I believe Clinicians (Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Speech Pathologists, Dietitians, Audiologists, Social Workers, etc.) need to be on Social Media. I believe that it is our ethical obligation to be where our patients are when they’re discussing health matters. I believe that we need to listen to our patients, fill the online space with accurate health information and therefore influence the health conversations occurring already on social media.… Read more
This is a recurring question I get asked by patients, communication officers and other doctors. Why are clinicians not on social media? What are the barriers to getting clinicians on to Social media?
Many of the reasons and excuses can be summed up to these 3 F’s:
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Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US. Between this morning’s cases I had some moments to ponder on a consultation I had with a patient a few days ago. One of those conversations that is like a glitch in the matrix, seared into my conscience.… Read more
Here’s what I’m wishing for my patients:
Ear
Waterproof hearing aids that do not rely on batteries.
A tablet taken in the first trimester that would eliminate the development of congenital ear malformation.
A percutaneous, image guided insertion of a cochlear implant under local anaesthesia.… Read more
Easy. It is the most beautiful of all the surgical specialties. I know, I’m biased. Let me tell you why (and I am about to have a word diarrhea here)
It’s true that ENT does not get a lot of fanfare in Medical Schools.… Read more
I’ve just watched The Martian. Brilliant movie! Geez, I love geeky space movies based on some real science! Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer gave it a 94%, and I concur. The movie was well acted and well directed. More importantly it was built on some good science, the non-Hollywood kind.… Read more
Twitter is a communication platform, and therefore, it is a neutral medium. It’s not the medium itself, but how you use the medium that makes Twitter ‘good’ or ‘bad’. In my 5 years of being an anonymous and 5 months of being a named individual on Twitter, I have come to realise that different people use Twitter for different purposes.… Read more
I was once Australia’s most followed surgeon on Twitter, according to dear wife. She was probably right, as always. I had more than 3700 followers on my account, but very few people knew who I was behind that necktie avi. You see, I was an anonymous, or more correctly, a pseudonymous.… Read more
I wrote this on 27th December 2013 on my ‘anonymous’ blog. Interesting reading one and a half years later.
I joined twitter 3 years and 4 months ago. I did it twice. The first time as an observer-explorer, but gave up on it.… Read more
I wrote this on 20th November 2011 on my previous anonymous blog. This was meant to poke fun at surgeons and Twitter. what do you think today?
A/Prof Katherine Chretien and team has recently published a landmark study on Twitter Physicians.
