dixon osilli

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵 1. A cub looks at her mother with admiration

Operations take whatever length of time they take, and none of people asking how much longer you’ll be are going to be there afterward to manage postoperative complications or explain to the patient what went wrong.

🔥6 modern lessons in appendicitis every uptodate surgeon should know 👉 Appendicitis is common, it’s hard to diagnose, and every surgeon has an opinion. I’ve been reading, publishing, and reviewing on it since 2011, since one of the first collaborative research projects ever: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23842836/ So here are 6 modern, evidence-based lessons every surgeon around the world should know🧵:

Don't use ChatGPT for academic research. It creates fake citations to papers that don't even exist. Instead, use Consensus — an AI-powered search engine designed for academics. Ask it a question and it'll give you a summary of top 5-10 (real) published papers.

HOLY SHIT, my man Rep. Hakeem Jeffries actually schooled these fools alphabetically!👏👏👏

Charlie Munger turned 99 today Warren Buffett's partner at Berkshire Hathaway is a fountain of knowledge and wisdom I have compiled 99 Charlie Munger quotes in celebration for his birthday:

Huge to have the first PM of colour - it only took running twice, losing the first time, not actually being elected the second time, two PM resignations, the shortest serving PM in history and an entire economic meltdown to shunt him into number 10. A proud moment.

If you salary/income is fairly the same since Sep 2021, you've just taken almost 20% paycut. It's either you out-earn inflation or you get paid in a relatively stable currency.

I spent the past few days talking to 10 billionaires. I asked them what's the most important rule for making your first $100m. All of their answers had one thing in common:

Intubation of the esophagus can be challenging. Below is a tweetorial with some helpful tips for those who will soon be starting their endoscopy journey. Opinions are my own, styles may vary, comments and additional recommendations are welcome. The goal is to educate. #GITwitter

Short 🧵regarding what it means when a needle driver has a gold handle. The gold handles are not just cosmetic: the needle drivers actually *are* better. To understand this, we have to know what is meant by the 'jaws' of the needle driver. (1/4)

Continuing the series: This is a🧵on scalpel blades, including some of the kinds that exist, what they might be used for, a little of the history, and why there may be *more* to life than the usual 10/11/15 blades... (1/)

Will anyone care about Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett in 1,000 years? Probably not. But the Father of Surgery, an Islamic physician who lived 1,000 years ago, taught principles applicable to all trades to this day. Let’s learn about Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi.

Food for thought... rcseng.ac.uk/news-and-event…

10 websites you didn't know you were missing (until now) :

10 things your parents never told you about work (but probably should have):

Part 2 from @AP_the_surgeon and team describing their novel surgical curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa journals.lww.com/aosopen/Fullte… @bobparkermd @abebesurg @AkinniyiFadipe @Richard31749857 @bcsteffes @cbittas @DresslerJMD @AgabeEmmy @osilli @franceskazal @ValentineMbithi @mfbates13

Crazy! Was live on @itvnews yesterday, sharing the Bias diagnosis @audibleuk with the general public! We've had some genuinely warming comments. Snip of the interview here 👉🏾

Two Kenyan inventors, David Gathu and Moses Kinyua have created a robotic arm prosthetic that is controlled by brain signals 🦾

“If a white person does not discover something, does it exist?” and other stories in bloody 2021