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May 16 5 tweets 2 min read
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Role of #healthcare in #climatechange

@CassandraLThiel and team in @JHospMedicine

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1⃣ Develop & monitor institution-wide sustainability metrics
Use:
✅Waste audits
✅Calc carbon footprint
✅Routine lifecycle assessments

2⃣ Emphasize potential cost savings
✅ Focus on longer term sustainable savings potential rather than initial expenditure
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3⃣ Limit avoidable waste
Examples:
✅Focus on Reuseable rather than disposable items
✅Remove extraneous items from pre-packaged kits

4⃣ Practice sustainable procurement
Examples:
✅ Incentive environmentally-preferred purchasing
✅Reward vendor transparency
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5⃣ Optimize, de-carbonize energy sources
✅ New purchases & upgrades should focus on energy efficient equipment

6⃣ Engage regulators & accreditors in the climate impacts of healthcare
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7⃣ Create roles for engaged individuals to advocate for & advance sustainability

8⃣ Encourage climate AND health education
Examples:
✅ Conferences on climate change often count towards general CME requirements
✅ Incorporate #ClimateChange education into training programs

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More from @SamirShahMD

May 19
📢 Tips for Responding to Peer Reviewer Recommendations (or, join me on my🧼box), a🧵 by the Editor-in-Chief @JHospMedicine

#LeadingByExample
#FindingYourBagel
#SagewisdomSecretsbySamirShah (this one's for you @DoctorVig) Image
1⃣ Do you have to address every comment?
💛 Yes, absolutely
💛 No need for excessive praise. No need to thank the reviewer for each comment. However, no snark either. Respond in a neutral tone. Convey how thoughtful you are in your response to each comment.
2⃣ Can you disagree w/ a reviewer or say no to a suggestion?
💛 Yes. There is no need to blindly incorporate every comment. However, provide a rationale for why not.
💛 Help the editor understand your thought process.
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May 18
📢Tips to Make Your Manuscript Easier to Read

Apropos of nothing, a brief🧵from the Editor-in-Chief @JHospMedicine #MedTwitter
(or, join me on my 🧼box)

1⃣ Use a readable font size (eg 11 arial, 12 times new roman)
-Though I can enlarge a pdf, my computer screen is only so big Image
1⃣ (cont.)
Fonts are serious business: SNL papyrus skit ➡️ ImageImageImageImage
2⃣ Double space unless specifically instructed otherwise
- I'm getting old. Single spaced work is difficult to read if the font is also small.
Read 9 tweets
May 30, 2021
1/4 Leading by Example @JHospMedicine

We erred in publishing an article that used "tribalism" to refer to silos in medicine. We thank readers for educating us🙏🏾

Our response👉🏾 bit.ly/3uzjg9N

New article, "Specialty Silos in Medicine," is here: bit.ly/3p0l1fc ImageImage
2/4
Despite good intentions & a diverse team, we did not initially recognize how the term "tribalism" to refer factionalism might be problematic Image
3/4
Further, in using the term “tribe” to describe members of medical communities, we ignored the complex & dynamic identities of Native American, African, & other Indigenous Peoples & the history of their oppression

It should not have been used to describe medical specialties Image
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