Ziqian (Zee) Wang, DO

I've been noodling a lot lately on academic freedom and the ability of faculty members to speak as individual faculty members

I get the impression that many are self-muzzling due for self-preservation purposes

This is a quick 🧵 on speaking out as an academic faculty member

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Going through the usual Sunday 👻😨 while riding the unrelenting 🌊 of the news cycle, all before starting a 7-day #HMSky stretch 🏥 tomorrow … Already feeling exhausted 😓

Not looking forward to rounding on wards full of flu/RSV/corona 🩺😷

But 2 bright spots
1) Go birds 🦅
2) Working with my residents🤓

American chaos: standing up for health and medicine Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...

American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Dear #MedSky colleagues,

A quick consult 📟: Wife and I will be taking our soon-to-be 1 year old 👶 to visit my in-laws in China. Any tips on surviving this international ✈️ ?

For context, we did splurge on getting business seats. Hoping to secure a bassinet.

These days A&Ox0 is baseline for most of us healthcare workers 😵‍💫 Best of luck

You mean ex-friend...

Always so impressed by folks who can consistently run while working in healthcare. As a 7-on 7-off hospitalist, I also tell myself I’m gonna run on every off day. But, lets just say my mileage hasnt piled up the way I often imagine it to… 😣

Difficult to interpret this study given problematic conflict of interest as multiple authors disclosed being consultants for Nanit. 🧐

I also should declare my own of conflict of interest: I’m a new dad, I’m always looking for someone or something to blame for my perpetual exhaustion. 😵

Watch out for street interviewer #2 ⚠️🚩

Do you ever find yourself going into a ☕️ shop with the exact order in mind, but then once the barista asks, “what would you like today?” then you start panicking 😓 and caffeine craving goes into overdrive. And the next thing you know you are coming out of the shop with 2x ☕️☕️? 🙈

No..? Just me..?

DDx include "hmm," "interesting," and "fascinating."

gg no re

Is it mean to say that I feel like hosting a family gathering during Christmas is a net neutral event? ⚖️

👍 Being together with family 🎊
👎 Putting up with my mom's nonstop yapping & nagging 😵‍💫🪫

Merry XMas to you and yours 🎅 #MedSky #Family

"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:

Sorry @kidneyboy.bsky.social and @glaucomflecken.bsky.social, as much I love 🫘 & 👁️ beans. As a hospitalist, I consider it the trinity of spirits summon 🛐 when I 📟 the inhabitants from the distant land of derm, rheum, & ID.

(aka, when sh*t gets real 🚨)
(aka, I have no clue what I'm doing 😵‍💫)

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When I asked how the night went you gave the tiniest of shrugs.

You: “I’m making it.”
Me: “What does that mean?”
You: *shrugs again*

You turned in bed a bit and I saw you grimace. It was fleeting but I saw it.

You were not okay.

Neuro > IR >>> primary. We have maybe 3 hospitalists who are willing from our division (we have 100+ Drs on staff to give perspective 🤣)

So plz 🙏& ty 🥺,
Your local hospitalist

A busy life is not a symbol of status. It's a symptom of trying to do too much for too many people.

A full calendar brings a surplus of stress and a shortage of energy. Reflecting and relaxing should be top priorities.

Unscheduled time isn't wasted. It's invested in well-being.

I buy clothes when I absolutely need to, but when it comes to jacket/fleece, I never feel like I have enough. Goes with both 🩺 jackets and🏃🏻‍♂️ jackets. Jacket math makes no sense 🤷‍♂️

Opinion | Your Email Does Not Constitute My Emergency (Published 2023) An immediate response can be a worse outcome for both parties.

How quickly someone answers you is rarely a sign of how much they care about you.

Delayed replies to emails, texts, and calls are often symptoms of being overwhelmed.

Unless it's urgent, the true test of a relationship isn't the speed of response. It's the quality of attention.

I advise my residents to choose their “more desired set of problems” when comparing offers. There will always be problems, but no one can articulate just how significant a problem is besides the applicants themselves. Often it comes down to making accurate personal assessments and being self aware.

👶 recently started daycare. And right on cue, little dude got 🤮. Now my wife is sick. These 3094239 pending manuscripts will just have to wait 🫠

#Daycare #ExhaustedParents #AcademicMedicine #MedSky

GW Hospital resident doctors call off strike after reaching labor deal Resident physicians at George Washington University Hospital called off a strike that was set to start on Tuesday, after reaching a labor deal Monday with medical school officials in a last-ditch nego...

The power of unionization #unions #MedEd #MedSky #Healthcare 👇

GW Hospital resident doctors call off strike after reaching labor deal wapo.st/41F6D18

"reached the deal after a seven-hour bargaining session Monday...less than 12 hours before.. residents were ...to walk off the job for three days"

GW Hospital residents are ready to strike. What it means for patients. More than 450 resident doctors at George Washington University Hospital are expected to strike Tuesday if a union can’t reach a deal with the medical school.

GW Hospital residents are ready to strike. What it means for patients. #MedEd #MedSky #health #healthcare

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Enjoy that precious musical time with fam. My 👶 loves when I play him lullaby on 🎸 🤣

Such a cool idea, just threw my name in 🎩

Not quite as exciting of a phrase as “Game 7” in the NBA, but for a 7-on 7-off hospitalist, “Shift 7/7” is up there 🙌

Let’s finish this work 💪🩺

#HMSky #MedSky #Sunday

Been a busy week on the ward so far with my residents and students. I enjoyed going over all kinds of wonderful medicine topics, but I keep finding myself going back to highlight one of the most important lesson in medicine:

- Just dont be an a**hole

#medsky #hmsky #hospitalist #teamwork #GME

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If we ever have a #HMSky fantasy draft, this is my #1 pick.

Dude, it’s a cold Saturday morning in Philly, I’m just trying to stay cozy and sip on some ☕️ before I gotta go back to work Monday. Not ready for this 🔥💣 you’ve just dropped. But it’s all 📠😭

- Your local internal medicine doc (still paying back loans)