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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 12h

Day 1 @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social ✅

Highlights for me:
- packed out session by @drkevinfernando.bsky.social on abnormal LFTS. Who knew that clinical diploma module on hepatic med would be handy?
- Meeting some @nhsconfed.org Alumni
- Catching with ex PCCLEs & my BFF @pharmrj.pharmsky.app

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 20h

Great to see @drkevinfernando.bsky.social in real life talking us through the "potpourri" of diabetes @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social #bestpracticeshow check out his hacks and pearls ➡️ medscape-uk.co/Hacks

Dr Kevin Fernando at best practice show talking to a large audience about diabetes

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Self-Care Forum @selfcareforum.bsky.social · 1d

October is #healthliteracymonth. Health literacy is the knowledge, skills, understanding & confidence to use health info. Poor health literacy directly impacts health outcomes. @pharmacistdaz.uk @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @helendon-rn.bsky.social @helensalisbury.bsky.social @helenebedford.bsky.social

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 2d

One must have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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PharmacistDaz (He/Him) @pharmacistdaz.uk · 2d

Great to see this important report published by the RPS. I was proud to join the roundtable alongside experts from across the system. Digital and AI skills must become core competencies for all healthcare professionals — and this report makes that case clearly.

www.rpharms.com/about-us/new...

We're calling for digital and AI skills to become a core competency for healthcare professionals | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | RPS

www.rpharms.com

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 3d

The fesser said glARSEtonbury rather than glASStonbury

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 3d

Never let anyone tell you that small acts of resistance don’t matter.

This is a remarkable story of 2 Irish women who stood up against injustice & stood tall. Their courage & defiance, for strangers they would never meet, is a reminder that even the smallest light can burn through the darkest times

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 4d

Most fragility fractures occur in patients without osteoporosis. Should we rethink who gets treated? On the latest episode of Beyond Journal Club from @coreimpodcast.bsky.social and NEJM Group, the hosts address this question and more. Listen now: nej.md/4q7hOK3

#MedSky #OrthoSky

An illustration explaining pathways to bisphosphonates

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 7d

How might AI, data & digital tech support NHS staff & patients to enhance rather than replace the human side of care? Our goal is to produce high-quality evidence that explores the potential of AI to fit into healthcare practice. Watch our short animation:

AI, data and digital technology | THIS Institute

AI, data, and digital technology have the potential to reshape healthcare. Our research aims to find out how AI can support healthcare and what the challenges might be. Ultimately, we want to enable…

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 4d

“This was meant to be the NHS Ten-Year Plan: what has been delivered is the NHS Ten-Year Intention.”

www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-...

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 4d

a cartoon of spongebob and mr krabs with the words batten down the hatches

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and mr krabs with the words batten down the hatches

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Medsky Network & Labeler @medsky.social · 5d

Hey #Medsky!

Say hello to our new main feed. Hit the “like” & “pin” button & share this post so your colleagues see it too.

You can post to the feed with #Medsky or another community hashtag like #IDsky & #Pedsky. You can also add a @medsky.social label to have posts added as well.

Happy posting!

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 5d

This story is now big news all over the world... except in the UK.

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 6d

If I see another 'AI will let HCWs treat more patients' claim, I think I'm going to scream.

Burnout rates are already too high. AI should not be used to increase in-hours work density; instead it should reduce the amount of wellness-destroying work we already do out-of-hours. 🤨

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ShinyBlackShoe (Calum Polwart) @shinyblackshoe.bsky.social · 5d

Didn't get a chance to mention it at yesterday's #BOPA2025 SC #Nivolumab session...

The amazing guys at #OpenPrescribing have built a SC Nivo tracker. Want to know if you are ahead of the cure - check this out:

hospitals.openprescribing.net/measures/niv...

Measures · Uptake of nivolumab subcutaneous | OpenPrescribing Hospitals

What is this measure?

hospitals.openprescribing.net

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 6d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 6d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 6d

@mancunianmedic.bsky.social on League tables
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Well established metrics
Nod to safety & experience
Stat critique
usual stuff with compound indicators
Adjusting 4 many confounders
Gaming
What's it FOR?
undermining good will (short supply)
Not addressing underlying issues

David Oliver: League tables are no solution to the problems in NHS hospitals

On 9 September NHS England published its first quarterly league tables of NHS provider trusts’ performance,1 as promised in the NHS 10 year plan.2 There are scores, tables, and rankings covering speci...

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 6d

Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 7d

📢 I've decided to do regular 2-3 mins video updates of latest authoritarian antics of Trump administration on YouTube & TikTok.

Have been inspired by reading how many people get their news there and how dominated it is by the right.
www.tiktok.com/@profchristi...

www.youtube.com/@ProfChristi...

Professor Christina Pagel

I'm Professor Christina Pagel at University College London. My research is in health systems. I'm passionate about science, public health, supporting diversity in the sciences, and protecting liberal ...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 7d

*Crosses off ‘Fellowship of the Royal Society’ as a life goal*.

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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 6d

The UK Government has announced plans to train nurses as genomics champions to work in their local communities as part of a genomic population health service.

Read More: buff.ly/oEevaRZ

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BJGP @bjgp.bsky.social · 6d

10 days left to share your work - Don't miss out! Present at next year’s flagship research and publishing conference. Submit an abstract by Midnight, Sunday 12 October
Find out more: bjgp.org/conference
Submit: app.oxfordabstracts....
#BJGPRC #CallForAbstracts #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice

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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 6d

Worth a watch but a big missed opportunity to pump and dump #CardioCoin

Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 8d

My Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025 talk is up (some ppl were asking, honest guv). Not my most fluent work, messed up timings and was very last talk of the conf so didn’t want to overrun 🤦🏽‍♂️ Had to skip some bits. But talked about Malhotra, Huberman, COIs & more. Medical audience
youtu.be/lXZh9B_ADko?...

The wacky world of wellness-influencer-to-consumer communication - Dr Rohin Francis

YouTube video by CEBM Oxford

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 8d

My Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025 talk is up (some ppl were asking, honest guv). Not my most fluent work, messed up timings and was very last talk of the conf so didn’t want to overrun 🤦🏽‍♂️ Had to skip some bits. But talked about Malhotra, Huberman, COIs & more. Medical audience
youtu.be/lXZh9B_ADko?...

The wacky world of wellness-influencer-to-consumer communication - Dr Rohin Francis

YouTube video by CEBM Oxford

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