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Top Tweets from MLS2013

Top Tweets from MLS2013

A selection of tweets from the Northern Ireland Medical Leadership Symposium (www.medleadsymposium.co.uk) on Friday 21 June 2013 at Titanic Belfast.

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Key Messages from NICON Briefing with Robert Francis QC

Key Messages from NICON Briefing with Robert Francis QC

A collection of tweets with key messages from the briefing with Robert Francis QC at Templeton Hotel, Templepatrick on Wednesday 24 April.

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SK Diary – w/c 22 April 2013

SK Diary – w/c 22 April 2013

Meeting with Simon Hamilton MLA On Wednesday morning I met with Simon Hamilton MLA, the Assembly Private Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Personnel who is set to succeed Sammy Wilson MLA in the role in 2013. This meeting came about through my involvement in healthcare social media.  Simon and I crossed tweets when I was live tweeting at NICON 2013 and he was tweeting from an accountancy conference.  We were both tweeting about …

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SK Diary – w/c 15 April 2013

SK Diary – w/c 15 April 2013

This week’s diary is a little late as I got caught up on Sunday with a technical issue while creating this Storify story. Opening of GlaxoSmithKline Office in Belfast On Wednesday afternoon I attended the opening of GSK’s office in Belfast.  They are the only international pharmaceutical company to open a permanent office in Northern Ireland and they told guests that this signals their commitment to Northern Ireland and the HSC. The Chief Medical Officer, …

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NIECR Functionality & Capability Awareness Session Live Tweets

NIECR Functionality & Capability Awareness Session Live Tweets

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SK Diary – w/c 25 March 2013

SK Diary – w/c 25 March 2013

I didn’t have time to write a diary for last week because I was busy writing the NI Healthcare Social Media Guide so I have combined the last two weeks in this post.  It’s been a busy and exciting couple of weeks with lots of meetings, energy and collaboration! IHM Leadership Lunch with Anne Clydesdale  On Tuesday 19th I attended the IHM (@ihmnireland) Leadership Lunch with Anne Clydesdale, Director of the Leadership Institute at Queens University …

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Top Tweets from NICON 2013

Top Tweets from NICON 2013
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SK Diary – w/c 11 March 2013

SK Diary – w/c 11 March 2013

Teaching and Training on Ward Rounds Over the past number of weeks I have been experimenting with a new teaching/training technique.  I select an appropriate review patient for the F1 or F2 to review while I fulfil the support role of writing in the notes and making the obs chart, kardex and fluid balance available. Before going to see the patient I ask the F1/2 to read the previous entries in the notes and consider …

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SK Diary – w/c 26 November 2012

SK Diary – w/c 26 November 2012

Each weekend I will reflect back on the working week and post some observations and thoughts.  I hope you find it interesting! Chief Executive & CMO Visit On Monday the Trust Chief Executive and the Chief Medical Officer visited the acute medicine unit at the RVH.  This follows the Minister’s announcement last week that he was relaxing the special measures on Belfast Trust due to the progress made in addressing 12-hour breaches in the ED.  …

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