Mrs Scotsman, MD
@emilyjscots.bsky.social
Assistant professor/ obstetrician / gynecologist. Mommy to two amazing kids.
Travel aficionado.
Cake obsessed.
Here to connect with experts from my speciality and generally with health care community. #MedEd
#ObgynEd #Obgynsky
Travel aficionado.
Cake obsessed.
Here to connect with experts from my speciality and generally with health care community. #MedEd
#ObgynEd #Obgynsky
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In surgery, skill with a scalpel matters.
But so does skill with your own emotions.
“Emotion regulation”= noticing, labelling, and modifying one’s emotions.
👉 This skill is crucially important for performance/longevity in surgery and CAN improve
#NontechnicalSkills #SurgSky
But so does skill with your own emotions.
“Emotion regulation”= noticing, labelling, and modifying one’s emotions.
👉 This skill is crucially important for performance/longevity in surgery and CAN improve
#NontechnicalSkills #SurgSky
a woman with red hair is sitting in a crowd of people and says ew feelings .
ALT: a woman with red hair is sitting in a crowd of people and says ew feelings .
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In surgery, skill with a scalpel matters.
But so does skill with your own emotions.
“Emotion regulation”= noticing, labelling, and modifying one’s emotions.
👉 This skill is crucially important for performance/longevity in surgery and CAN improve
#NontechnicalSkills #SurgSky
But so does skill with your own emotions.
“Emotion regulation”= noticing, labelling, and modifying one’s emotions.
👉 This skill is crucially important for performance/longevity in surgery and CAN improve
#NontechnicalSkills #SurgSky
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Real work (not “MAHA”) to address childhood cancer www.prnewswire.com/news-release... @wspehsu.bsky.social @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
Major Childhood Cancer Initiative Formed - Childhood Cancer Prevention Consortium to Focus on Reducing the Dramatic Rise in the Number of Children Diagnosed with Cancer
/PRNewswire/ -- A major concerted effort that brings together childhood cancer and childhood health organizations, guided by PREP4Gold Childhood Cancer...
www.prnewswire.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Real work (not “MAHA”) to address childhood cancer www.prnewswire.com/news-release... @wspehsu.bsky.social @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social
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Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Did you know that fevers in early pregnancy also cause genetic mutations in fetuses and resulting developmental abnormalities? Know how we treat and prevent that? Yeah, Tylenol.
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Some of the same mechanisms may be behind the rise in childhood cancer www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some of the same mechanisms may be behind the rise in childhood cancer www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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All kidding aside, suffering from both leprosy & syphilis at 79 is no joke, but I am sure whatever cure RFKjr is mixing up will get him back on the golf course in no time.
August 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
All kidding aside, suffering from both leprosy & syphilis at 79 is no joke, but I am sure whatever cure RFKjr is mixing up will get him back on the golf course in no time.
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Hits close to home, set in Canada
“ The attitude that obstetricians and gynecologists aren't real surgeons is prevalent a lot..”
#ilooklikeasurgeon #SurgSky
@fionamattatall.bsky.social
@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...
“ The attitude that obstetricians and gynecologists aren't real surgeons is prevalent a lot..”
#ilooklikeasurgeon #SurgSky
@fionamattatall.bsky.social
@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...
Women in surgery: The social construction of gender in surgical practice
Despite comprising over half of Canadian medical graduates, women remain underrepresented
within surgery. Strategies to address this gap have largely focused on increasing
numbers or targeting individ...
www.americanjournalofsurgery.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Hits close to home, set in Canada
“ The attitude that obstetricians and gynecologists aren't real surgeons is prevalent a lot..”
#ilooklikeasurgeon #SurgSky
@fionamattatall.bsky.social
@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...
“ The attitude that obstetricians and gynecologists aren't real surgeons is prevalent a lot..”
#ilooklikeasurgeon #SurgSky
@fionamattatall.bsky.social
@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...
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@legaleagle.tv is this legal? Is this not exactly a violation of First Amendment right to free speech and free expression? Please make an explainer video about this.
Bondi fires justice department employee for making vulgar gesture at National Guard
Paralegal dismissed by US attorney general for ‘inappropriate conduct’ towards troops deployed on the streets of Washington
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@legaleagle.tv is this legal? Is this not exactly a violation of First Amendment right to free speech and free expression? Please make an explainer video about this.
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NEW: Last week, some OBGYNs received a strange survey via email. The email used inflammatory terms like "dismemberment" and "feticide," and the survey website suggested affiliation with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG tells Autonomy News it sent a cease and desist:
OBGYNs Sent ‘Highly Biased’ Survey By Group That Targeted Abortion Pills
A group of anti-abortion doctors claims it’s researching the “moral and professional complexity” of abortion. Their study raises red flags following other junk science and retractions.
www.autonomynews.co
July 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
NEW: Last week, some OBGYNs received a strange survey via email. The email used inflammatory terms like "dismemberment" and "feticide," and the survey website suggested affiliation with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG tells Autonomy News it sent a cease and desist:
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July 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
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✨Please repost! My newsletter is out.✨
In this issue:
🌊COVID wave starting especially in West and South
💉GLP-1 meds for MCAS and Long COVID?
🧠Human Pegivirus and Parkinson's Disease
📈GI cancers increasing for young
& much more buff.ly/hXjrwjz
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
photo: JP Weiland
In this issue:
🌊COVID wave starting especially in West and South
💉GLP-1 meds for MCAS and Long COVID?
🧠Human Pegivirus and Parkinson's Disease
📈GI cancers increasing for young
& much more buff.ly/hXjrwjz
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
photo: JP Weiland
July 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
✨Please repost! My newsletter is out.✨
In this issue:
🌊COVID wave starting especially in West and South
💉GLP-1 meds for MCAS and Long COVID?
🧠Human Pegivirus and Parkinson's Disease
📈GI cancers increasing for young
& much more buff.ly/hXjrwjz
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
photo: JP Weiland
In this issue:
🌊COVID wave starting especially in West and South
💉GLP-1 meds for MCAS and Long COVID?
🧠Human Pegivirus and Parkinson's Disease
📈GI cancers increasing for young
& much more buff.ly/hXjrwjz
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
photo: JP Weiland
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THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
82-year-old grandfather misplaced his Green Card.
Immigrated Chile to US in 1987.
Made appt at immigration office to get new card.
They cuffed him & took him away.
Told family he died in custody.
ICE actually sent him from PA to MN and then to Guatemala where he is hospitalized.
82-year-old grandfather misplaced his Green Card.
Immigrated Chile to US in 1987.
Made appt at immigration office to get new card.
They cuffed him & took him away.
Told family he died in custody.
ICE actually sent him from PA to MN and then to Guatemala where he is hospitalized.
July 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
82-year-old grandfather misplaced his Green Card.
Immigrated Chile to US in 1987.
Made appt at immigration office to get new card.
They cuffed him & took him away.
Told family he died in custody.
ICE actually sent him from PA to MN and then to Guatemala where he is hospitalized.
82-year-old grandfather misplaced his Green Card.
Immigrated Chile to US in 1987.
Made appt at immigration office to get new card.
They cuffed him & took him away.
Told family he died in custody.
ICE actually sent him from PA to MN and then to Guatemala where he is hospitalized.
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The same administration that promotes Skittles ingredient changes as major victories passed legislation projected to push 17 million off Medicaid and withdrew from WHO pandemic response.
Candy ingredients get celebrated. Healthcare gets dismantled. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
Candy ingredients get celebrated. Healthcare gets dismantled. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
Make America Healthy Again? The Reality Is Corporate Theater
How the sugar industry's 60-year playbook is alive and well in the Trump administration's "historic health reforms"
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The same administration that promotes Skittles ingredient changes as major victories passed legislation projected to push 17 million off Medicaid and withdrew from WHO pandemic response.
Candy ingredients get celebrated. Healthcare gets dismantled. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
Candy ingredients get celebrated. Healthcare gets dismantled. open.substack.com/pub/jakescot...
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Pragmatism = progressive
Purity = regressive
1 of 2
Purity = regressive
1 of 2
July 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pragmatism = progressive
Purity = regressive
1 of 2
Purity = regressive
1 of 2
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Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/h...
Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US | CNN
There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.
www.cnn.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/h...
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“Since the death of the child appeared inevitable, I resolved, though not without great anxiety, to try the method which had proved consistently successful on the dogs.”
A nine year old boy was given rabies vaccine #OTD in 1885.
via @pbs.org #MedSky + #HistorySky.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
A nine year old boy was given rabies vaccine #OTD in 1885.
via @pbs.org #MedSky + #HistorySky.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Louis Pasteur’s risky move to save a boy from almost certain death
Louis Pasteur was hard at work developing a rabies vaccine, using dogs as his experimental subjects. Up until now, however, he had not administered the vaccine to a human being.
www.pbs.org
July 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Since the death of the child appeared inevitable, I resolved, though not without great anxiety, to try the method which had proved consistently successful on the dogs.”
A nine year old boy was given rabies vaccine #OTD in 1885.
via @pbs.org #MedSky + #HistorySky.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
A nine year old boy was given rabies vaccine #OTD in 1885.
via @pbs.org #MedSky + #HistorySky.
www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:
July 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:
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As violence, threats, and hatred targeting reproductive care providers escalate, ACOG stands with our members and all who support reproductive care. We condemn ideological violence and urge leaders to protect reproductive care providers and access to care. Read our full statement: buff.ly/3AlKObQ
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
As violence, threats, and hatred targeting reproductive care providers escalate, ACOG stands with our members and all who support reproductive care. We condemn ideological violence and urge leaders to protect reproductive care providers and access to care. Read our full statement: buff.ly/3AlKObQ
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Hey MAGA: What happened to "America First"? Your felonious king brushed off the skunk-haired former Democrat for warning about the dangers of nuclear war.
No more wars, huh? We'll see.
*sip*☕️
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
No more wars, huh? We'll see.
*sip*☕️
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
Trump isn’t just burning his MAGA coalition over Iran he’s inspiring a new one
Trump’s sudden re-embrace of the ‘neocons’ he just recently spurned is leaving Democrats a major political opening — if they can seize it, writes John Bowden
www.independent.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hey MAGA: What happened to "America First"? Your felonious king brushed off the skunk-haired former Democrat for warning about the dangers of nuclear war.
No more wars, huh? We'll see.
*sip*☕️
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
No more wars, huh? We'll see.
*sip*☕️
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory
www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-i...
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The bad billionaire's bill will kill rural hospitals!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
June 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The bad billionaire's bill will kill rural hospitals!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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Time to call and email your Representatives with @5calls.org app.
Cuts to Medicaid- insures 50% of kids and 50% of pregnancies.
$500 Billion Medicare cuts (68 Million Seniors & disabled)
Patients won't be able to pay.
Hospitals may go bankrupt or reduce services.
Longer wait times
#medsky
Cuts to Medicaid- insures 50% of kids and 50% of pregnancies.
$500 Billion Medicare cuts (68 Million Seniors & disabled)
Patients won't be able to pay.
Hospitals may go bankrupt or reduce services.
Longer wait times
#medsky
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Time to call and email your Representatives with @5calls.org app.
Cuts to Medicaid- insures 50% of kids and 50% of pregnancies.
$500 Billion Medicare cuts (68 Million Seniors & disabled)
Patients won't be able to pay.
Hospitals may go bankrupt or reduce services.
Longer wait times
#medsky
Cuts to Medicaid- insures 50% of kids and 50% of pregnancies.
$500 Billion Medicare cuts (68 Million Seniors & disabled)
Patients won't be able to pay.
Hospitals may go bankrupt or reduce services.
Longer wait times
#medsky
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"But it is unmistakably Mr. Kennedy’s worldview, echoing many of the talking points — some intensely disputed — that the health secretary, a former environmental lawyer and outspoken vaccine skeptic, has repeated for decades."
State propaganda that denies science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
State propaganda that denies science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"But it is unmistakably Mr. Kennedy’s worldview, echoing many of the talking points — some intensely disputed — that the health secretary, a former environmental lawyer and outspoken vaccine skeptic, has repeated for decades."
State propaganda that denies science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
State propaganda that denies science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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ACOG has released new clinical guidance on pain management for in-office uterine and cervical procedures, including IUD insertion. The recommendations emphasize patient counseling, evidence-based techniques, and shared decision making to improve care and reduce disparities. buff.ly/rxhFVnM
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ACOG has released new clinical guidance on pain management for in-office uterine and cervical procedures, including IUD insertion. The recommendations emphasize patient counseling, evidence-based techniques, and shared decision making to improve care and reduce disparities. buff.ly/rxhFVnM