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Pediatric Video Series: Magrau & Kellie at the Hospital
Discover a new series of fun and entertaining videos to explain common procedures to improve the hospital experience for kids.
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June 15, 2022
#MedTwitter
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For those unfamiliar with Twitter, know first that it's just a communication platform, a tool, and like any tool, needs to be used correctly. Creating a purely professional account with good "Twitter hygiene" can ensure that it remains worthwhile. What Twitter feeds to you depends on your behaviour - who you follow, what you like, what content you click on. The algorithm thrives on keeping you engaged and it will always throw trial balloons on your feed to see what you ignore or not, all the while learning what makes you angry or sad - and then sending you more of that. If these click-bait teases are ignored, you'll get more of the content you want - rich discussions with emergency medicine leaders, researchers and policy makers from BC and across the country.
It does help to define ahead of time what it is you are most interested in professionally, then go into Twitter with those interests first and foremost guiding your behaviour. For me, it's POCUS, rural medicine, emergency and crit care and BC health policy. And that's it. No posts of family, friends, holiday photos, cats, news articles - nothing. In other words, I am a rural BC doctor on Twitter and nothing else. Posts relate to my professional interests. Patients are blocked. I post interesting ultrasound clips for learning and teaching. The people and topics I follow are only those related to my professional interests. This is MedTwitter.
Individuals or organizations with accounts are indicated by "@" followed by the name. So the BC Emergency Network is @BCEmergMedNtwrk. Dr Julian Marsden is @drmarsbar. I'm @TracyMorton. You can choose whatever name you'd like. And topics: topics are marked with a "#" followed by the topic. This is known as a hashtag. So point-of care ultrasound is #POCUS. MedTwitter is #Medtwitter. There are gazillions of topics, all signified by the #. You can deep dive into any topic just by knowing the hashtag.
So follow your peers. Follow FOAM leaders like Scott Weingart (@emcrit), Chris Hicks (@humanfact0rz), Anton Helman (@EMcases), Amal Mattu, Salim Rezaie and Haney Mallemat. Follow ultrasound wizards like Dan Kim, Katie Wiskar, Paul Olszynski, Robert Jones, Ben Smith and Jacob Avila. And follow people who they follow.
Soon you'll be getting just the ED/POCUS/crit care content you want, and not the crap you don't.
Tracy Morton
May 16, 2021
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Keep well everyone
Jim
Employment opportunity with Cowichan District Hospital ED in Duncan
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Just a quick note to any that might be interested. Cowichan District Hospital ED is now hiring for locums, as well as part and full time physicians. Multiple listings on Health Match BC. Please contact cepachair@gmail.com if interested, or apply via the website:
https://www.healthmatchbc.org/Jobs-in-BC/Find-a-Job/Vacancy?VacancyId=50156&SearchPage=0&SearchItemIndex=9&RegionIds=3&ProfessionId=1&SpecialtyId=10&SubSpecialtyId=0&PositionTypeIds=1,2,3&CommunityId=
Louis-Philippe Plante
June 1, 2022
Have you seen our “Giving Safe and Effective Discharge Instructions” poster?
Let us know if you have seen the “Giving Safe and Effective Discharge Instructions” poster, and give us feedback by completing this short poll!
Kim Eggers
May 17, 2022
Tracy Morton
Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre
May 16, 2021