the most satisfying takeaway from a phd is that you can solve problems far beyond your capabilities if you're willing to throw yourself at them again and again, over a long period, while staying open to new ideas it's not really about being smart. just curious & persistent

I think AI has huge educational potential, but more in-class tests is a reasonable short-term response to cheating risks. Low-stakes testing is a powerful learning (not just assessment) tool. Tests help you remember better, access unrelated knowledge & learn more in the future.

61% voted to downgrade or retire beta-blocker recommendation and 39% to wait for additional evidence from ongoing trials 👇 x.com/kaulcsmc/statu… For deeper dive into current evidentiary support (or lack thereof) 👇 jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… JACC Journals John Mandrola, MD Andrew Foy

10 principles of verbal de-escalation - from the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Many of these can be applied when a person with #delirium is distressed and "agitated".

How much do language models memorize? arxiv.org/abs/2505.24832 via Chawin Sitawarin et al

The Alzheimer’s drug pipeline is healthier than you might think economist.com/science-and-te… via The Economist Robert Howard

Fifth of hospital beds in Welsh Government Health and Social Care occupied by people at end of life nation.cymru/news/fifth-of-… via Nation.Cymru

You know,” says the judge, “when a tribunal looks the other way at the destruction of key evidence,  overlooks a deleted NHS email server, and then smears someone for exposing staffing that could kill patients — it doesn’t scream ‘justice,’ does it?” The doctor chuckles dryly.

No GP wants this, name another NHS service providing 20% more with 20% less funding, that gets as much flack & as little support This is the problem 1/9 people waiting for hospital treatment 500k more people long term sick 2300 patients per GP - 500 more than 2016 20% less £

The power of placebo in 5 experiments (🧵) 1. Placebo improves symptoms in IBS - even if people know it's placebo Placebo was presented as "placebo pills, an inert substance, like sugar pills, that have been shown in clinical studies to produce significant improvement in IBS”

Callum Williams Ollie Burton Adam Skeen Ellie J Bethany Kelly, DSN, QN @medicalmodelwithabriochebun platinumpizza™ ExplosiveEnema This is a critical question. Explicitly asked posed in Blair's NHS Plan 2000. The bottleneck then was at Senior Reg level. People hung around waiting for consultant jobs until literally someone died. The fear of the profession was the creation of a sub-consultant grade /

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Development and Commercialization Pathways of AI Medical Devices in the United States: Implications for Safety and U.S. FDA Regulatory Oversight ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… via Tinglong Dai et al

What's in a Surname? The Effects of Surname Initials on Academic Success aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… via Leeat Yariv et al

One for you RoyalCollegeObsGyn & Ranee Thakar AoMRC . If true, this is shocking GMC !

Ash Paul The Labour Party NHS England The Economist Nope. Buys the whole digital transformation as a way o fixing everything hook, line and sinker (including AI snake oil). It's like they only talked to the planners and not the skeptics...

If you are a consultant who has supported a PA to the detriment of a resident doctor - you are the most selfish of people - one who burns the path behind them so no one can reach the same destination

Cancer patients are dying after choosing fad social media ‘cures’: Oncologists report sufferers are delaying treatment to try unproven diets and essential oils thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/… via Poppy Koronka

Critique of #MAHA Report: Part I open.substack.com/pub/epiellie/p… via Dr Ellie Murray, ScD

Why Surrogate Endpoints Shouldn’t Justify Full Cancer Drug Approvals oncodaily.com/blog/bishal-gy… via Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, FASCO