Twitter account for the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department Of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.
Joined June 2019
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The @MacDeptMed Division of General Internal Medicine is on Twitter. Follow us for divisional announcements and related discussions.
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
21 Apr 2022
🔥 Our latest @WHO living guidance on drugs for #COVID19, with new recommendations for nirmatrelvir-ritonavir & updated recommendation for remdesivir in non-severe illness.
@bmj_latest: bit.ly/3pAK6Oe
@WHO: bit.ly/3K5uVoP
@theMAGICapp: bit.ly/3L7KjCa
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Congratulations to our own DBV! We are so proud of you!! Your work with @MERIT_McMaster as a scholar and @MacCEprog as APD, as well as a faculty member within our ranks!
You are an amazing contributor and leader within our midst! Cc: @jddneary @McMasterGIM!!
Congratulations to Dr Daniel Brandt Vegas, one of the CAME Certificate of Merit Award Winners from McMaster University! / Félicitations au Dr Daniel Brandt Vegas, l’un des lauréats du Certificat de mérite de l’ACÉM de l’Université McMaster! #COM2022 #MedEd #EdMed @McMasterU
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
14 Jan 2022
🔥 Our latest @WHO living guidance on drugs for #COVID19:
Severe/critical:
✅ steroids, IL-6RB, baricitinib✨
🔶 REGN-COV
🚫 ruxolitinib/tofacitinib✨
Non-severe:
🔶 REGN-COV, sotrovimab✨
🚫 steroids
Both:
🚫 remdesivir, ivermectin, HCQ, LPV/r, plasma
bit.ly/3pAK6Oe
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
7 Dec 2021
🔊Our latest @WHO living guidance on treatments for #COVID19, out today:
For severe/critical:
✅steroids
✅IL-6 RB
🟨mAb
🟧convalescent plasma🔥
For non-severe:
🟨mAb
🟧steroids
🚫convalescent plasma🔥
For both:
🟧remdesivir
🟧ivermectin
🚫HCQ
🚫LPV/r
bit.ly/3pAK6Oe
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20 Nov 2021
If you're a general internist and find yourself at loose ends (does that ever happen?), please consider helping out in the Soo if you have any downtime during December.
20 Nov 2021
What we offer : a great medicine experience, superb colleagues and beautiful landscapes. #saultstemarie Medical locums needed - RT and DM me 🙏 @McMasterIntMed @UofT_WiM @GIMtoronto (📸our cottage)
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15 Nov 2021
We're hoping to hire an Obstetric Medicine specialist. Please see link for details.
careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prep…
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Congratulations to Dr. #JasonCheung (&baby Emma!) for the Department's Annual Award for Associate Professors. He was promoted to Associate Professor July 2020. bit.ly/3verpCF @HHS_staff @STJOESHAMILTON @McMasterGIM @machealthsci @McMasterU #MedEd #BrighterWorld
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
26 Aug 2021
Pre-fracture #mobility, independence in ADL, #comorbidity, & no pre-fracture fear of falling were significantly associated with successful recovery following #HipFracture. These factors can be used to help assess post-acute care needs. #GERASjournalclub
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3296…
ALT Pre-fracture #mobility, independence in ADL, #comorbidity, & no pre-fracture fear of falling were significantly associated with successful recovery following #HipFracture. These factors can be used to help assess post-acute care needs. #GERASjournalclub
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
7 Jul 2021
🔊 Our latest @WHO living guidance on treatments for #COVID19 out today, facilitated by the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem:
✅ steroids
🚫 remdesivir
🚫 lopinavir-ritonavir
🚫 hydroxychloroquine
🚫 ivermectin
✅ IL-6 receptor blockers (tocilizumab/sarilumab)🔥
bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m337…
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Welcome Dr. @LessMarts! 🌟
We are thrilled to work with you in this new chapter of the Internal Medicine Residence Program.
Thank you again, Dr. @DrLoriWhitehead for all these amazing years of your remarkable leadership.
@McMasterGIM @FHS_FacAffairs
15 Jun 2021
Congratulations to @LessMarts on her new role as Program Director of the Core GIM Program starting Sept. 1, 2021!!
Dr. Martin is an incredible clinician, talented educator, and fierce resident advocate. We cannot think of a better person to carry on @DrLoriWhitehead's legacy.
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We will be gathering at Bayfront park to commemorate the lives of the Muslim family attacked in London Ontario on Sunday night, killing 4 and critically injuring the youngest of the family. May Allahﷻ have mercy on their souls and grant them Jannah Ameen.
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Dr. Conor Cox has been appointed as the incoming R4 Program Lead for the Internal Medicine Program. Dr. Cox is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a graduate of the Internal Medicine program at @McMasterU @McMasterGIM Details in our latest Weekly Update healthsci.mcmaster.ca/medici…
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
18 May 2021
🔊 Our latest in @CircOutcomes:
1. ⬆️ agreement between routine health data & clinical endpoint committee adjudication for mortality, CV outcomes & treatment effects.
2. Routine data is a pragmatic source for clinical outcome ascertainment in CV trials.
bit.ly/3bAYe3W
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Congratulations Dr. Katrin Conen for being appointed the inaugural Palliative Care Education Lead for the @Royal_College Specialties and Specialty Residency Programs! It is very inspiring for a member of a regional campus to assume this leadership position. @MacMedNRC
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
Our own @TChanMD is one of the seven @McMasterU professors named 2021 University Scholars!
Dr. Chan is a global leader committed to #innovation and excellence in #education. She has received numerous awards and developed resources that have been adopted in 🇨🇦 and the 🌎.
5 May 2021
Congratulations to our @machealthsci University Scholars!
@TChanMD, @MacPFD & Associate Professor @MacDeptMed
@RichardWhitloc2 Professor, @McMasterSurgery
Dr. Andrea Gonzalez @MacPsychiatry
More information: dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articl…
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
3 May 2021
Featured is Dr. Steven Wong @DigiHealthMD Assistant Professor @MacDeptMed
We're so proud of @DigiHealthMD and all of the work they he does. Great choice by @STJOESHAMILTON to showcase him today.
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We're so proud of @DigiHealthMD and all of the work they he does. Great choice by @STJOESHAMILTON to showcase him today.
The 3rd wave of #COVID19 presented physicians w/ new challenges, including treating younger patients & those declining at a more rapid rate. To mark #DoctorsDay, we take you through a day in the life of Dr. Steven Wong, General Internist. Visit: bit.ly/333fBFX
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
28 Apr 2021
#BREAKING: Ontario government to announce a #PaidSickDays plan at 3:15pm today.
Remember the list of what’s effective:
✅ Universal (employer delivered)
✅ Fully paid without interruption
✅ Permanent
✅ Adequate in number
✅ Free of barriers
This is the gold standard.
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McMaster General Internal Medicine retweeted
16 Apr 2021
Who will be the first racialized doctor, nurse, paramedic, PSW, or other health care worker stopped by the cops on their way to work? Who will be the second? The third? The fourth? The fifth?
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