How to doctor - a thread. So I am closing my practice shortly. I thought I would make a short thread about how I practice medicine with the thought it may be helpful to others.

How to be an excellent clinical teacher in medicine. Tweetorial.

Just my thoughts during a 15 year career as a teacher, with some dabbling in #MedEd research.

Some GI themes but applicable to all I hope.

#GITwitter #MedTwitter This is practical & based on lived experiences as a learner - training & as a lifelong learner; experiences as a teacher; feedback I've received & how I changed; some literature; & how I've tested some stuff experimentally mainly in #endoscopy

(caveat - not saying I'm excellent)

How do you train beginners at #endoscopy?

This week we are running the endoscopy #simulation course @UofTGastroHep @SMH_GI.

Our training to novices before they start endoscopic rotations is based on three educational principles.

#MedEd #GITwitter 1. Modifying cognitive load
We use low fidelity simulators for basic skills (dial/button control, torque, stance, etc.) in a low risk envt. This allows the trainee to focus on basics without being overloaded by complex tasks - no patient, vital signs, assistants, sedation, etc.

Entry GI trainees have questions about their new career

Should I do a subspecialty? What is QI? What do endo nurses do? Should I do a PhD?

In order to help our trainees answer these questions, @UofTGastroHep made a relevant orientation video #GITwitter

I thought it might be relevant to all new GI trainees on July 1 - so I thought I would share it here.

@drkeithsiau @DCharabaty @DeMadaria @SunilAminMD @KM_Pawlak @rainafujiyoshi @jmosko29 @Taalamri @Dr_ABDULRHMAN12 @guthealthmd @laura_targownik @hepatoMD @MN_GIMD @AllonKahn

My friend @BilalMohammadMD recently posted on how to convert abstracts into manuscripts.

https://twitter.com/BilalMohammadMD/status/1316135691508736000?s=20

Many academics offered great advice and described the pitfalls of having an abstract-heavy CV.

This is a contrarian thread on why I think abstracts are THE BEST. It's a bit butterfly effect-ish, but the general thesis is:

Don't be afraid to test ideas that don't end up amounting to much in the traditional academic sense.

What you gain out of it can be spectacular regardless.

1/n My friend and colleague @BilalMohammadMD tweeted recently about how to write personal letters for residency. This is my personal opinion. I note that I'm the PD for the Toronto GI program, which has a process described on the CaRMS website - applicants should follow that. 2/n This is with gastroenterology in mind. In general, the personal letter is the introduction I have to most candidates. I thoroughly read each one. Three things need to be addressed: (1) the reasons the candidate is applying to gastroenterology; (2) why the candidate thinks

(1/n) Today my colleague Dr. Norman Marcon, a giant in gastroenterology and endoscopy in Canada retired. This is a brief tweetorial about who he is, his career, and the contributions that he made to gastroenterology, and particularly endoscopic education. (2/n) Dr. Marcon went to medical school at Queen's University @QueensUHealth and then began a rotating internship in 1964-1965 at @UofT_DoM in Toronto, where he was heavily inspired by Dr. Edward Prokipchuk (legacy.com/obituaries/the…), at the time new faculty in GI @UnityHealthTO.