Two new surgical RCT's just released by @NEJM @AANSNeuro

If you're caring for patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury, these trials might change your practice or help you understand what we surgeons do and why ...

Here comes an evidence based surgery megathread ... 1. ENRICH, early results presented by @EmoryNeurosurg @gpradil2 . Patients with acute lobar hemorrhagic stroke whose hemorrhage was removed had better functional outcomes at 6 months.
@AdamArthurMD called it one of the most important surgical trials ever presented. Here's why...

Much fuss over an artificial intelligence “passing” a medical licensing exam (USMLE step 1 practice q) but that isn’t even the most interesting part …

By grappling with AI “knowledge” challenges, we will all become better MD’s

Wanna know how? 🧵

medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 1. In probing the limits of internet trained LLM, (if we do it well) we define tests for MD, AI and MD+AI that are clinically relevant.

MD knowledge is MUCH more than multiple choice q… but never had to precisely define

Now we do - and we can improve human performance too! …

#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter it's rank list season!
Location, location, location matters.
What framework should MS4 use to understand training program location?
(MS2-3 might want to know this for next year before interviews start!)
Read on... 🏙️🏠 With 10-50 hours of functional & wakeful time each week, your geography plays a big role. Here's how to consider people, activities, specific program training sites, lived experience, and financial cost when evaluating a program's location... 🏙️🏠