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Derek

@docdocderek

Palliative & family medicine physician. Opinions my own. | Tweets about #FMRevolution, #HPM, & whatever I’m ruminating on that day.

 Texas, USA
Joined May 2011
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Me, watching #Match2025 results for medical students come in. We love to see it!
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This entire thread is golden.
Elizabeth Gundersen (@Top_Gundersen) profile pictureElizabeth Gundersen@Top_Gundersen7 Feb 2025
Replying to @Top_Gundersen @mlmcpherson
If this isn’t quality of life I don’t know what is. #hapc25
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#AManOnTheInside episode 5 is 🧑‍🍳👌.
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Happy #FellowshipMatch Day! Excited for #hpmclassof26 & all they will bring to & learn from the field of #HPM! (you can tell I’m a millennial because I still use & love .gifs)
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I am just gobsmacked at the California coast. Driving the PCH for #diastole. :)
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The fact that I can’t edit a calendar event series in Teams/Outlook without re-sending and notifying all invitees is a surprising source of annoyance to me on a weekly basis. @Office365 @MicrosoftTeams
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I love seeing familiar names (some from my cohort in #hpmclassof21) on recommendation letters as they cheer on the next generation for fellowship, especially #hpmclassof26. This interview season has been a blast!
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my patient has been watching #Scrubs during his hospital stay, and something about that feels challenging, beautiful, & full circle.
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Ah, another universal quirk of medicine that transcends hospitals, cities, & apparently states:
Matt Frederickson, MD (@mattyfred_) profile pictureMatt Frederickson, MD@mattyfred_8 Aug 2024
I feel like the most common responses to “how are you?” In the hospital are “Living the dream!” (good) Or “Oh, you know…” (bad)
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Decathlon, what a feat. #Paris2024
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Great read for those in #hpm education highlighting the need for more robust outpatient PC training. :)
Harry Han (@harryhan08) profile pictureHarry Han@harryhan081 Jul 2024
Excited to share our study "Outpatient Training During #HPM Fellowship: A National Survey" describing the current landscape of outpatient PC education and training during training. A 🧵 jpsmjournal.com/article/S088…
Outpatient Training During Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship: A National Survey

Outpatient Training During Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship: A National Survey

Outpatient palliative care (PC) has strong evidence demonstrating impact across serious illnesses, resulting in growing demand for skilled outpatient PC clinicians. However, there is limited litera...

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New fellows day! #hpmclassof25
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Dr. Temel presents stepped PC trial, a practice changing paradigm for integration of palliative care in cancer #ASCO24 This sets the foundation for PC intensity (dose) based on need
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i’m very behind on @AvatarNetflix, but the orchestral version of “Leaves from the Vine” in episode 4 I just watched? 😭
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Not the automatic electronic piano playing “Oops, I Did It Again - classical version” in the cancer center lobby.
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Well said @hospiceuk.
Dying Matters (@DyingMatters) profile pictureDying Matters@DyingMatters6 May 2024
Dying Matters Awareness Week starts today 💛 Patricia, Mumtaz & Lucy add their voices to this @dyingmatters animation exploring the power of language at the end of someone’s life. 👉 Please help share this post. Thank you. #DMAW24 #TheWayWeTalkAboutDyingMatters @NLondonHospice
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#PalliativeCare 🤝 #ArtTherapy session at our IDT this morning. “Catch & Release” exercise to help process worries & fears. #hapc
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me reading twitter like it’s the morning paper
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Adi@IDdocAdi21 Feb 2024
In medicine we don’t say “I love you” we say “that’s not unreasonable” and I think that’s beautiful
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Proud of @guptaarjun90 who took this concept as his original idea & ignited a movement in oncology Using a Real-Time Location System, his team demonstrates even the simplest of clinic appts can take up hours of patients' time academic.oup.com/oncolo/adva…
Consuming Patients’ Days: Time Spent on Ambulatory Appointments by People With Cancer

Consuming Patients’ Days: Time Spent on Ambulatory Appointments by People With Cancer

This study used real-time location system and geolocation data to assess how much time (in minutes) patients spent on attending clinic appointments. Even s

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