Chris Merritt
@chris-merritt.bsky.social
PEM doc. Division Chief. Education thinker. Habs fan. Beer leaguer.
Adaptive expertise involves *embracing* the unknown, learning to thrive in ambiguity.
Love the term epistemic humility.
#meded
@icreconf.bsky.social
Love the term epistemic humility.
#meded
@icreconf.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Adaptive expertise involves *embracing* the unknown, learning to thrive in ambiguity.
Love the term epistemic humility.
#meded
@icreconf.bsky.social
Love the term epistemic humility.
#meded
@icreconf.bsky.social
My first @icreconf.bsky.social on @bsky.app - maybe this is how I finally start to engage here (rather than that other place)?
Excited to be back in Quebec.
Excited to be back in Quebec.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
My first @icreconf.bsky.social on @bsky.app - maybe this is how I finally start to engage here (rather than that other place)?
Excited to be back in Quebec.
Excited to be back in Quebec.
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When you curse any of these modern politicians, make sure that curse goes back, ancestrally, to at LEAST 1877 and the end of Reconstruction.
April 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When you curse any of these modern politicians, make sure that curse goes back, ancestrally, to at LEAST 1877 and the end of Reconstruction.
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We can only hope the rest of the world will be better.
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
We can only hope the rest of the world will be better.
Conversations with journal editors about language in manuscripts submitted - concern for the authors' safety, scientific credibility, the potential for career impact... all due to "banned words."
Is this real life?
Is the an "Orwellian Manual of Style" we can adhere to?
Is this real life?
Is the an "Orwellian Manual of Style" we can adhere to?
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Conversations with journal editors about language in manuscripts submitted - concern for the authors' safety, scientific credibility, the potential for career impact... all due to "banned words."
Is this real life?
Is the an "Orwellian Manual of Style" we can adhere to?
Is this real life?
Is the an "Orwellian Manual of Style" we can adhere to?
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“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
“Stop asking why schools don’t have bullet proof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That’s the question that needs to be asked.”
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
- Police Chief in Madison, WI
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I’ve cared for infants who stopped breathing w/ pertussis.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 AM
I’ve cared for infants who stopped breathing w/ pertussis.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
School aged kids who died of flu or COVID.
And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised.
Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot.
It’s that simple.
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Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
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As the Supreme Court debates trans kids' right to essential healthcare, today is a good day to ruminate on the fact that the United States is the ONLY UN member state not to have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
As the Supreme Court debates trans kids' right to essential healthcare, today is a good day to ruminate on the fact that the United States is the ONLY UN member state not to have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
I’m just saying there’s more than one type of violence.
December 4, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I’m just saying there’s more than one type of violence.
All the more reason for excellent training in pediatrics in emergency medicine.
Crucial for acute care of children.
Crucial for acute care of children.
“Decades of consolidating pediatric hospital care have resulted in an increasingly concentrated system. This dynamic accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an additional loss of one-sixth of the nation’s remaining pediatric inpatient services.” 1/2 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
US Pediatric Inpatient Care Loss Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This cross-sectional study compares the number of hospitals admitting children in 2021 compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic.
jamanetwork.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:08 AM
All the more reason for excellent training in pediatrics in emergency medicine.
Crucial for acute care of children.
Crucial for acute care of children.
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I just think it's great that the little NICU babies and I both need a dose of caffeine to keep us from dying.
November 22, 2024 at 10:49 PM
I just think it's great that the little NICU babies and I both need a dose of caffeine to keep us from dying.
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Republicans are contemplating deep cuts to Medicaid to fund their tax cut which primarily will benefit the wealthy. Medicaid covers nearly half of all children, is the primary payer for nursing home care and substance abuse treatment among other things.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/h...
Medicaid May Face Big Cuts and Work Requirements
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Gearing back up after a fair bit of malaise and fatigue on the other app.
Looking forward to (re-)connecting with all the good #MedEd people and ideas over here.
Looking forward to (re-)connecting with all the good #MedEd people and ideas over here.
November 22, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Gearing back up after a fair bit of malaise and fatigue on the other app.
Looking forward to (re-)connecting with all the good #MedEd people and ideas over here.
Looking forward to (re-)connecting with all the good #MedEd people and ideas over here.