Alvin
alviebarr.bsky.social
Alvin
@alviebarr.bsky.social
Your favourite dog from #MedTwitter, now on #MedSky 🐾
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Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ah yes all the private jets arriving on schedule for their annual climate conference…
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So uhhh… what’s the other 84% ?
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Super excited to share! We generated synthetic cervical spine radiographs which were indistinguishable from real patient scans when reviewed by neuroradiologists & neurosurgeons. We also publish a dataset of >20k synthetic scans

Check out the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2510.22166
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a Brilliant way to teach pathology! It’s like the game concentration, but with histology

Try it out: x.com/alvie_barr/s...
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Replace doctors with AI but keep consultants they say…
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
To prompt the LLM, obviously.

Why are we still seeing headlines like these???
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?
August 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
USMLE ✅, brain diagrams... ❌

My favourite is the 'hypohalenus', what's yours?
August 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Elevators should have an undo button if you press the wrong floor
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When your loss function converges but your understanding doesn’t:
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I tend to do quite well on open book tests too
August 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I tend to do quite well on open book tests too
August 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!
August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You may be GPT-5, but I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion!
August 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them

Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@moritz-reis.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Interesting paper: When any use of AI is mentioned, participants perceived physicians as less competent, trustworthy & empathetic, & were less willing to book an appointment with them

Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@moritz-reis.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM