General Internist interested in Resource Stewardship, Quality Improvement and Teaching High-Value Care @Sunnybrook @GIMToronto @ChooseWiselyCA @JAMAInternalMed
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Very excited to share our (@MattCheungMD, @dryulialin and Ruth Croxford and Chris Dharma from @ICESOntario) work in @JAMAInternalMed showing that nearly 2/3 of IM B12 in Ontario given without evidence of deficiency. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… – at Toronto, Ontario
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📢 Calling all chief residents!
Applications for the JAMA Internal Medicine Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program are due this Friday, May 15.
🔗Learn more and apply here: ja.ma/4whBKwT
A great opportunity for rising chief residents to learn about editing, high value care, and academic medicine!
JAMA Internal Medicine is looking for Chief Residents who have an interest in high value care and medical education or research for the Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program.
📅 Applications are due: May 15, 2026
🔗Learn more and apply here: ja.ma/42DFvim
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JAMA Internal Medicine is looking for Chief Residents who have an interest in high value care and medical education or research for the Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program.
📅 Applications are due: May 15, 2026
🔗Learn more and apply here: ja.ma/4uiyNKw
An amazing opportunity to learn the editorial process and work as an editor at @JAMAInternalMed and the @JAMANetwork
📢 Now Accepting Applications: 2026–2027 @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship
Chief Medical Residents: elevate your academic trajectory and gain firsthand experience in editorial decision‑making.
Learn more & apply: ja.ma/4cGCUKy
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📢 Now Accepting Applications: 2026–2027 @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship
Chief Medical Residents: elevate your academic trajectory and gain firsthand experience in editorial decision‑making.
Learn more & apply: ja.ma/4cGCUKy
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📢 Applications are open for the @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program!
Chief Residents from the US & Canada are invited to apply for the opportunity to understand the process by which journals review manuscripts.
🔗Apply here: ja.ma/4cXWvpR
Apply for this amazing fellowship where you will get hands on experience in the editorial process for Chief Residents in the US and Canada
📢 Now Accepting Applications: 2026–2027 @JAMAInternalMed Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship
Chief Medical Residents: elevate your academic trajectory and gain firsthand experience in editorial decision‑making.
Learn more & apply: ja.ma/4sf9eJg
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This Hanukkah, we send love, strength, and light to everyone observing around the world. Our hearts and support are with the Jewish community during this difficult time.
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In this editorial, Drs. Hillmer and Silverstein contextualize the results of a recent trial using digital nudges to try to improve uptake of preventive care. Read the full editorial: eviden.cc/3Hek1kw
@WKSilverstein
ALT An illustration of a mobile device (left) and a patient looking at one (right). The green background includes a diagram.
Pleased to share our work in @JAMAInternalMed that shows criteria-based initially reduced vitamin D testing. testing has increased to baseline since. Further efforts are needed to promote stewardly ordering
@Michael_Hillmer @JonZipursky @ONThealth @Sunnybrook @UofT_DoM
Implementing criteria-based testing for vitamin D in Ontario reduced testing initially, but the volume of tests returned to pre-policy levels over the following 14 years. #SGIM25
ja.ma/42Uo9ib @WKSilverstein @JonZipursky
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📢 Calling all #InternalMedicine chief residents
@JAMAInternalMed is accepting applications for its Teachable Moment Editorial Fellowship Program. Chief residents interested in medical education or research & a career in academic medicine should apply.
ja.ma/4ldhmau
Are you an incoming Chief Resident? Are you interested in medical editing and reducing low value care? If so, consider applying to the
@JAMAInternalMed
Teachable Moments Editorial Fellowship!
Link to apply is here - jamanetwork.com/pages/jama-i…
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New #ChoosingWisely article in @JournalGIM! @MathildeGSimard, Nabha Shetty, @WKSilverstein, @OwenLuo5, and Valeria Stoynova highlight eight ways general internists can practice high-value, low-carbon care with the help of our Climate-Conscious recs: loom.ly/yHO2jKw 🌎
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 link.springer.com/article/10…
@MathildeGSimard @nabha_shetty @OwenLuo5
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Honoured to be able to publish this case that was very close to my heart. This is the story of an 86 year old with CLL who developed rhombencephalitis due to John Cunningham virus. Thank you to @WKSilverstein @ELassMD @MarioMasellis and Dr Valerie Kim
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A recent #ChoosingWisely🇨🇦 article in @CFPJournal shares guidance on decreasing routine and repetitive blood tests in hospitalized patients.
Read the full article: loom.ly/q1JxFvQ
The 30% of unnecessary tests, treatments, and procedures in healthcare also contribute to healthcare's carbon footprint. Read our commentary in @TheLancetPlanet on how @ChooseWiselyCA has engaged societies to develop new climate-focused recommendations.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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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
2 days until @CSIMSCMI! We can't wait to see you there! 🎉 To celebrate, we’ve just dropped the final episode & infographic of our pre-CSIM podcast, "Internists can Help the Planet, Part 2!" 🌍 Tune in at medicinepods.com‼️ @InternAtWork @roundstable
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Don't forget to check out our newest infographic on Planetary Health —it's out of this world! 🌎 Live now on medicinepods.com ‼️ @roundstable @InternAtWork #Medtwitter #InternalMedicinePodcast #MedicinePods
