Med Twitter This Week
Med Twitter This Week
Christopher Chiu
Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu brings you his favorite Tweets, Tweetorials and MedThreads from #MedTwitter every week. He'll be joined by special guests to help him do deep dives and musings.
The History of Yellow & Blue PowerPoint Slides? | Guest Dr. Adam Rodman
Today on @MedTwitThisWeek, Dr. Adam Rodman (@AdamRodmanMD) of the famed @BedsideRounds Podcast shares his rabbit hole of discovery on the history of Yellow-on-Blue PowerPoint Slides. #MedTTW Published August 21, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Adam Rodman @AdamRodmanMD’s deep dive into the garish history of PowerPoint slides cosmetics: https://twitter.com/AdamRodmanMD/status/1294251581786017793?s=20 Exactly right @drpooman: https://twitter.com/drpoorman/status/1294322526059806720?s=21 @EPachecoMD gives us a quick therapy on not treating anaerobes empirically in Aspiration Pneumonia: https://twitter.com/EPachecoMD/status/1295132823830048768?s=20 I guess Kodak won’t become big Pharma quite yet: https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1293845526870466560?s=20 @gradydoctor’s perspective piece in @JHospMedicine about advocacy https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/223342/hospital-medicine/when-grief-and-crises-intersect-perspectives-black @SamirShahMD’s thread discussing this topic further: https://twitter.com/SamirShahMD/status/1294759445269041152?s=20 Also this week, @gradydoctor shares a thread on #MedicalError: https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1294134185515311105?s=20 @tony_breu is at it again with another masterclass in tweetorials and this time about the thirst mechanism: https://twitter.com/tony_breu/status/1294751146016464898?s=20 @DGlaucomflecken reminds us that Members Move Medicine: https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1294378517619122177?s=20 @AndreMansoor shares a great video on some respiratory patterns (I won’t spoil the answers): https://twitter.com/AndreMansoor/status/1294352117851807745?s=20 Be sure to follow the awesome things are going to come out of @AdamRodmanMD and @ShreyaTrivediMD’s @iMedEducation https://twitter.com/iMedEducation?s=21 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4 Other Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek
Aug 21, 2020
19 min
How Does Lasix Work? | Guest Dr. Avi Cooper
Today on @MedTwitThisWeek, Dr. Avi Cooper (@AvrahamCooperMD) discusses his recent tweetorial on furosemide and the proposed mechanisms on how it works to improve symptoms in CHF. #MedTTW Published August 14, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Avraham Cooper @AvrahamCooperMD’s #Tweetorial on how furosemide improves dyspnea in CHF. It’s a venodilator and a bronchodilator? https://twitter.com/AvrahamCooperMD/status/1292134482812604418?s=20 @MedCrisis asks us, “Does furosemide save lives?” (48% says yes) https://twitter.com/MedCrisis/status/1292427000586567684?s=20 @CPSolvers and @kamal_mz with a beautiful schema on lactic acidosis.. https://twitter.com/CPSolvers/status/1293487391227994113 @GStetsonMD and the @MedEdTwagTeam (new twitter handle!) are at it again with their discussion on #HierarchyOfTeachingSkills and how their focus is now shifting to #ClinicalTeaching https://twitter.com/GStetsonMD/status/1293237368531480577 @laxswamy brings us @CritCareGame! Check out his pitch! https://twitter.com/CritCareGame/status/1293351706508566528?s=20 @BenSchwartz_MD gives us #OrthoTwitter tips… https://twitter.com/BenSchwartz_MD/status/1292971193407086595?s=20 @ID_fellows bring us their first #IDtweetorial which centers on the importance of Source Control when managing persistent bactermia: https://twitter.com/ID_fellows/status/1292815194037661697 @eemoin introduces a new phrase into my vocabulary: https://twitter.com/eemoin/status/1293373515513520128?s=21 If you want to get a head start on the next episode of @CuriousClinPod then reread @AvrahamCooperMD’s thread from last year about “Abnormal Saline” https://twitter.com/avrahamcoopermd/status/1212040361188573185?s=21 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Aug 14, 2020
18 min
Diversity Doesn’t Save Lives? | Guest Dr. Shruti Patel
Today on @MedTwitThisWeek, Dr. Shruti Patel (@ShrutiPatelMD) discusses her reaction to a (now retracted) @JAHA_AHA article that purports that “Diversity Doesn’t Save Lives”. #MedTTW Published August 7, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Shruti Patel @ShrutiPatelMD’s tweet that was discussed today: https://twitter.com/ShrutiPatelMD/status/1290081849935454215?s=20 Here's a link to the now retracted article from @JAHA_AHA: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.120.015959?url_ver=Z39.88-2003 And here is the retraction notice: https://twitter.com/jaha_aha/status/1291429474429542400?s=21 If you aren't already, follow @londyloo’s unyielding and important activism: https://twitter.com/londyloo?s=21 @evebowers_’s tweet about test scores and medical schools: https://twitter.com/evebowers_/status/1290753806658134019 @iwashyna’s #NoManels pledge and email: https://twitter.com/iwashyna/status/1290645530977153027 @MedCrisis’s philosophical YouTube video: https://twitter.com/MedCrisis/status/1290021491979870208?s=20 The wonderful @katepaint42’s recent feature in @BBCNews https://twitter.com/thecurbsiders/status/1288831994235965440?s=20 Recent examples of her work here: https://twitter.com/katepaint42/status/1288620557228023814?s=20 And here: https://twitter.com/katepaint42/status/1288231907784876042?s=20 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Aug 7, 2020
20 min
Equity vs Equality in Online Learning | Guest Dr. Geoff Stetson
Dr. Stetson (@GStetsonMD) is the other half of #MedEdTwagTeam whose mission is to step up #VirtualLearning. Tune in this week on @MedTwitThisWeek to hear his #MedTTW pearls on improving #Equity in this space. Published July 31, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Geoff Stetson Here is @GStetsonMD’s recent thread on improving equity in online learning: https://twitter.com/gstetsonmd/status/1288144125347299331?s=21 Here is a link to the @NYT article that he mentions about inequalities exposed by video chat… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/us/politics/coronavirus-zoom-college-classes.html Shout out to our mutual friend and colleague @ChrisDJacksonMD in this episode. Highly encourage giving him a follow. @WrayCharles’ discussion approaching #HealthEquity research: https://twitter.com/wraycharles/status/1287132874072887299?s=21 @choo_ek’s response to the apology by one of the authors of the retracted article that sparked the #MedBikini controversy: https://twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1286682613684400128?s=21 @sharminzi’s discussion about Women in Diagnosis #WDx: https://twitter.com/sharminzi/status/1286156471466463232?s=21 @gradydoctor continues to mentor the #MedTwitter community with her thread on Time is a Commodity… https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1287946857277161477?s=21 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jul 31, 2020
21 min
Death by Powerpoint | Guest Dr. Jennifer Spicer
Dr. Jennifer Spicer (@JenniferSpicer4) of @EmoryMedicine and @GradyHealth educates me on how NOT to kill my learners with PowerPoint on this week’s #MedTTW. She reveals cool tools like using @Padlet as well as how to use Breakout Rooms effectively. Published July 24, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Jennifer Spicer Here is the great tips from @JenniferSpicer4 on improving your virtual presentations https://twitter.com/JenniferSpicer4/status/1283032249743613952?s=20 Another wonderful #MedThread by @AvrahamCooperMD about Wilson Disease https://twitter.com/AvrahamCooperMD/status/1284503961668591618?s=20 @EricTopol had a conversation with Tony Fauci on @Medscape https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1284503774338314241?s=20 @msiuba brings us the #ZentensivistManifesto https://twitter.com/msiuba/status/1284152900592242689?s=20 @WrayCharles provides more evidence about NOT treating asymptomatic elevated BPs in the hospital https://twitter.com/WrayCharles/status/1284149021083230208?s=20 Master of the physical exam, @AndreMansoor gives us peak #MedTwitter https://twitter.com/AndreMansoor/status/1283550877882572800?s=20 @JenniferSpicer4’s #TweetorialTuesday partner @gstetsonmd brings us further #VirtualTeachingTips https://twitter.com/gstetsonmd/status/1285590368914862082?s=21 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jul 24, 2020
16 min
Ultrasounds, Doxy Deficiency and Guillotines? | Guest Dr. Travis Smith
Dr. Travis Smith (@RosenelliEM) of @EMBoardBombs comes in with the assist for this episode of @MedTwitThisWeek #MedTTW. We talk about Zebras, #DoxyDeficiency, #POCUS and Guillotines. Also, he gives some behind the scenes in his involvement with @CPSolvers #VMR and @MedTweetorials Published July 17, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Travis Smith @tony_breu hits us with another famous #Tweetorial and this time about uremia and platelet dysfunction. What does GSA have to do with it? https://twitter.com/tony_breu/status/1283486116818059275?s=20 @WuidQ brings on the Tick Borne Infections! #DoxyDeficiency https://twitter.com/WuidQ/status/1282333264053784577?s=20 Stongman @Askins_Razor gave us some #POCUS goodness here: https://twitter.com/Askins_Razor/status/1281409622809731072?s=20 The #Mathematician @rabihmgeha also talks about fluids with his approach to effusions! https://twitter.com/rabihmgeha/status/1278697771499806720?s=20 @DrLindseyFitz with another wonderful historical and morbid thread, this time on decapitation: https://twitter.com/DrLindseyFitz/status/1282394981538332687?s=20 @TharushaGunawa4 gives us some history on angina pectoris https://twitter.com/TharushaGunawa4/status/1273760978396725251?s=20 Lastly, the @thecribsiders released their second episode on #Bronchiolitis, check it out! https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/thecribsiders Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jul 17, 2020
20 min
Why Stay On #MedTwitter? | Guest Dr. Indu Partha
I am joined by Dr. Indu Partha (@InduPartha) for this episode of @MedTwitThisWeek. This week, she discusses what keeps her on #MedTwitter and the origin story of @primarycarechat! #MedTTW Published July 10, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Indu Partha Check out some of the responses that she received from her tweet... https://twitter.com/InduPartha/status/1279834106436567041?s=20 Happy Birthday @primarycarechat! https://twitter.com/primarycarechat/status/1279895128317050883?s=20 A pick from @MedTweetorials’ top tweets is @jwpark938’s approach to thrombocytopenia... https://twitter.com/jwpark938/status/1277989106052710400?s=20 Needs tips on LORs? Here a retro thread from @gradydoctor: https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1280950590189731842?s=20 @kkidia’s thread on the ethical dilemmas of caring for “VIP” patients: https://twitter.com/kkidia/status/1280603674583150594?s=20 @ASlavitt’s megathread on his discussions about COVID, vaccine data and more: https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1280283199445311488?s=20 And his definition of an “Essential Worker”: https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1280641665997438978?s=20 @TheRealDoctorT… Do I need to say any more than that? https://twitter.com/TheRealDoctorT/status/1280549881992675328?s=20 @GStetsonMD’s #MedEd Thread on how to master your teaching with #VirtualWhiteboards: https://twitter.com/GStetsonMD/status/1280551901092892674?s=20 @adamcifu’s energy meter: https://twitter.com/adamcifu/status/1280234208972201984?s=20 @DevikaDasMD discusses further Gender Disparities in Academic Medicine: https://twitter.com/DevikaDasMD/status/1280213541421813760?s=20 Consider checking out @InduPartha’s podcast The Ajo Way! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ajo-way-primary-care-pearls-from-south-campus/id1507058339 Lastly, I have a new podcast! Ever wish @thecurbsiders did pediatric topics? Well, wish no longer! @thecribsiders birthed into the world this week, check it out! https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/thecribsiders Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedTwitThisWeek/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jul 10, 2020
23 min
Should You Manage Your Attending? | Guest Dr. Chuma Obineme
Today on @MedTwitThisWeek, I am joined by Dr. Chuma Obineme (@TypicallySilent) who recently was featured on #ShareTheMicNowMed as he discusses his experience taking over @TheRealDoctorT’s twitter handle and his thoughts on #ManageTheAttending... #MedTTW Published July 3, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Chuma Obineme As an extension from his time on #ShareTheMicNowMed, he revealed his Lesson #10 about #ManagingTheAttending… but he might have changed his mind? https://twitter.com/TypicallySilent/status/1277028024953778178?s=20 Special thanks to @MedTweetorials and @RosenellliEM for their top 5 of the week…. First is @Ferdous_Rahman’s Thread on breaking down Arthritis… https://twitter.com/Ferdous__Rahman/status/1276998115783053312?s=20 @AvrahamCooperMD’s recent thread (and I presume future @CuriousClinPod episode) on A1AT: https://twitter.com/AvrahamCooperMD/status/1277241015179587586?s=20 @richdavisphd’s superthread on the evidence behind wearing MASKS! https://twitter.com/richdavisphd/status/1276629360212979712?s=20 @IUIDfellowship’s board review case of a mysterious rash: https://twitter.com/IUIDfellowship/status/1276311501268271113?s=20 @ShaikhNajm’s discussion about COVID resistance in third-world countries: https://twitter.com/shaikhnajm/status/1275634312688386050?s=21 My personal favs of the week include @uche_blackstock’s thread on how science has always been political: https://twitter.com/uche_blackstock/status/1277043035117883392?s=20 What does @gradydoctor ask her residents at the beginning of intern orientation? https://twitter.com/gradydoctor/status/1277629881782865922?s=20 #UncleBob @medrant’s thread makes me rethink (maybe) actually ordering that FeNa: https://twitter.com/medrants/status/1277219228446347266?s=20 @MedicineScope’s highly enlightening thread on the evidence of “race correction” for eGFR: https://twitter.com/MedicineScope/status/1276151407792578562?s=20 To end, please consider checking out @TypicallySilent’s BST Mode Narrative Medicine podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silent-doc/id1513220991?i=1000474486219 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/101300171577512/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jul 3, 2020
28 min
Tips for New Attendings | Guest Dr. Michelle Kittleson
This week on @MedTwitThisWeek, I am joined by Dr. Michelle Kittleson (@MKIttlesonMD) as we discuss her philosophy on communication with patients and trainees as well as her favorite #TipsForNewAttendings #KittlesonRules #MedTTW Published June 26, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: Michelle Kittleson MD PhD My pick of the week is @MKIttlesonMD #kittlesonrules on #TipsForNewAttendings: https://twitter.com/MKIttlesonMD/status/1275028715664109569?s=20 Also referenced is @PaulNWilliamz’s recent thread on “How to round with Paul Williams”... https://twitter.com/PaulNWilliamz/status/1275258456539377664?s=20 Onto my picks, first is @CPSolvers’ recent #Juneteenth Episode with @gradydoctor and her father! https://twitter.com/CPSolvers/status/1274137119867277319?s=20 @choo_ek’s history lesson on the impact of the Flexner report and Black doctors: https://twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1274011977719992320?s=20 @VPrasadMDMPH’s tips on how to decrease the Toxicity of Twitter.... https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1273698429332361216?s=20 @AdamRodmanMD’s thread discussing his recent article with @ShreyaTrivediMD in the special issue of Seminars in Nephrology discussed last week. https://twitter.com/AdamRodmanMD/status/1273611219283443712?s=20 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/101300171577512/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast Links: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/med-twitter-this-week/id1516685985?uo=4
Jun 26, 2020
18 min
Tips for Intern Orientation & Virtual Morning Reports | Guest Dr. H. Moses Murdock
This week on @MedTwitThisWeek, I am joined by Dr. H. Moses Murdock (@haematognomist) as we discuss his tweet on tips for #InternOrientation, the Behind the Scenes in developing #VirtualMorningReport and more! Published June 19, 2020 Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu Guest: H. Moses Murdock My pick of the week is @haematognomist #Tweetorial of Tweetorials for Interns: https://twitter.com/haematognomist/status/1272540673066106881?s=21 Thanks to @MedTweetorials and @rosenelliem for their “Most Viewed Tweetorials” of the week… Henceforth #MVTOTW (maybe).... @tony_breu knocks another one out of the park with his diuretic coffee thread: https://twitter.com/tony_breu/status/1271529206518812675?s=21 @runthelistpod’s excellent thread on Hypercalcemia: https://twitter.com/runthelistpod/status/1271134213018968068?s=21 @davidsteensma’s #Tweetstory on the confusing nomenclature of “myelo-” https://twitter.com/davidsteensma/status/1269794585972224001?s=21 @opsbug’s #ReflectionThread on @CPSolver’s #VirtualMorningReport on GBS…. https://twitter.com/opsbug/status/1270509749403095041?s=21 Onto my picks, first is @JustinBerk @DoctorWatto @PaulNWilliamz who published their “Twelve Tips for creating a medical education podcast” https://twitter.com/paulnwilliamz/status/1273206734321070081?s=21 @aoglasser @RJmdphilly @michellebr00ks published in a special issue of “Seminars in Nephrology” about Twitter and it's new role in medicine: https://twitter.com/aoglasser/status/1273022360803827713?s=21 H/T to @anthony_nguyen9 on another article featuring @DrRayMD and discussing #SDH https://twitter.com/anthony_nguyen9/status/1272911692972863495?s=21 More beautiful prose from @TheRealDoctorT! https://twitter.com/therealdoctort/status/1272938526615703555?s=21 @haematognomist’s first pick is another @runthelistpod thread! This time focusing on Hypocalcemia 🦴 https://twitter.com/runthelistpod/status/1272569939367510017?s=21 His second is @ytk_lau’s 🔥 schema mashup https://twitter.com/ytk_lau/status/1272544396727255040?s=21 Last recommendation is this @NEJM Perspective on “Creating Real Change at Academic Medical Centers — How Social Movements Can Be Timely Catalysts” https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2002502 Looking for #MedTTW on other platforms? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzqsMnQAkVCTd0I5DuUzTfA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/101300171577512/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MedTwitThisWeek Podcast: https://anchor.fm/MedTTW Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5jykFnF8sbbYZcjb0VSlNV?si=Zq3P9hsGS8-L00tAkiDbvQ
Jun 19, 2020
20 min
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