Yashmi

@YashmiM

MD candidate . Part of . Formerly . Trying to apply design thinking in healthcare and medical education

Joined May 2009

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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    I want my 15-month-old son Eli to live in a world where women aren’t harassed for doing something as simple as getting the healthcare they need. Reproductive healthcare is healthcare. Women’s healthcare is healthcare. And healthcare is a basic human right.

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  2. Jan 3

    17% of all healthcare spending in US goes to administrative costs. Far higher than any other nation. Canada 3%

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    Jan 1

    Unfortunately, climate change will be the most significant story for a very long time. And the Republican denialism of the last two decades will look more and more immoral and indefensible.

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  4. Retweeted
    30 Dec 2018

    Staggering costs of : $6.6b over 8 years; $2+b by taxpayers. Reducing gun injury needs to be part of conversation on sky-rocketing costs.

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    30 Dec 2018

    I’d like to talk about the finances - and potential financial conflict of interest - at the National Board of Medical Examiners. This is gonna be a long one - but thanks for hearing me out. (Thread)

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  6. Jan 1

    It's the most expensive mediocre lunch of my life

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  7. Retweeted
    30 Dec 2018

    To put this in some perspective, consider this: From the start of 2001 to the close of 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased from 10,646 to 24,719 - a factor of 2.3. NBME program revenues increased by a factor of 3.24.

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  8. Retweeted
    Dec 31

    “It is our oxygen. It's our water. It's as essential as those things.” Amid soaring prices, diabetics seek alternative ways to get insulin.

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    30 Dec 2018

    In response to this thread about using Step 1 scores for residency selection, many people have asked some variation of this question: “But without Step 1 scores, how will we possibly select residency applicants?” I have a few things to say about that. (1/x)

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  10. Retweeted
    29 Dec 2018

    Leaders like Jonny Boucher, a Chicago native who, after losing too many friends and family to suicide, started a coffee shop to offer emotional support and guidance to those who might be in need of a little more than a strong cup of coffee to get through their day.

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  11. 28 Dec 2018

    Well known that high fructose corn syrup part of obesity crisis, but poverty & obesity not linked before 90's. They didn't address the subsidies in new

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  12. Retweeted
    28 Dec 2018

    As 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing the tradition of sharing my year-end lists. It gives me a moment to reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved. I hope you enjoy it:

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  13. 28 Dec 2018
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  14. 26 Dec 2018

    ID is usually a bit of a bore for me, but this article on treating organisms with targeted viruses is fascinating

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    24 Dec 2018

    “The curriculum, which was sent to the Residents via Whats App, will feature five hours of yoga, trust falls, and a lecture titled “Why you are poor”. It will be the first of it’s kind in the surgical specialty.”

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  16. 23 Dec 2018
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  19. 20 Dec 2018

    Saw this at the Ottawa airport today.

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  20. 30 Nov 2018

    Today's comment of the day..."you sound so white." 🙈😲. Not everyone brown / different skinned person has an accent, but even if they did, so what?

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