndoSociety @UChicagoMed

The most important QI project (it seems) no one is doing... How to stop all beeping from IV pumps in patient rooms while they're trying to recover from surgery #QI #NSQIP @AmCollSurgeons

2018 ATA VE session 4:50pm Sat: Risk Stratification of Thyroid Cancer. Featuring Tuttle, Perrier and Sinclair @VEndocrinology@AmThyroidAssn

Somehow I feel smarter everytime I say "quad shot." #fellowship #ThursdayThoughts

If a 📸 is worth a thousand words, then a 📽 is....? VE is the official 📹journal of the @AmThyroidAssn. #PeerReviewed #FirstTweet #FirstCutIsTheDeepest #VideoJournal #Endocrine #EndoJournal #Surgery #Endocrinology #Oncology #Radiology #Pathology

Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.

@Skepticscalpel @MaryDixonWoods I broke down this argument a while back. No need for more studies. P value 0