Susan Hata
@smrhata
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Primary Care Med-Peds @MGHMedPeds at @MGH and @MGHfC. Public Voices Fellow '21 with @TheOpEdProject.
Joined January 2015
Thank you to a brave colleague for sharing their story, and starting an important tradition of Peer Mental Health Panels for our program @mghmedres . Check out this article by Dr. Emmett Kistler:.
meridian.allenpress.com
It’s a bright spring day in 2017, and I can’t leave the apartment. Huddled against the bedroom wall, I stare at my phone for what must be hours debating if I should make the call, what I’ll say, and...
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For the resident I used to be, and for the residents who astound me every day with their compassion and courage.
jamanetwork.com
In this narrative medicine essay, a current associate program director who entered medicine-pediatrics residency the year work-hours were capped and heard worried remarks about the quality of...
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RT @ScottVernaglia: Wanted to give a shout out to writers Lucy Flood and Matt Daly from #WriteToThrive who led a wonderful series of writin….
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"I needed from her doctors what I imagine they would have wanted for their own families: I wanted them to tell my grandma that they knew her pain and losses were real and to name her suffering." So proud of @AlexisDrutchas for this courage.
nejm.org
After her grandmother attempts suicide, a physician finds that the medical team’s avoidance of honest conversation about her grandmother’s reality and desires creates a chasm between the clinicians...
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This generation of residents is training through a chronic mass trauma. They deserve to get the help they need to heal – for their future selves, careers and patients. We can do this.
bostonglobe.com
‘My state asks about mental health history on the licensing application,’ my colleague said. ‘If I have to disclose this the next time I renew my license, I’m afraid I might not be able to practice.’
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Instead of resolving to improve ourselves this New Year, maybe a new approach to our planet is in order. So proud of @wynnearmand for this piece on reducing plastic in this world! @TheOpEdProject .
miamiherald.com
Americans have been taught “the 3 R’s” to tackle plastic pollution: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. But recycling has lulled us into believing that single-use items are acceptable. As a result, we now use...
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As a pediatrician, I’ve spent months preparing families (including my own) for this moment: vaccinating young children for Covid-19. I'm so grateful to meet parents in their love and concern for their kids. #PublicVoices @TheOpEdProject @MghMedPeds .
tennessean.com
Contracting COVID-19 is not trivial for a child. The vaccine is safe, prevents complications and reduces the possibility of another variant emerging.
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Untreated pain doesn’t make kids tougher. But empowering kids (and parents) with strategies does make them more confident in handling discomfort. #PublicVoices #MGH @TheOpEdProject @MghMedPeds @mghfc .
thehill.com
We can never fully eliminate the pain of injections, but strategies can improve the experience for children and families.
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For our patients and colleagues, who spend countless hours navigating a broken system to get help. @ThaliaKrakower and I are asking @AmerMedicalAssn to act with the urgency a crisis demands. @TheOpEdProject @statnews.
statnews.com
The AMA can help create a large-scale effort to tackle the mental health crisis in the U.S. if it calls it the way doctors and patients all over the country see it: This is an emergency, full stop.
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RT @MghMedPeds: So proud of this rockstar quad, training to run the marathon while working everywhere from the lab to the PICU to the Bigel….
because.massgeneral.org
We are Lauren, Mike, Emma and Greg, four internal medicine and pediatrics resident physicians at MGH, running the Boston Marathon to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer.
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Also found this on my desk when I got back to the office this afternoon - timely for the end of Macy? #hmied15
http://t.co/I3zCkFX0Uk.
harvardmagazine.com
Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention
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Intrigued by the idea of handing off learners from one faculty member to another. Anyone doing this? #hmied15 @harvardmacy.
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Is it possible for a system to be equally patient-centered and learner-centered? #hmied15 @harvardmacy.
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Lunch place to recommend: Mei Mei Kitchen (@meimeiboston) - http://t.co/Zp9qxwsW7g.a 0.75 mile walk from here! #hmied15 @JaniceNJohn.
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"Explore the mundane to see the magnificence" - Chris Christensen. Applicable to both parenting and teaching. @harvardmacy #hmied15.
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