I want to explain to constituents why I’m supporting resident doctors who are taking strike action. I know strikes are unpopular with many people. I understand that. When doctors strike, it can feel worrying or frustrating, especially when it affects patients and their families.

New UK guidelines on biopsies during upper GI endoscopy 🎯🆕 @FrontGastro_BMJ 📸: https://t.co/1FxVUD1KPH

Your last name is Patel.

My colleague and I left work 2.5h late today as 3 resident doctors called in sick. No escalated rates, no cover. Likely the same tomorrow. Exhausting. Then I read Jean & Mike’s messages on the BMA strike fund. For the first time in days, I felt seen.

very proud of my partner @otto_brookes for being nominated for an award for his paper at @CVPR 🏆

Up to 82% of pregnant surgeons experience miscarriage, preterm delivery, and intrauterine growth restriction. Occupational hazards, including prolonged standing, physical exertion, overnight shifts, and teratogenic exposure, contribute to these risks. https://t.co/ZDFI7qGydw

These examples collected in just 2 hours from asking 6 random colleagues! If you work in surgery and *don't* see (or hear about) #SexualHarassment, perhaps think about why that is. Hint: it is happening where you are. Yes, really. From @RCSnews Bulletin- https://t.co/YBkgQ3q4Wr

Reports from @FT show 6k+ applicants for just 1700 training posts last year. Doctors are being left in limbo, without posts and unable to progress in their career. In an understaffed NHS this is a scandal. Government must urgently increase training posts.

Never trust the bile duct, "because the unusual is the usual" #SoMe4IQLatAm #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #Liver #GITwitter

Training logbook numbers by specialty relative to 2019. Millions fewer procedures performed with/by a trainee. Consultants - remember that you were all trainees once. Time to train the next generation! Every case is a training case. #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow

✅ Biliary tract anatomy ➡️ Know the variants 👍🏻 image via https://academic .oup.com/bjs/article/108/5/458/6173005?login=false

Latest findings from the @covidharem dataset on non-operative management of appendicitis have been published! At 1 year, 71% of patients hadn't had an appendicectomy. Presence of a faecolith and high AAS were key predictors of recurrence. Read more:

Selected classification systems for upper GI endoscopy https://t.co/WBhvuHS8BA

Nature's guide on how to write effective abstracts

The ⁦⁦@roux_group⁩ at dinner #Augis2024 Meeting new friends, catching up old friends.

some #augis2024 favourites

Using an exoscope camera to record open surgeries in a sterile manner, just like we do with laparoscopic and robotic surgeries. Nice technology to enhance visualization for the team and record videos of complex Hepatobiliary and Transplant resections and reconstructions.

very nice photo for an important anatomical landmark. during lapaoscopic cholecystectomy. "R4U safety line" #SoMe4IQLatAm #SoMe4Surgery

Physiology of Pregnancy