Medical education in diagnosis that teaches about diagnostic inequities, equity considerations, and equitable diagnostic communication can lead to greater diagnostic equity. Read the latest Review Article in the Medical Education series: nej.md/3VRmANT #MedSky #MedEd

Our article on the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine's history, impact and the challenges ahead to improve #DiagnosticSafety is available #OpenAccess: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #DiagnosticError #PatientSafety @ichatanu.bsky.social @drmarydahm.bsky.social

Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has a motion on notice in the Senate to stop #ANU job cuts. 👀 Will ANU Council act accordingly at their meeting tomorrow, or will they ram through job cuts whatever the damage to the University? @nteunion.bsky.social is calling on ANU Council to stop the job cuts.

Are you interested in #Uncertainty and #transplantation #ethics? Dominique Martin & me have a MPhil-PhD opportunity* to investigate on "Kidney specialists' decisions under uncertainty and in deceased vs living donor kidney transplants" *w/ . More 📖 med-projects.deakin.edu.au/projects-202... #medsky

Smiling sibling gang gang cockatoos 😍

My first wearable garment, that's not a scarf 😁. Neapolitan 🍨 inspired tshirt. I learned the hard way that wool from a frogged project works up and looks different than 'fresh' wool (in the white stripe). But after 20 years of not knitting, I didn't think I could even pull this off!!! #knit

Today in #AcademicSchitt when nothing is 💩 and your PDR mid-term is lovely, supportive and collaborative affair 😁. What a difference a workplace makes ...

New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.

NO!

Ever wondered why it seems difficult to tell your doctor about the *other* problem? Or, as a doctor, to elicit what the patient is *really* there for? Fab insights and simple, helpful tweaks to improve from @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and @drmarydahm.bsky.social 🤗🙏 www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...

Hello from Brisbane, getting my #pragmatics fix #ipra2025 #IPC #commsky. Already ran into unexpected participants @superlinguo.bsky.social @elenasemino.bsky.social & and my friend from PhD days George Major!

Art impressions from Meanjin Brisbane (here for a conference tomorrow).

With some manually added as I can't believe none of silverchairs neon ballroom was on the list! Also all of 2020-2025 seems to have passed me by 🫣

📻 Tune in! Want to hear more about how talking about waterfalls, sitting down and 'some' and 'any' can make a difference in communication in health care? Listen to @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and myself explore 🩺 How Doctors Talk🩺 @deakinuniversity.bsky.social www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...

An excellent development! Gay and bi men now able to donate blood. I can highly recommend being a donor -- the staff are lovely, the snacks are plentiful and the demand on your time is very small.

👀Sneak peek! Our poster for ACT Health #CHARM.🔍We looked at #expectations about #diagnosis in #emergencycare. With @drmarydahm.bsky.social, @anntics.bsky.social, Jen Morris, Carmel Crock & Sam Scanlan.👋Say hi @ the poster session. 🗓 5-6.30pm, Mon 16 June. #CHARM www.eventbrite.com.au/e/charm-2025...

Today in #AcademicSchitt it seems that the 60 day clock on moving my #DECRA between institutions has reset after I did not have a current employment history on RMS. Been at Deakin for 5 months now and DECRA is somewhere 🤷‍♀️ idk... @arc-tracker.bsky.social

It would be very easy to add a box to the the observation chart for parent/carer response to a question that elicits whether they feel the child is stable If they are perceived to be deteriorating then that prompts timely senior review and closer observation

Bullying and harassment without consequences and an complaints systems that is as effective as screaming into a pillow. Two findings from the @ouranu.bsky.social #ANU #NixonReport and those to not just apply to former College of Health and Medicine www.anu.edu.au/news/all-new...

This is an excellent event for anyone interest in #patientsafety #diagnosticsafety Alaska's 5th Annual Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Medicine Conference May 8, 2025 – May 9, 2025 web.cvent.com/event/649d23...

The Royal Children's Hospital says it is working with the RCH Foundation to continue funding 13 positions that it  had planned to cut.

Today in #AcademicSchitt an unexpected university holiday when the kids* are back in school after the school holidays; yes please😆 *don't show my children 🫣

scrap square inside out #crochet blanket coming along

he's got new pretty #origami paper!

This is terrible!

SHAPE EMCR Futures has published our response to the ARC's proposed grant restructure, highlighting its strengths and weakness from an early and mid career HASS perspective @arc-tracker.bsky.social shapefutures.com.au/policy-revie...

Checking my student's extraction for a systematic review on experience of sexual and gender minority patients in the diagnostic process. Homophobic response in an in otherwise empty survey. 🏳️‍🌈 Love that they called that guy out!

Mr 12 loves making #origami. In this latest making craze lidded boxes are amassing in my house. They are so beautiful but I don't know what to do with them?

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | EOI’s are now open to present your work at the First Nations Health Communication Symposium (21 & 22 Aug 2025) hosted by the Communicate Study Partnership. Submit your application by 16 May 2025: bit.ly/4iaoba5 @annapralph.bsky.social

My coworkers are not very motivating today #catsatwork

To the left, to the left. No surprises here. This is how my views compare with the election candidates in the upcoming Australian election according to #votecompass @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Try it for yourself! #AusPol #AusVotes share.votecompass.com/oSmCaRh5tFLq...

So much to say about this one: #diagnostic anchoring, not listening to patients, #gaslighting and dismissing concerns. All hinge on effective #communication, emotional validation and openness to talk about #uncertainty to overcome. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

“When something goes wrong in the hospital, should that be hidden and covered up, or should there be a culture of sharing and honesty about what went wrong?” open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Ms 9y is home sick from school and the office sign has been updated. (And the referenced Duggy boy. #Cat #SignOfTheDahms

NO VOTE IS WASTED. NUMBER THEM ALL! #Auspol #election

never thought i’d say this but please come work for me! the abc is hiring a researcher to assist in the task of providing timely and accurate language guidance to staff careers.abc.net.au/en/job/504660/…

New special issue article: 🥼😄🗣️ ❓why do some #clinicians come across as more #approachable than others❓ @drmarydahm.bsky.social offers a structured, evidence-based analytical #approach for investigation 📖➡️ tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #healthsky #commSky #methods #AcademicSky #linguisticsky #qual

Not sure how a law against privatisation helps #patientSafety? Maybe the better law change would be to allow private hospitals in #NSW to be fully accredited in line with public #hospital against the National Quality Standards? This is just a bandaid - it doesn't even seem to be in the right place.

New Research 🏥 💬 @susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky

Never truer than #dylan

If your period hurts so much that you can't do all your normal activities, it is NOT normal and needs to be investigated not dismissed, patronised or "socially normalised" #endometriosis #diagnosis #patientsafety #pain #bias #medsky #medEd @acbontempo.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Germany is now having to issue a travel advisory for the US. Between Canadians staying home, and Europeans cancelling plans, RIP US tourism. Good job America. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

who wouldn't want a no-fee Open access paper focused on Qualitative Health Communication! Check out @qhcjournal.bsky.social tidsskrift.dk/qhc/index

yup I wasn't going to go but even less likely now, German foreign office has added to their security warning re entering the US and well I might get to spend some nice time in Europe :)

AHRQ funds the majority of ALL research in #PatientSafety & #DiagnosticErrors which don't neatly fit in a disease specific box. DX errors will affect all of us at least once in our lives, This is a disaster and so unnecessary. The work and efforts of so many people just gone 😩

Proofing transcripts. It can get time-consuming and tedious, especially when there's so much background noise in the #ED recording you can't make out what's being said. But nice when the transcription conventions give you an unexpected🙂to keep you going😅 #heatlhcomm

Just 3️⃣ weeks to go until Dominique Martin's @deakinuniversity.bsky.social #bioethics popular interactive #perioperative care #ethics short course 1st April. Fab local & international guests for interprofessional case-based discussion & learning. Don't miss out www.eventbrite.com.au/e/clinical-e...

Random #Geelong sights #Saturday

One in ten people experience harm associated with their hospital care, such as medication errors, infections, or a deterioration that isn’t managed properly.

I know, I know #metrics and probably small fish for many. But for me as a #linguistics X #health scholar this feels good and if I can claim this as my achievement, I achieved this through heaps of adversity. #millenium #citations #academicsky #medsky