After a patient safety event, our brains want a quick answer: ❌ “It was MY fault.” ❌ “It was THEIR fault.” Fast… but incomplete. Try a different question: “How did patient, system, team, human factors each contribute to what happened?”

So glad to see you here on blue sky! 💃 #womenshealth

Found a sunny window to look out of and recharge in between OR cases today! ☀️

Abstract submissions for RISE 2026 are OPEN! Authors are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations/posters on any topic related to #MedEd - project ideas, works in progress, innovations, or completed research at #USask. For more info & submission guidelines, visit https://ow.ly/l4jc50Y91m6

great paper: the authors called out #nontechnical elements such as "If something does not look “right,” pause and ask for help." - i.e. slowing down when you should. Surgical management of complex cesarean delivery - American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology www.ajog.org/article/S000...

Teaching at Physician Quality Improvement today: how do we define ROI in healthcare? Important to widen the lens and include pop health, equity, provider wellness and more #QISky

Prehabilitation isn’t just for patients. “The bigger the storm, the more inclined we are to revert to our survival habits…” Use the calmer weeks to build small rituals you can rely on when things get hard. Train the habit now so it’s there when the storm hits. #PhysicianWellness

#leadership #psychsafety

A keeper moment from @academic-chatter.bsky.social #ilooklikeasurgeon

I don't know about you, but Bluesky is one of the main ways I come across new papers outside of actively searching for them. This year I want to do a thread about an interesting #AMR paper I've read, one per month. Let's see if I can keep to this goal. #academicchatter #episky

This is the month and year to capitalize that B when referring to Black persons or populations or people. And for those in the back….. we do not say “Blacks” EVER #Blacksky #BHM365

Many routine procedures were designed for male anatomy & are uncomfortable or take longer in women. Colonoscopy. Urinary cauterization. Spinal procedures. Airway management. Venous cannulation. Difficulty is often blamed on anxiety, tension, low pain tolerance. theconversation.com/routine-medi...

Macaulay Culkin posted a tribute to Catherine O’Hara….I’m not crying, you’re crying 🥺🙏

Rest in peace to a legend. Catherine O'Hara, 1954-2026

UBC ranked 2nd in Canada and 33rd globally - TIME #proud time.com/7358185/top-...

💬 Viewpoint: The rollback of DEI efforts and threats to academic freedom risk undermining the foundational teaching of bioethics, social determinants of health, and structural injustice in #MedEd. ja.ma/3ZBLR07

Had a great time talking to European linguistic anthropologists about the problems/limits of "positionality statements"! #ELAN #LinguisticAnthropology #Ethnomethodology #ConversationAnalysis

Periodic reminder: We deserve to thrive in surgery. Wellness and mastery are not opposites.

The JACS January issue is here🎉 🔹Objective Coagulation Assays for Predicting Thrombosis in Peripheral Artery Disease 🔹Video-Based Assessment and Prediction of Surgical Outcomes in Sleeve Gastrectomy 🔹and more! Full issue at: journals.lww.com/journalacs/p...

For those planning #IWD2026 events, a reminder this year's global theme is 'Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls' and the Australasian regional theme is Balance the Scales. Don't be fooled by the corporate '.com' site! www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor... unwomen.org.au/un-women-aus...

In surgery, we praise speed. Quick lists. Fast hands. Turnover efficiency. But preventable complications don’t come from being too slow. They come from staying fast when the case has quietly changed. I challenge you to notice the threshold and change pace - on purpose.

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There is a new clinical trial that is recruiting for vulvodynia. This is a woefully under-researched aspect of women's care. Please help me spread the word. vajenda.substack.com/p/vulvodynia...

If you are a global surgeon or trainee please fill this out ⬇️ #globalsurgery www.surghub.org/blog/surghub...

Cool innovation to add gamification into learning about patient safety

In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls.

“Mastery is the mysterious process during which what is at first difficult becomes progressively easier and more pleasurable through practice.” – George Leonard I’ve realized that this process is happiness to me: the quiet joy of getting better. In a phrase, quality improvement! #QI

As a founding member of @who.int, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty. 1/4

What?? Disinformation is now impacting Vit K injections for newborn babies?? Good heavens! abcnews.go.com/Health/paren...

Great thanks @liangrhea.bsky.social for pulling out some of the implications our paper on organisational toxicity highlighted. It’s sobering stuff ⬇️

“We’ve forgotten that we belong to each other. We’ve forgotten that we belong to the earth” - John Powell

BJS Academy is a unique resource supporting the professional development of current and future #surgeons worldwide 🌍 by championing research and collaboration ➡️ buff.ly/cIIcIMh 🤝Follow to stay up to date #surgsky #medsky #LeadingSurgicalEducation @bjsopen.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

I’m proud to share my Invited Commentary: Nontechnical Skills, Surgeon Behavior & OR efficiency is in @acsjacs.bsky.social journals.lww.com/journalacs/a... 1/2

Scotland: vaccinated women, zero cervical cancer cases. None. Zero. Vax haters will show up with excuses. Ignore them. Science just saved lives. Now imagine if every country did this. Millions of lives, decades of suffering, prevented. HPV vaccination isn’t optional. It’s justice. #VaccinesWorks

Feels like an apropos time to reskeet this:

The only one I’ve heard before was “all hat and no cattle”, which we used in Alberta. Amazing thread !

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Two weeks into 2026. Don’t neglect self care this year dear followers! Book yourself a massage. Do it. Do it now.

Study of biomedical & life science articles (N=7.75M) finds those authored by women spend 7.4 to 14.6% longer under review than those by men. Exceptions were women's health & biology. Longer review times may explain why women have less published articles www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

A shoutout for li’l Canada from Sir Richard! Proud moment for us , great speech worthy of the Standing O 💪

With a little bit of heart, we can face anything together. Is there someone from the Fraser Health team who you are grateful to? We’d love to know. https://ow.ly/xifk50XVP3f #hearttoheart

A must watch because we need calm, strong vision. bsky.app/profile/joep...

🇨🇦⚔️🇺🇸 The Canadian military has developed a model of a hypothetical invasion by the US army and the country's possible response, - The Globe and Mail The scenario involves the use of tactics similar to the actions of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet troops and later against NATO in Afghanistan.

Grateful to work with a multinational team of GYN surgeons & trainees studying how psychological safety intersects with surgical complications. 🌍🩺 @andreasobermair.bsky.social 3 continents. Many time zones. One goal: safer care. Follow along, more to come! #PsychSafety #GynSurgery

View from my stroll today. Canada is so breathtakingly beautiful. Forever proud 🇨🇦 #bluesky

Longevity research is based on men's health. Women are diagnosed an avg of 4 years later across diseases & are 50% more likely to have adverse drug reactions. Women live 5 to 7 years longer than men, but far fewer of those years are spent in good health. observer.com/2026/01/wome...

Debunking Trump claim re paracetamol by highly respected "Lancet" journal.“No evidence that paracetamol use during pregnancy increases the autism spectrum disorder, ADHD or intellectual disability among children”, Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

There is prehab for patients help them prepare for major surgery. what about prehab for clinicians to help them prepare for major complications and other adverse events?