She/Her. Junior doctor. I spend most of my time telling people about my dog.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined July 2011
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Jacoba retweeted
Have you ever wondered ... how beta-blockers treat #cirrhosis?
Here's a #tweetorial featuring:
1⃣Pathophys!
2⃣controversy!
3⃣Cheap, life-saving interventions!
#livertwitter #gitwitter #meded
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Jacoba retweeted
The magical syrup
Everything you want to know about Lactulose
journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
1. Mechanism of action
2. Effectiveness
3. Practical considerations for use
4. Exciting ongoing research
A privilege to write with and learn from the one & only @BloomPringle #livertwitter
Jacoba retweeted
What's the deal with ... Gilbert's syndrome?
Unconjugated bilirubin deserves its own #tweetorial
Featuring:
🟨Why?
🟨Is it bad or...PLOT TWIST...good!?
🟨What to do about it?
🏆The most 🍌🍌trials ever conducted
#livertwitter #meded #MedTwitter
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Jacoba retweeted
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WHY are steroids used for alcoholic hepatitis?
SHOULD we?
WHAT is the deal with prednisolone vs prednisone?
WHERE did the discriminant function come from?
ARE you ready for a #tweetorial
#livertwitter #medtwitter #meded #cirrhosis
Jacoba retweeted
While health professionals participating in #crazysocks4docs gives me life, I want hospitals and health services to know that token gestures in the absence of structural change breed cynicism. Pay your JMOs their overtime, roster them humanely, THEN buy them coffees + socks. – at Sydney, New South Wales
86 days since I married this wonderful human with a handful of our closest family by our side, and 86 (+1) days until I get to do it all again surrounded by family and friends in Italy. So lucky to have a lifetime of adventures with this one. 💖
Switch operators are possibly the best part of hospital medicine. Last week I called switch and introduced myself as an ICU junior regs, and the delightful operator said "Jacoba? van Wees? You've moved up in the ranks! Congratulations! Good luck!" Literally made my week.
Meanwhile I got yelled at for moving a mattress (which I also returned in the morning) out of the *only* HMO room because apparently two adult colleagues should be forced to share a room on night shift...
A domestic has found the little room with a fold out chair that we sleep in on breaks on nights and has started making it up with fresh sheets every day, and honestly it’s done more to make me feel like a valued employee than anything else this week. I even got a towel tonight!!
ALT A fold out chair bed in a tiny windowless room made up very neatly with NHS sheets
Perks of my latest run of night shifts - being able to appreciate the stunning sunrises each morning🌄
Just under 6 months since my hip looked like this (ouch) and I officially have a surgeon/physiotherapy endorsed return to running plan! Just in time for summer (if Melbourne sorts itself out) 🏃♀️☀️🔨
Jacoba retweeted
@samanthamaiden - you've cleared never worked a night shift as a junior doctor being abused/spat/hit by patients & families. Our medical knowledge is constantly questioned (fair enough) - just look at what your employer published during the pandemic on a grand scale.
Jacoba retweeted
Great presentation on student advocacy from @yourAMSArural @all__that__jas @jasminemdavis96 at #RMA22! Love seeing AMSA Rural having such a great presence at the conference, and seeing projects we started a few years ago coming to fruition @Imi_cycles @jesspaynter30 @jacobacla
Jacoba retweeted
Did my best to sum up my feelings about the last little while.
@Tonaaayy_ weighs in on the distressing news this morning of allegations against former Hawthorn Club coaches separating First Nations players from their families and their partners.
