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Colin West

Oct 19 • 8 tweets • 7 min read

1/ Welcome to Edition 119 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today: a review of threads and content from October 2021. #wellbeingwednesday #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded

@PresCoreyDLBHF

2/ From October 6, a brief thread on speakers at the #ACPH21 meeting, including @PresCoreyDLBHF @Surgeon_General @vivek_murthy @JillianHortonMD. Quite prescient for current impact, no?

https://twitter.com/ColinWestMDPhD/status/1445732364836036608?s=20&t=cZJ8kazwsQc543BwRuHgNQ

3/ Look for more excellent speakers on the vanguard of physician #wellbeing at #ACPH23 in Palm Desert, California October 11-13, 2023. Bookmark this link and add to your calendars because this meeting fills up fast once registration opens!
physician-wellbeing-conference.org

4/ From October 13, a thread on #leadership and physician #wellbeing.

https://twitter.com/ColinWestMDPhD/status/1448312093900423173?s=20&t=cZJ8kazwsQc543BwRuHgNQ

5/ Successful leadership that promotes #wellbeing requires
1⃣ knowledge, and
2⃣ will
The thread drills into these a bit more as well.

https://twitter.com/ColinWestMDPhD/status/1448312114473488387?s=20&t=cZJ8kazwsQc543BwRuHgNQ

6/ From October 20, a link back to threads from February 2021, with topics including resilience, the #wellbeing community itself, and #nurse #burnout. Dive in, the water’s fine!

https://twitter.com/ColinWestMDPhD/status/1450812996364689422?s=20&t=cZJ8kazwsQc543BwRuHgNQ

@montypython

7/ From October 27, a replay of a thread on physician #wellbeing self-awareness, with my favorite well-being gif of all time courtesy of @montypython. Once again, I encourage you to follow the rainbow of links to the pot of gold at its end!

https://twitter.com/ColinWestMDPhD/status/1453382172421902337?s=20&t=cZJ8kazwsQc543BwRuHgNQ

8/ Let’s stop there, shall we? I’ll return next week with Edition 120! /fin

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