In our study of AKI patients, we found that 20% of ultrasounds (to r/o obstruction) are ordered jn patients at low risk of obstructive uropathy. Let’s do better!

🌱 Greening the Wards is here! This new guidebook by @ccghc empowers general internal medicine teams to lead climate action with evidence-based, low-carbon care strategies & real-world examples. 📘 Get your copy: EN: https://t.co/zuMfBo9Mux FR:  https://t.co/D38ibWdR1X

Sharing our team’s scoping review on POCUS in the IM ambulatory setting. We have since implemented POCUS in our Rapid Referral IM clinic at TOH. Learnings from that process to come! https://t.co/iDGZzvfY3I

Jour 3 de l’Institut d’été sur les systèmes de santé durables 2025 ! Le thème d’aujourd’hui : réduire l’impact climatique des soins de santé. Les stagiaires apprennent à diminuer l’empreinte carbone et à promouvoir la santé planétaire.

Kicking off the Summer Institute on Sustainable Health Systems 2025 at the uOttawa Hub — one of many hubs across Canada! Together, we’ll explore how to build sustainable, resilient health systems for a changing climate. Learn more about our hub: https://t.co/s0UTtHyh51

Very pleased to share Eight Ways General Internists Can Practice High-Value, Low-Carbon Care: The @CSIMSCMI Climate Conscious @ChooseWiselyCA Recommendations, published today in @JournalGIM https://t.co/WyWnbxzRew @MathildeGSimard @nabha_shetty @OwenLuo5

CQuIPS Healthcare Improvement Fellowship is now accepting applications! Offering a #ChoosingWisely stream, this 1-yr program offers advanced training in #QI & de-implementation science, focusing on overuse & resource stewardship projects. Apply by April 25 https://t.co/W4oUOyUPeG

Les candidatures sont ouvertes pour l'Institut d'été 2025 sur les systèmes de santé durables ! Il offre aux étudiant(e)s en recherche et les politiques de santé l’occasion d’accroître la sensibilisation aux systèmes de santé durables. 🌎 En savoir plus : https://t.co/lUv86QlBUN

Check out the Intern at Work podcast episode: When the Brain Gets the Jitters: A Curious Case of Hemichorea, where Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with Dr. Shaima Kaka to discuss her first place winning clinical vignette from the CSIM Annual Meeting 2024.

This interview with @WKSilverstein and @OwenLuo5 was very eye opening! Do you ever think about the carbon footprint associated with the tests you order? @MathildeGSimard @Sunnybrook

Thank you to the @InternAtWork and @roundstable for this really fun podcast experience featuring the new @CSIMSCMI @ChooseWiselyCA internal medicine climate conscious recommendations. Tune in next week for part 2 with @WKSilverstein @OwenLuo5 https://t.co/E2C1PF1COR

Recommended Principles and Practice of #IMPOCUS - @SonoInternist now in press - Medical Clinics of North America - available for free at this link until Oct 22: https://t.co/8ydHIMNSWE

Proud to share our new publication in @PLOSONE "Metrics used in #qualityimprovement publications addressing environmental sustainability in healthcare: A scoping review protocol" to help inform measurement of sustainability in QI https://t.co/NH23z00egZ

Michael Quon, MD, FRCPC says we need a cultural shift to include physicians and learners with disabilities. Learn about his efforts to enhance inclusion and ensure these individuals can flourish in the medical space: https://t.co/3UlvOJOr8Y @mjquon @GIMOttawa @CAPD_ca #MedEd

Thank you for highlighting our POCUS work @CAEPConference !!

Learn how and why Michael Quon, MD, FRCPC promotes the imperative for efforts to enhance inclusion for physicians and learners with a disability – to allow these individuals to rightly flourish in the medical space: https://t.co/3UlvOJOr8Y @mjquon @GIMOttawa @CAPD_ca #MedEd

Proud to be a part of the @CSIMSCMI Working Group that contributed four new Climate-Conscious @ChooseWiselyCA Recommendations for internists to practice high-value, climate-friendly care. https://t.co/ho3Ug8eUZb @MathildeGSimard @nabha_shetty @WKSilverstein

Well done Alice Yu for your work on procedural waste - presented today @ChooseWiselyCA ‘s annual meeting! We’re coming home with MANY ideas on reducing low value care!

Recommended mandatory #pocus competencies for procedures for Canadian internal medicine. Thanks to all #pocus leads across all 17 institutions for this collaborative work https://t.co/IfY66j1Umc @marko_balan @BuddingSprout @jviaulapointe @LindenKolbenson

The case for creating a planetary health director role in all faculties of medicine!! Sharing our local experience @HMoloo @uOttawa @uOttawaMed https://t.co/MpRp4w4fOG