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EVP Academics @SHNCares | Gastroenterologist @UofTGastroHep | Assoc Prof @UofT_DOM | education researcher @LabGrover | #MedEd | starting on the B of the Bang
Oct 31, 2023 22 tweets 5 min read
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.
Dec 25, 2022 21 tweets 10 min read
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)
Jul 4, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
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.
Jul 1, 2022 5 tweets 8 min read
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
Oct 23, 2020 15 tweets 10 min read
My friend @BilalMohammadMD recently posted on how to convert abstracts into manuscripts.

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.
Aug 3, 2020 12 tweets 3 min read
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
Jun 20, 2020 25 tweets 36 min read
(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.