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1/n #Tweetorial: As an Assistant PD for @OHSUIMRes focused on scholarship, #medtwitter, & #hcsm (health care social media), I’m often guide residents and colleagues on how to best use Twitter for academics, networking, learning, etc...
2/n recently, while welcoming newbies (esp students) and “onboarding” them to #medtwitter & #hcsm, I was asked to put together advice for IM applicants on how to best use social media during application/interview season. I think this advice is applicable beyond IM, too.
3/n First, tell me about yourself:
Been thinking a bit about what I’ve learnt in the two years since I qualified as a doctor & what (hopefully, helpful and honest) advice I’d give to brand new medics on the cusp of a career in the NHS - a thread #TipsForNewDocs
1. Being a doctor is the best job in the world. Some days it will feel like the worst, but 95% of the time it’s the best and most rewarding career. I adore the NHS. Be proud of yourself, you’ve worked damn hard to get here.
2. Remembering to say “thank you” on a busy ward at 2pm can earn you a cup of tea at 4am. A sincere “thank you” with eye contact might even get you a cup of tea *and* some magical NHS biscuits on your night shift (the holy grail is NHS toast). Nurses are all-seeing superheroes.
In these days at the end of June 22 years ago I began to formulate my internship mantra:
Remove unnecessary motion.
#TipsForNewDocs
Remove unnecessary motion.
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Anything you do must move you towards the goal of completion. You don't "read the patient's old medical record." You "write a summary of the patient's past medical history." Always active, never passive.
When you read a paper or an online summary, seek the answer you are looking for and nothing more, e.g. if you give steroids for alcoholic hepatitis, how long is the course?
When you find the answer, stop reading.
When you find the answer, stop reading.
