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Professor of Clinical Pharmacy @UCSFPharmacy (but all posts my views alone) | Evidence-informed Instructional Design, Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy.

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@ConanMacDougall
Conan MacDougall
27 days
Come work as an ID pharmacist at @UCSFHospitals! See the craziest cases, collaborate with the coolest pharmacists and physicians, teach trainees from pharmacy students to ID fellows! https://t.co/y8Lq0QSxnk
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@julie_justo
Julie Ann Justo
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It’s out! IDSA #cUTI guidelines 7/17/25. Now the fun begins….😌 #IDTwitter #TwitteRx @IDSAInfo https://t.co/oOysnMCZYE
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@KeithSakata
Keith Sakata, MD
4 months
🚨 Med residents are already using AI. They’re just not being trained in it. At UCSF, we built a hands-on LLM onboard using a HIPAA-compliant GPT-4 platform. 🔹 81% participation 🔹 9.1/10 satisfaction 🔹 Real confidence + skills boost AI in med ed is no longer optional. 🧵
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@CIDJournal
Clinical Infectious Diseases
5 months
The Effectiveness of Newer Beta-Lactams for the Treatment of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gram-Negative Meningitis https://t.co/qERYtiOCZE
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This article examines the preclinical and clinical data supporting or challenging the use of cefiderocol, ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftazidime-avibactam plus
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@accpinfdprn
ACCP INFD PRN
6 months
Nothing is better than seeing this study published just in time for ID Pharmacists Day! 🥳 #IDXposts
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@adamboxer1
Adam Boxer
8 months
The biggest short-term teaching problem is ATTENTION. Students who aren't paying attention can't learn. The biggest long-term problem is MEMORY. You can smash out the best lesson ever, but if you don't have a long term memory strategy you're wasting your breath.
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@bwtrautner
Barbara Trautner
9 months
Check it out-@IDSAInfo draft Complicated UTI guidelines are up for public comments! These guidelines represent the work of 19 multidiciplinary panelists with input from 15+ professional societies https://t.co/Nsp8zHvPJi
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@Freakonomics
Freakonomics
10 months
Like tens of millions of people, Stephen Dubner thought he had a penicillin allergy. Like the vast majority, he didn’t. This misdiagnosis costs billions of dollars and causes serious health problems, so why hasn’t it been fixed? And how about all the other things we think we’re
freakonomics.com
Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? - Freakonomics
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@julie_justo
Julie Ann Justo
10 months
Finally! Some helpful material to educate the public on the penicillin allergy myth…from one of my fav podcasts 🎙️, @Freakonomics👇🏻 #IDTwitter #TwitteRx 🔗:
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Podcast Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 01/10/2025 · 1h 4m
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@ConanMacDougall
Conan MacDougall
1 year
This is my favorite 15 seconds in all of television
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But it comes with a free frogurt!
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@simpsons_DG
Simpsons Daily Glavins
1 year
But it comes with a free frogurt!
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@EMPoisonPharmD
Ryan Feldman (empoisonpharmd.bsky.social)
1 year
A certified pharmacist anesthesia sounds very appealing. Aren’t drugs our thing? I’ll be that to sign up for the direct entry program😂
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@ABsteward
Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟
1 year
Can ChatGPT replace an ID pharmacist ? 🆕️⚡️⚡️ @OFIDJournal @WesKufel @JGPharmD @ConanMacDougall Let’s Have a Chat: How Well Does an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Answer Clinical Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Questions?
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Infectious diseases (ID) pharmacists' assessment of ChatGPT version 3.5 responses to ID pharmacotherapy questions indicated that <50% of responses were
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@SC_Pharmacist
Mary Douglass Smith
1 year
The call for #PharmEd25 proposals has gone out and there’s some notable changes: 🚫 No projection equipment for many/most sessions 📆 Aligned schedules w/ longer breaks ☑️ New rubric for submissions Any thoughts - good or bad? @AACPharmacy
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@SIDPharm
SIDP
1 year
Congrats to our #SIDP2024 CE presenters at @IDWeekMtg! In case you missed it, check out this killer presentation from the brilliant, Dr. Kate DeSear as she tackles Should I avoid pip/tazo+vanc for pts at risk for AKI? available on demand here https://t.co/Y8yAtPnxkU #IDWeek2024
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@SIDPharm
SIDP
1 year
Congrats to our #SIDP2024 platform presenters at @IDWeekMtg! Don't miss Dr. @WesKufel & crew at they cover AI in ID! Their session, Let's Have a Chat: How Well Does an AI Chatbot Answer Clinical ID Questions? today at 2:45pm in Room 411. https://t.co/x52iOrr1Lg #IDWeek2024
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@SIDPharm
SIDP
1 year
The ever-amazing, Dr. @IDPharmD_Kate schooling an @IDWeekmtg crowd on available evidence & debate on association of AKI w/ Pip/tazo vs Cefepime in combo with Vanc! #IDWeek2024 Issues with how we measure & define kidney injury. Non-clin sig stage 1 AKI assoc w/inc risk from P/T
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@LisaIDpharmD
Lisa Dumkow
1 year
Excellent presentation by Nav Narayanan discussing the role of aminopenicillins for Amp-resistant UTI, how to implement urine culture comments & words of wisdom & caution regarding blanket comments & over-treatment of ASB #IDWeek2024
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@CalderwoodMD
Michael Calderwood, MD, MPH
1 year
I love these two slides on the evidence for combination therapy in persistent MRSA and MSSA bacteremia. References in footer of each slide. #IDWeek2024
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