Spending the morning reviewing the literature for Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci infections in neonates. All I can think of now are silly little puns. What are the CoNS to these infections? What are the CoNSequences of treating? What’s our antibiotic CoNSumption rate #IDsky

Sometimes I do wonder whether 80% LTFT should be considered the new normal? Average hours for a full time paediatric trainee = 48 hours/week At 80% = 38.4 hours/week UK average full time job = 36.6 hours/week

Today marks the end of the 2024 DTM&H at @lshtm.bsky.social I feel extremely privileged to have been part of this cohort, and to have been at LSHTM! This year also marks the university’s 125th anniversary!

What’s your spot diagnosis? Hint- it’s in the liver #IDSky #MedSky

Extremely proud of us all!!! Our DTM&H class of 2024 (Shingle Bells) won the UK Imported Fever Service Christmas Quiz 🥳 #IDSky

uh oh, someone ordered a QuantiFERON—what the heck is a mitogen & who's nil? what do ➕, ➖, & indeterminate results mean? a pragmatic #meded 🧵 re: the definition, indication(s), & interpretation of the #QuantiFERON (QFT) test👇 #TBSky #IDSky 1/10

I’ve passed my Tropical Medicine Diploma exams!!! Officially DTM&H positive!!!

Is it too early for this? #AgarArt #HoHoHo 🦠🧫🔬🎅🏽🎄

What’s your spot diagnosis? 😄 #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

It’s not too bad, is it? 😊

A change of scenery for studying today

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄

Gooood morning and this will be my first venture into #TeaSky (at least on this platform) Having some lovely Da Hong Pao today 😄

Dengue might be my favourite flavivirus…

Hey #IDSky and #MicroSky - I have a question! In the UK, gentamicin cream is pretty much unheard of, and I have zero experience of using it as a topical cream. However, I’ve seen it being sold in pharmacies in other countries. When do you tend to use gentamicin cream?

The best decision I’ve made was applying to study the DTM&H at @lshtm.bsky.social So proud to be part of the class of 2024!!!

🧵 Our grandmas were onto something when they told us to have some tea when we were sick. Cool paper showing several Omicron-era #SARSCoV2 variants effectively inactivated by green tea, Matcha, & black tea, mediated by EGCG and TFDG: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MedSky #IDSky #MedEd #COVID19 /1

Banana shaped gametocytes! #IDSky #MicroSky

I think I saw more cases of measles in the last year, than I’ve ever seen before. Please vaccinate your kids - the MMR vaccine is safe!

Definitely feeling like an ancylostoma today #MedSky #IDSky

Sooo @drseanmon.bsky.social - are we gonna start an #EmoMedSky starter pack or what? 😄😂

Big hello to #PedsSky #PaedsSky #IDSky #MedSky! I’ve moved over from Twitter! (@DrMaxxC) I’m Maxx, I like loose leaf tea, going to gigs, and I work as a children’s doctor. I post mostly about Paeds, ID, #MedEd, and the occasional ramble about different types of tea!

What’s your spot diagnosis? #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

Ahhhh! Guess what’s above the white cell on this thin film? 😄😄😄 #IDsky #MicroSky #MedSky

Spending my morning looking at thin films! Look at that headphone trophozoite!!! 😃 #IDsky #MedSky

I jokingly made this as revision for my tropical med diploma (DTM&H) and just had to share it with you all 😂 So #MedSky… Which worm are you feeling like today? 🪱

Feeling kinda sad that the tropical medicine diploma is going by so quickly - honestly having the best time

Paediatrics is a wonderful specialty, and I feel privileged to work with such amazing patients, families and colleagues If I could go back though, I would’ve loved to have explored Anaesthesiology and maybe Intensive Care Medicine. How about you all, on #MedSky, what would you have chosen?

Learning about Schistosomiasis, and the big take home message is… Heavy infections are literally HEAVY >400 eggs per gram of stool!

PaedsSky starter pack for birdsite refugees, tag yourself and I'll add you :) go.bsky.app/EXGXX4D

Hey #MedSky (I guess #MedTwitter…?) Is there a starter pack for paediatricians in the UK?

Going back to Neonates after my out of programme. I’ll be working in neonates for 9 months - can we get a guess on how many times I’ll be called “the Paed” in obstetric theatres? 😂

Doing the Tropical Medicine diploma (DTM&H) at @lshtm.bsky.social has been the best decision I’ve made in the last 5 years.

I’m very excited to be enrolling onto the Tropical Medicine diploma at LSHTM! Can’t wait to get started 😊

Finished my last ever “paediatric SHO” night shift 😌