#PCPOnTheWards (thread). Lessons I hope I left behind: #MedTwitter
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Kamera mit Blitz" aria-label="Emoji: Kamera mit Blitz">Focus on the big picture. What needs to be done to help our pt get home successfully?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❓" title="Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Fragezeichen-Symbol">Why did they have to be admitted? How are we helping prevent the same thing from happening?
(1/x)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔍" title="Nach links zeigende Lupe" aria-label="Emoji: Nach links zeigende Lupe">We have to be detectives. Do the leg work. Lots of info from calling PCPs, pharmacies, family.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✒️" title="Schreibfeder" aria-label="Emoji: Schreibfeder">Ask for MPOA. Mental status changes happen in the hospital.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📋" title="Klemmbrett" aria-label="Emoji: Klemmbrett">Edit notes!! Ppl need to read them-don’t make them novelas.
(2/x)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎤" title="Mikrofon" aria-label="Emoji: Mikrofon">ONE presentation per pt. Not MS3, then intern, then resident.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⏰" title="Wecker" aria-label="Emoji: Wecker">Pro tip: don’t be late for AM rounds unless you’re pt is crashing.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✏️" title="Bleistift" aria-label="Emoji: Bleistift">Addendums are fine/welcome! Pt status changes over the day. Keep health records UTD.
(3/x)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💡" title="Elektrische Glühbirne" aria-label="Emoji: Elektrische Glühbirne">Make the effort to know something about pts you’re not following so you can help you’re overworked teammate.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Sometimes we cant fix in 2 days a problem that has existed for yrs. Trust your outpt partners and ensure a safe d/c for the pt.
(4/x)

And lastly,
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔆" title="Symbol für starke Helligkeit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für starke Helligkeit">It’s the job of the sr. to make the intern look good and of the intern to make the #MedStudentTwitter look good. You shine by making others shine.

I’m also too old for the hospital life. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👵🏽" title="Ältere Frau (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Ältere Frau (mittlerer Hautton)"> Not sure how I made it thru residency. I’ll be on the sofa all day.
(Fin)