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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

Me to my trainees (in the nicest possible way) .... #plasticsurgery #AttentionToDetail #CheckAndCheckAgain

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

Me and my homies doing the emergencylist #Consultantsonly we support #juniordoctors

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

The number of people without any medical training commenting on this with the wrong diagnosis is worrying If you don’t know, that’s OK! but please don’t give medical advice if you are not trained appropriately Please #patientsafety

Steve 🐟 🇪🇺 🇵🇸🍉🌍💙 #European

@poorscousertom

1 year

Any ideas? There is no staff and we are being sent home.

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

17 hour #directflight Perth-London has 4 #pilots to be safe. 12 hour shift has 1 #doctor . #NHS #RealityCheck @DancingTheMind @MrPKalu @InnovationSIG @TheBMA @NHSMillion @SajSherlock @NHSEngland @plasreconsurg @DoctorChristian Just saying.....

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

9 months

Why is everyone in #Britain so set on replacing #doctors ?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 months

@AerodDr All the doctors getting up to help were women on my flight We let #internalmedicine help #plasticsurgery and #psychiatry are having lunch next week

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

#MedTwitter There are 2 kinds of ppl 1. You have go through what I did 2. Let’s make this easier

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 months

Why can’t the UK look at PAs in other countries and incorporate them supporting clinical practice, instead of replacing doctors ? Canadian PAs are differently integrated in care

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

9 months

@birgitomo And even if you did send them through working time, you are entitled to breaks and what you do on those breaks is your own business Don’t accept the premise of their criticism

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

11 months

I sometimes wonder who the present consultants want to be treated by when they get old And Where and how the public thinks doctors get trained to be the experts they finally are #doctorstrike #NHS

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

How to get across to #medstudents and anyone else that I don’t want to be called by my first name if I haven’t invited them to do so? Do I have to sign myself as Dr Jemec to avoid this, instead of my whole name?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

Ear reconstruction in cakeland! Not for me but a colleague! #plasticsurgery #ILookLikeAPlasticsurgeon

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@karolinaviolet You know what? Even if it was just about the money, I would still back you The time where a respected profession like nursing cannot make ends meet, needs action Full stop

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

11 months

Me and my wonderful all female team in surgery today #ILookLikeASurgeon

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

I am going to 🇨🇦😁😎

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

@groarkboysbbq @WendyWilliams Goodness me Let’s be clear it is not ok to mock #cleftlipandpalate in anyway shape or form #faceequality @BAPRASvoice @Cleft_Charity @CleftCollective @CleftPalate_Bio @CleftAwareness @AmerCleftPalate

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

The mill making old women young #Slovene #beehives #plasticsurgery #SoMe

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@Supermansings @FNULNU1 please remove early (as in day 3) and steristrip, and hopefully it won't produce a tramline scar Best wishes, your #plasticsurgeon

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

First day at @THP_hospital 🇨🇦

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 months

@nickmmark Can I just say he does not speak for the rest of us #plasticsurgeons We are thinking of disowning him 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@AdairaLandryMD Do Not Use A Sharp Knife To Remove An Avocado stone Or Separate Frozen Burgers It won’t end well! #plasticsurgery #handsurgery #orthotwitter

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

#SheIsFirst : Small victory but first #female #president of the #plasticsurgery section of the @RoySocMed in #London #UK 👋

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 months

@bfhermann @nickmmark I did enough to know my opinion isn’t valid here That’s the difference We are hopefully good at what we do, and if we stay in our own lane We need to #respect other specialities and let them lead on the things they know most about This is not the hill you want to die on

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

@Allan_Katie Had operating list published for Mr Jemec... told them Dad wasn’t coming to do my lists for me. They didn’t get it 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@RoshanaMN We did all of that & still my husband got #Covid , ended up on ITU & took 5 months to recover. He could not walk more than a couple of meters before he had to sit down Could not shower without a chair in the cubicle to sit down on. He is a fit 50 yo I am so grateful he is alive

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

11 months

@drgarethroberts Everything on the inside? Best wishes, #plasticsurgery

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@EmergMedDr @diet_cokeaddict Easy to say as a white male, Mike

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

Isn’t it funy how we buy lottery tickets and are convinced we’ll win And then ignore social distancing and think we won’t get #coronavirus When you are so much more likely to get #COVID19 than ever winning the lottery #StayHomeSaveLives #NHS

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@OGdukeneurosurg Really? I make sure I am hydrated and that I have emptied my bladder This isn’t some kind of weird competition of “I did the longest” When I am hungry and thirsty or need a bathroom break I need to take it bc if I don’t- I am less attentive and effective #Stop

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

25 days

@DrEilidhMaria I genuinely want to know who the people who say Drs should be wiping down MDT rooms think are doing th doctoring in the meantime Who will do my operations when I am busy cleaning?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

#Canada

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

So honoured to be featured in the WMF centenary publication #Equality #women #medicine #ILookLikeAPlasticSurgeon #surgery #honoured

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@VaasTheHyena @DrLongissimus You always want to see all the pieces whether they are attached or not to check the level of bony destruction Can do the X-rays individually or together Helps determine replantability

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

Please can #surgeons and #surgicaltrainees stop tweeting about their surgical prowess Your achievement of firsts, is your #PatientExperience of their #operation and is #private

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

5 years

#humansofsurgery Hosting @BFIRSTraining fellows from #Bangladesh in #plasticsurgery at @RoyalFreeNHS to teach #reconstructive #breastsurgery for #breastcancer and #handsurgery

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

Me and my #handsurgery #orthopaedic colleagues in #Dhaka National Institute Of Trauma & Orthopaedics #KindredSpirits #colleagues

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

My department has capable & committed consultants covering all work during #JuniorDoctorsStrike in #plasticsurgery

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@kjdelay1 1. Not much choice these days: scrubs for everyone 2. You didn’t think this through, did you? #Female surgeons don’t tend to wear shirt and ties anyway…. #ILookLikeASurgeon

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@GavinPrestonMD I know you mean well but here’s the thing: women, POC &people who are just not white men often have to prove they are what we say we are &the title,the letters behind our names does that for us yes be kind and humble, but we want the same respect which you command naturally too

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

Have asked @amazon why it is possible to obtain lanyards & buttons claiming the wearer was exempt from wearing a face covering without a doctor's certificate Seems a dangerous and irresponsible thing to promote at the moment #coronavirus What next? Disabled badges for parking?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

This link for tickets for #BBall #plasticsurgeons giving it their all for #charity . Come!

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

#HappyWomensDay2020 @WomenSurgeons @WomenSurgeonsUK @SurgeryWomen @UKWENTs @womensurgeonpwr @womeninmedchat @FawnHoganMD @DrAnneDancey @ElysiumFields10 @6state @KarenJ_Lindsay @DKennedyHands @fionamsandford @Lisa_Newington @GongGasGirl @GinnyAB @LiangRhea @NatashaStone_me

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@AjvictoryMD Recently I challenged a patient and asked him if he would have asked a male the same questions He apologized profusely

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

11 months

@DianeCharlton11 @Medic_Russell This is an excellent look Somebody has successfully made a step in his career and taken well care of patients whilst acknowledging his mentors and team What is there not to love?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 months

@james_bedford @ExplosiveEnema2 @DrSarahClarke Dear James None of your thread explains what he actually does so we only have your interpretation to whether he complements or takes trainees’ opportunities What does supporting the ward round mean? What are the SHOs doing whilst he assists in theatres? See the difference?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@OrthopodReg @beckybeckyfish @RoshanaMN @parthaskar @OrthoDiversity @WomenSurgeonsUK @RCSnews @orthoWOW @speakuportho @BAPRASvoice @PLASTAUK Very sad to read about the blatant sexual assault, most of my colleagues' reactions and that this happened in my speciality Glad some were supportive We must do better We must support This must not happen Full stop

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 month

@awsumpowers Don’t screw the crew?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

I have always thought that Skingrafts take like a date: adhesion=attraction, imbibition=drinking, inosculation=kissing, spending the rest of your life adapting=remodelling and maturation #plasticsurgery #science #skingrafts 😆🤓

Peter Kalu

@MrPKalu

6 years

@RobGMacfarlane As my colleague @plasreconsurg has said, #Inosculation is a familiar term used for skin grafts in #PlasticSurgery

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

Do people who think we earn a lot know how much we paid to train? #medtwitter

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

10 months

@Dr_Done_ It makes me really tired to have to explain why this undermines doctors and the responsibility held Congratulations on all the PhDs and higher degrees to everyone, but please, for the sake of clarity, stop using it in the hospital Please

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 month

@Matt_L_Nash @DrHuw @Matt_ParaACP @Dr_Done_ @VirtueOfNothing @FICMNews Goodness me This is the worst argument I have yet to hear Take some responsibility Teach the next generation Stand up for them Who is responsible?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

Awesome webinar with @DrDonLalonde for @BSSHand @PLASTAUK @BFIRSTraining @zafnaqui @DKennedyHands @maximhorwitz @Nikkhah1 @BAHTHandtherapy @BAPRASvoice

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

10 months

@DrNeenaJha You remember how, if you were the only one who turned up for a lecture, you got told off because "the others" hadn't? Never understood the logic then, do not understand the logic now #NHS

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

800 m of corridor in the #Dhaka Medical College #Hospital . 5000 patients. 1600 staff #amazing #Bangladesh

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

Didn’t think it was going to make me feel so emotional hearing clapping outside at 8 pm It did Thank you ♥️ #NHS #family #CoronavirusLockdown #coronavirus

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

5 years

@Ocado can Can you @bmj_latest ?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

92% of #plasticsurgery trainees wants to be involved in humanitaran work when they become Consultants @DrNadz talking on #BFIRSTrainees

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

#3D #xrays in colour!

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

Really good day in theatres for #trauma #handsurgery All cases done Terrific team AND THERE WAS #CAKE ! What more cd a surgeon want 😁 @LondPlasticsurg @RoyalFreeNHS @plasticomar @UKSurgeons @BFIRSTraining @SGHplastics @plasreconsurg @plasticstitch @PLASTAUK

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

I am not sure everybody understands- I changed #PPE 5 times today for different clinical areas #NoWaste #InfectionControl -and I am just a #Plasticsurgeon helping out on #ITU #ThisIsReal

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 months

@DrGoblin3 You know what? Rarely does a patient NOT benefit by a doctor worrying about them, so I don’t think that is something you should beat yourself up about It is the people who had a missed diagnosis who I worry about Have the conviction of caring It is a rare thing to be admired

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 months

@jzaraterod Call me crazy but I am of the opinion one shouldn’t be awake for 36 hours and still be on call…. Or even 24, now I think of it….

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@OGdukeneurosurg If I can’t be hard because of the general hubbub or because my scrub nurse is not listening I will raise my voice sequentially Everyone is meant to be heard when it is important for the patient Raising once voice is not always bad Sometimes it is necessary #patientsafety

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@razzz_med Presuming your attending’s gender sorry

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

Gosh - I wonder why? #nursingschool #Bursary #payfreeze #nurses #NurseLife @NHSMillion #Foodbank #dignity #Brexit #underfunding @DancingTheMind @NHS @NHS

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 months

@joanna_neaves Have you tried to concentrate for 12 hours straight!? I can tell you that in surgery we need breaks Never mind watching someone Shorter sessions may be possible, but apart from that it is not possible

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

#Mexican #art for #plasticsurgery 😄

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

We're in print again Nikki! #handsurgery #handtherapy #Together @BSSHand @HandyOTJO @BH_HandTherapy @HandClinics @handtherapyteam @N0RHAND @RFL_HandTherapy @handprocedures @RoyalFreeNHS @maximhorwitz @Ecko1957 @BAPRASvoice @OrthopodReg @NickFerran @BAHTHandtherapy @DKennedyHands

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 months

@nandwics No Absolutely not This is unfair on the patient and the PA #StopIt This needs an experienced #GP and then probably a hospital admission, which could be with a number of different specialities, depending on what it is #NotSafe

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

You know the neighbours who brought us food last weekend? They did it again! #NHS #friends #lookingaftereachother #OnCall #coronavirus

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@SCNosalMD @DGlaucomflecken Self-examination is not screening You self examine for #breastcancer I presume? So why shouldn't men examine their testes? #MENSHEALTHMONTH

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

@LiangRhea Nasty Sorry Hope you are ok

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 month

@DrNeenaJha Do you think they actually understand what a generalist is? They can’t, can they? I am baffled how anyone can think that little education gives you a better edge over someone with much, much more…..🤯

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

#LadiesWhoConference @BAPRASvoice @Monaco_Now_ @monacoupdate #plasticsurgery @MrMarkHenley @Docj88 @plasticomar @NigelMercer @DominicFurniss @LondPlasticsurg @MrPKalu @dheansa_plastic @PlasticSurgEd @plasticstitch @ICPlasticSurg @HandSociety @JHSEur

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

4 years

Join the #amazing team in #Ganga for the 2 day course online Spread the word @BSSHand @handprocedures @HandyOTJO @Pulvertafthands @hand @ma_xiya @maximhorwitz @PLASTAUK @MrFoizAhmed @plasticstitch @KclPrass #handsurgery #microsurgery #plasticsurgery

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@chrissyfreeMD Please write a fulsome contemporaneous report and submit it to her line manager and yours I am sorry you had this experience Now please make a noise about it so if there is a next time, people can see it is not " just a one off" It takes courage to take a stance #NotAcceptable

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

During the next #JuniorDoctorsStrike Consultants will provide emergency cover. THIS IS SAFE FOR PATIENTS #NHS

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

Hearing lots of talks about how #women need to lift each other up on #InternationalWomansDay2023 What I also like to see is our #male #allies supporting us It isn’t all about self help

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 months

@iDrSunny Ahh may I correct you there @iDrSunny : current #female medical student experience Female on female aggression

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 month

Why is this not the norm for every surgery? #patientsafety #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

Familiarity of the Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Dyad and Postoperative Patient Outcomes for GI Surgery

This study examines the association between familiarity of the surgeon-anesthesiologist dyad and short-term postoperative outcomes for complex gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@aj2squared Probably depends on the circumstances and why especially female doctors feel we have to stand up for ourselves Repeatedly Not to talk about my Black and Brown colleagues #context

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

Dear @EmergMedDr Nobody asked you what you would like to be called This is not about you Your #tweet undermines scores of #women Please.Just.Don’t. Be an #ally Don’t be a nob

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

5 years

#CutItOut No to #bullying , #harassment , #misogyny , #racism in #plasticsurgery Loud and clear! @MrFoizAhmed @Ryan_L_K @PLASTAUK @plasticomar @DrDavidMcGill @JCRWormald @OrthopodReg @incisionindem @LondPlasticsurg @MrPKalu @MrMarkHenley @KarenJ_Lindsay @Kavit_Amin #PassItOn

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

@BFIRSTraining #charity ball 2018 Come and have fun Come and support a good cause Help me spread the word and get those tables sold! #plasticsurgery #plasticsurgeon #globalsurgery #together #TogetherWeCan

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

5 years

So! @RCSnews This is a picture outside the RCS. This does not represent surgeons.Not all female white surgeons wear tight short skirts, and most surgeons are not under 30 and white.Where are our Oriental and Subcontinental colleagues?Where are the Consultants? #ILookLikeASurgeon

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

No wonder #handsurgery is so important in resource poor countries, when you rely on your #hands to #work , they are #important ! #PlasticSurgery #handsurgery #ortopaedicsurgery #handtherapy #MustFixIt #GetItRight

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

Today's @RoyalFreeNHS quiz question at #RFH2020XMAS is #plasticsurgery What term is used for the #operation below? (hint: 🦏 🍝) And don't forget it is the first letter of each answer which'll make up the winning word Check out @tristanjbarber tomorrow for the next #question !

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

2 years

@vickiGPN Yes they do Always Thank you

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 months

@oddity1177 So being #postmenopausal - makes you a …. man?

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

Every day I strive to be better at what I do than yesterday

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

3 years

@usycool1 Thinking the pt had flatlined when the ECG leads were taken off- I remember pointing aghast at the monitor trying to articulate that I thought the pt had just died, whilst the others just ignored me .... 😩

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

5 years

Just about to kick off our #overseasday again This time in #Edinburgh @BSSHand @BFIRSTraining @BAPRASvoice @plasreconsurg #plasticsurgery #orthopedicsurgery #reconstruction #equity @PLASTAUK

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

11 months

Starting emails with just a person’s name comes across as terribly rude to me, no dear, not a hi or hello Is it cultural, age or something else? #respect #KindnessMatters

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

@zubairs2000 And( drumroll) it is a child - so has growth plates!!!

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

8 years

Why are Drs forced to spend less ⌚️ seeing patients and more ⌚️time doing paperwork? #clockwork #efficiency

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

6 years

Most honoured to have been at the birth of the #Dhaka #female #plasticsurgeons #forum to #support and further #women in #plasticsurgery #sisterhood #togetherwearestronger

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@bjemec

1 year

@DrSelvarajah I despair at the lack of understanding of each person's role and the thought that we all just seem to be interchangeable We are not The beauty of the MDT is that we bring different things to the table

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

1 year

If you have a lip balm stick Use it for your cuticles and they will be soft in no time Very unusual announcement from me I know but useful for sure Especially for #surgeons #nurses #HCA or anyone constantly washing hands #ILookLikeASurgeon #SaveYourCuticles

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Barbara Jemec

@bjemec

7 years

Me and my #plasticsurgery colleague at Dhaka Medical College Hospital #kindredspirits #SameGoal

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