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Excited to share our work @ VCUSOM dipping our toes into the VR realm for #meded. Low budget proof of concept and students loved it! @alan_dow
Using Virtual Reality to Teach Medical Students Cross-Coverage Skills - The American Journal of Medicine amjmed.com/article/S0002-934…
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COMMENTARY: Reading the headlines, one would think gambling has been a huge success for Virginia. But that’s because we don’t talk about the downsides of gambling. virginiamercury.com/2024/02/…
Now that the Super Bowl has passed....
We need to talk about our gambling problem virginiamercury.com/2024/02/… via @MercuryVirginia
#SuperBowl #gambling
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What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?
Here's the full list of 25 examples:
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It's harder to separate work from personal life than we realize.
Data on 47k surgeons doing 980k procedures: patients are significantly more likely to die on surgeons' birthdays.
When they leave us distracted or rushed, even positive events can have negative consequences.
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These are my teammates. We are Olympic champions. Three of us tried to give birth. Two of us experienced near-death complications. One of us died. We have to, and we will do more. Tori’s death cannot and will not be in vain.
time.com/6287392/tori-bowie-…
Writing how neighboring states' abortion restrictions will worsen maternal mortality rates in #Virginia richmond.com/opinion/columni… via @RTDOpinions #AbortionIsHealthCare
Hat tip to the work of Lisa Harris of University of Michigan and @FutureDocs whose writings shaped this piece.
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These factors that worsen pregnancy outcomes don’t just stop at the state line; they worsen maternal outcomes in neighboring states — like Virginia. As these women leave health care deserts to seek either prenatal care and abortion services, we will see... richmond.com/opinion/columni…
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Wrapped up a busy, packed week of Transition to Residency (aka capstone) for our graduating med students! 20+ hours of teaching over the week with @davidjessee. So much fun, rewarding, and exhausting! @vcuhospitalmed @VCUHealth
#VRMedEd #nightfloatsims #bedsideprocedures
I teach my learners that empathy takes work. Now, AI might lessen that work: alandowmd.com/blog/artificia…
Is this a good thing?
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Tremendous anchoring effect with AI, even the best radiologists were wrong >50% when AI gave the wrong suggestion. Very much suggests blinding and randomization necessary to truly evaluate these systems.
The other @radiology_rsna paper is on one of my favorite topics in AI: automation bias. Do we inherently rely too much on these smarter tools? Dratsch and Chen et al evaluated automation bias in mammography.
Wrapping up #ACP2023 with a full house for highlights and doctor’s dilemma. Congrats, OHSU, on the victory. See everyone in Boston next year! @justinberk @MeganLemayMD @ACPIMPhysicians
Compared to physicians on Reddit, Chat GPT is more empathetic and gives better advice. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork.
So, don’t look for medical advice on Reddit?
Great start to #ACP2023 with remarks from two very impressive people #improud @FutureDocs @RyanMire1
Higher rates of meningitis with a more invasive form of Strep: Scope of Group A Streptococcal Meningitis Isolates Using Surveillance Data jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
