Andrew Baker

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...

What a marvellous place to watch cricket 🏏

@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.

This guy looks like a photo-shop of about five different people.

Classic end of night shift moment at handover: Home team: “thanks mate, sleep well” Me: “you too” 🤦🏻‍♂️

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! abc.net.au/gardening/how-…

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.

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?

@dr_ashwitt Congratulations Ash 🎉

I grew up on a farm in a tiny town, getting this email is beyond my wildest childhood dreams.

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

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.👇🏽

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

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.

...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).

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. 🤔

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

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

@DanWilsonMD @ACRRM @RuralDoctorsAus See you soon 😀

Anyone attending #RMA22: Look out for the ginger doctor bloke (me). If it’s your first time coming along to @ACRRM and @RuralDoctorsAus’s premiere event, come say hello. If it’s not your first time, also, come say hi.

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

@am_baker Yeah seems great!

Scoot up to GC from Newcastle for @DrAngelaJay’s @ranzcog graduation in our @VansAircraft RV-7. 75L of fuel and 2 hrs. Compared to 70 L and 9 hrs in the car. So fortunate to be able to do this. Cheaper than commercial (no further questions regarding fixed costs 😂)

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

Hopefully we can use this party trick to keep boosting quality care in remote NSW from our base in Port Macquarie from next year.