As a colleague of @JeffSiracuse, the apology for their paper is no surprise; they got feedback and swiftly responded. Additional responses from the journal and the authorship team are forthcoming.

One of the lessons here is the difference between intent and impact.

1/x https://twitter.com/choo_ek/status/1286682613684400128

The intent to remind us that our social media presence is public is important.

A general rule I'd been told was don't post what you wouldn't want your mother or a judge to see.

The corollary is that if it's posted and public people can make decisions based on that.

2/x

The impact was chilling and reinforcing a definition of professionalism that has barred and continues to bar people from our profession.

3/x

What we need to do is address WHO is defining what is professional and WHAT professionalism really needs to be.

4/x

For too long has professionalism been used to stop people from becoming clinicians.

Rather, we need to craft a professionalism that creates a more diverse and human image of our profession.

#unprofessionalmedtwitter #medbikini

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