#Academic

Liberal institutions across WEIRD society are going through an ideological coup set in motion by philosopher activists. Observing these organisations succumb to teleological capture I’m reminded of the Cuckoo. Thread.
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It is interview season for medical fellowships and I thought I would take the time to discuss some of the issues I see come up recurrently in evaluating applicants, especially
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This morning I had the opportunity to speak on one of my favorite subjects. #Mentorship. #MededDuring these isolating times, mentorship (and proactive mentorship for equity) has never been more important!
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In an effort to adjust my work-life balance, I've deliberately reduced my work week to ~40 hours per week.Here's a break-down of what I've done over the past 4 weeks.Thread
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went for a run and had to stop to wait for some goslings to cross the road and also had some reflections on my medieval academy talk today that I
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Hi! I'm helping raise money for The Village, an organization that advocates for excellence and equity in public schools. They focus on developing community programs, and services to support all
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A little story about charity, adjacency to privilege, and structural change. Recently, one of my students was featured in a national news story. The reporter did a great job showing
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I wanted to tweet about this many months ago when I saw numerous anthros share it without raising concern. To protect my mental health that week, I didn’t. BIPOC have
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I want to know:1. If a teacher gets exposed and is asked to do iso for 14 days, do those count as sick days?2. Who continues the in-person teaching during
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Thread of what I believe are key data noted in commentary below:“Women remain underrepresented in senior faculty and leadership roles in academic medicine, comprising only 22% of professors, 36% of
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After recently observing that Trump has had a “Cluster B” , Typhoid Mary-like effect on society, I had an interesting observation regarding Trump’s cult following….1/https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1188071727412269057 ….and the apparent “infe
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I took my investigation to FEDERAL COLLEGE OF LAND RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY OWERRI. A place where corruption has bastardized education and learning. My findings are better imagined, than told. Part time
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Why should we not worry about VARIANTS "escaping" immunity from vaccines or natural infection; why are we not likely to need vaccine BOOSTERS? Remember immunity is both antibody and cell-mediated
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As @ProfPaulPoast lays out well, the US discipline of IR emerged from racist worldviews that dominated thinking before+after World War I.Of course, it would be difficult to expect anything else
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UK would've locked down early. Test, trace contacts & isolate immediately in place, NHS properly funded with PPE & 60,000+ lives & millions of jobs saved. Imagine if Guardian had
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Most mornings this week I've been w colleagues on #UCUstrikes picket lines. I'm proud that many @bhamlaw profs & readers have also been there. We are not leaving it to
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