Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
@endocrinewitch.bsky.social
Professor, College of Medicine University of the Philippines. Endocrinology | Health Informatics | Medical Education | Infodemic Management | AI. #HealthXPH. PhD by research student in health sciences. Views are my own. www.endocrine-witch.net
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Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i am untethered and my rage knows no bounds ! "
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hey folks. I have spent *days* reading and meticulously drafting comments on a very lengthy manuscript. Which I have just found includes an AI-faked quote. Attributed to ME.
Here is a thread of my feelings
Here is a thread of my feelings
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A healthcare worker carries two callings: to care and to teach. Knowledge shifts fast, but the duty to guide stays steady. When we share insight, we lift teams and protect patients. That mix of teacher and lifelong learner keeps the profession strong. #HealthXPh
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A healthcare worker carries two callings: to care and to teach. Knowledge shifts fast, but the duty to guide stays steady. When we share insight, we lift teams and protect patients. That mix of teacher and lifelong learner keeps the profession strong. #HealthXPh
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My last thought for the evening...
May we always find fulfillment, and the energy to share our experiences with those who can also teach us.
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
#healthxph
May we always find fulfillment, and the energy to share our experiences with those who can also teach us.
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
#healthxph
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My last thought for the evening...
May we always find fulfillment, and the energy to share our experiences with those who can also teach us.
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
#healthxph
May we always find fulfillment, and the energy to share our experiences with those who can also teach us.
Have a great Saturday, everyone!
#healthxph
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Truth be told, it is one of the highlights of the teaching hour ma'am...you want to give them that moment, because that is emotional involvement (and that equals better learning!). #healthxph
The students will appreciate it Steph! I really wait for that light bulb moment when you can see comprehension dawn on their faces. So worth it! #healthxph
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Truth be told, it is one of the highlights of the teaching hour ma'am...you want to give them that moment, because that is emotional involvement (and that equals better learning!). #healthxph
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T2. Making instructional materials requires careful thought and preparation, which is an added load to the work of a clinician. However, if we want to really prepare medical students for their exposure to the specialty and to encourage more applicants, we need to hustle. #healthxph
T2. What challenges do you encounter often as a teacher in your field of work (i.e. in terms of student population/demographic, place of teaching/scheduling)? #Healthxph
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
T2. Making instructional materials requires careful thought and preparation, which is an added load to the work of a clinician. However, if we want to really prepare medical students for their exposure to the specialty and to encourage more applicants, we need to hustle. #healthxph
T2. It’s getting harder to juggle schedules but I try to rounds 2x a week when I’m ward consultant. #healthxph
T2. What challenges do you encounter often as a teacher in your field of work (i.e. in terms of student population/demographic, place of teaching/scheduling)? #Healthxph
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
T2. It’s getting harder to juggle schedules but I try to rounds 2x a week when I’m ward consultant. #healthxph
T1. Going on rounds with students, residents, fellows makes me remember when I was in their place. They tell me I ask a lot of WHY questions. That’s because I want to understand how they think. #healthxph
T1. Do you have a memorable teaching moment as a Healthcare Worker? Share your anecdotes. #Healthxph
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
T1. Going on rounds with students, residents, fellows makes me remember when I was in their place. They tell me I ask a lot of WHY questions. That’s because I want to understand how they think. #healthxph
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Good evening #Healthxph fam and friends! Welcome to another Saturday night Chat! This is Steph, from Dumaguete, Philippines, moderating the chat.
How’s everyone?
I’ll be tackling teaching and being a lifelong learner tonight with you!
Who is online?
How’s everyone?
I’ll be tackling teaching and being a lifelong learner tonight with you!
Who is online?
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good evening #Healthxph fam and friends! Welcome to another Saturday night Chat! This is Steph, from Dumaguete, Philippines, moderating the chat.
How’s everyone?
I’ll be tackling teaching and being a lifelong learner tonight with you!
Who is online?
How’s everyone?
I’ll be tackling teaching and being a lifelong learner tonight with you!
Who is online?
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For tonight’s topic on the #Healthxph chat, we’ll be doing #MedEd, with the following topics. I’m hosting tonight. See you fam and friends!
“The Healthcare Worker as an Educator: Teacher and Lifelong Learner”
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“The Healthcare Worker as an Educator: Teacher and Lifelong Learner”
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November 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
For tonight’s topic on the #Healthxph chat, we’ll be doing #MedEd, with the following topics. I’m hosting tonight. See you fam and friends!
“The Healthcare Worker as an Educator: Teacher and Lifelong Learner”
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“The Healthcare Worker as an Educator: Teacher and Lifelong Learner”
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“NOT AI” oil, gold leaf and reclaimed tech, on wood panel, 24x30”
How much is AI quietly seeping into our lives? When do we realize it’s too much? And then what?
#resistAI #technofeudalism #oilpainting #paintedportrait #iphoneUpdate #humanity
How much is AI quietly seeping into our lives? When do we realize it’s too much? And then what?
#resistAI #technofeudalism #oilpainting #paintedportrait #iphoneUpdate #humanity
June 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“NOT AI” oil, gold leaf and reclaimed tech, on wood panel, 24x30”
How much is AI quietly seeping into our lives? When do we realize it’s too much? And then what?
#resistAI #technofeudalism #oilpainting #paintedportrait #iphoneUpdate #humanity
How much is AI quietly seeping into our lives? When do we realize it’s too much? And then what?
#resistAI #technofeudalism #oilpainting #paintedportrait #iphoneUpdate #humanity
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'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer
A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology
observer.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
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I recently read through a bunch of AI learning activities in my area (intro physics) and that really encapsulates what I thought of them: "things you COULD do with AI", like the author was looking for ways to shove it in. Not things that AI is needed for, or even better than existing methods for...
August 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I recently read through a bunch of AI learning activities in my area (intro physics) and that really encapsulates what I thought of them: "things you COULD do with AI", like the author was looking for ways to shove it in. Not things that AI is needed for, or even better than existing methods for...
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...I can understand the argument for that approach, but I also think it's best that we not call that "writing" at least as I discuss it in my latest. Writing is an experience. Doing something that is not that experience and calling it writing is wrong. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
More Than Words
A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
...I can understand the argument for that approach, but I also think it's best that we not call that "writing" at least as I discuss it in my latest. Writing is an experience. Doing something that is not that experience and calling it writing is wrong. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
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AI is undeniably useful in completing school-related artifacts more quickly and efficiently, but that utility is sometimes the opposite of learning. This is why I believe we need to focus at the level of experience and only then ask how AI might be used inside that experience.
August 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
AI is undeniably useful in completing school-related artifacts more quickly and efficiently, but that utility is sometimes the opposite of learning. This is why I believe we need to focus at the level of experience and only then ask how AI might be used inside that experience.
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I'm not necessarily an advocate of banning AI and reject the notion that those who don't see a utility for it are "ignoring" it. In my course, I would attempt to clearly express why AI does not have significant utility to the kind of learning I want students to experience.
August 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm not necessarily an advocate of banning AI and reject the notion that those who don't see a utility for it are "ignoring" it. In my course, I would attempt to clearly express why AI does not have significant utility to the kind of learning I want students to experience.
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Andrea Reyes Elizondo @altibel.bsky.social and I have responded to a blog, recently published on @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social, which argued that using AI responsibly in research means being transparent about it. We object that supposed transparency obscures more fundamental ethical questions.
Why AI transparency is not enough
Recently, a taxonomy to disclose the use of generative AI (genAI) in research outputs was presented as an approach that creates transparency and thereby supports responsible genAI use. In this post we...
www.leidenmadtrics.nl
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Andrea Reyes Elizondo @altibel.bsky.social and I have responded to a blog, recently published on @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social, which argued that using AI responsibly in research means being transparent about it. We object that supposed transparency obscures more fundamental ethical questions.
T3. I miss the early days of Twitter talaga. Because I speak at conferences a lot, now it's meeting those who come up to you after a talk. Attending meetings and sending an email afterwards if another person's thoughts resonates with yours. #healthxph
T3. What method of connecting do you feel works best in gaining meaningful connections? Can you offer some suggestions? #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
T3. I miss the early days of Twitter talaga. Because I speak at conferences a lot, now it's meeting those who come up to you after a talk. Attending meetings and sending an email afterwards if another person's thoughts resonates with yours. #healthxph
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"weak ties" or those that have loose or indirect connections often have that best opportune for learning. #Healthxph
T1. One of the most concrete examples I’ve had with connections is being connected to #healthxph, via an invitation by Doc Remo @bonedocph.bsky.social to speak on #NarrativeMedicine back in 2016. Before that, we were part of an online blogging group. I learned a lot from both opportunities!
T1. Connections are a learning tool. How has it benefited your career so far? #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"weak ties" or those that have loose or indirect connections often have that best opportune for learning. #Healthxph
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In my career, I am usually the youngest in the group... but nowadays I find that I am getting to be the more senior in the group... the values, the culture and the work ethics are different, there's always something new to learn everyday. #HealthXPH
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In my career, I am usually the youngest in the group... but nowadays I find that I am getting to be the more senior in the group... the values, the culture and the work ethics are different, there's always something new to learn everyday. #HealthXPH
T2. I learned from those older than me how to navigate one's career as it changes. Those younger challenge me to think differently. When they ask me questions, I sometimes gain insight in my own answers. Why did I answer that way? #healthxph
T2. What are your most important lessons learned from connecting with people in your field/career? Do share some lessons! #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
T2. I learned from those older than me how to navigate one's career as it changes. Those younger challenge me to think differently. When they ask me questions, I sometimes gain insight in my own answers. Why did I answer that way? #healthxph
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T1. I'm a fan of connectivist learning theory, from George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Knowledge exist in different sources, are networked and connected so learning happens. #HealthXPh
T1. Connections are a learning tool. How has it benefited your career so far? #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
T1. I'm a fan of connectivist learning theory, from George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Knowledge exist in different sources, are networked and connected so learning happens. #HealthXPh
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I am of the thought that every person we meet is always going to teach us something… or lead us to learn something important. Great example, Ma’am! #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am of the thought that every person we meet is always going to teach us something… or lead us to learn something important. Great example, Ma’am! #healthxph
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T1. When I was starting my career in my hometown years ago, I had a cousin who was already an established OB-GYN and she told her colleagues about me… eventually, my practice grew and having her inform people first made it easier for me to build. Her presence also inspired my standards #healthxph
T1. Connections are a learning tool. How has it benefited your career so far? #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
T1. When I was starting my career in my hometown years ago, I had a cousin who was already an established OB-GYN and she told her colleagues about me… eventually, my practice grew and having her inform people first made it easier for me to build. Her presence also inspired my standards #healthxph
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Just like #HealthXPH. Imagine being able to organize a national Healthcare Social Media Summit without a single face to face meeting! Connections allow you to widen your reach, broaden your horizon and utilize resources that were otherwise out of reach.
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just like #HealthXPH. Imagine being able to organize a national Healthcare Social Media Summit without a single face to face meeting! Connections allow you to widen your reach, broaden your horizon and utilize resources that were otherwise out of reach.
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T1. One of the most concrete examples I’ve had with connections is being connected to #healthxph, via an invitation by Doc Remo @bonedocph.bsky.social to speak on #NarrativeMedicine back in 2016. Before that, we were part of an online blogging group. I learned a lot from both opportunities!
T1. Connections are a learning tool. How has it benefited your career so far? #healthxph
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
T1. One of the most concrete examples I’ve had with connections is being connected to #healthxph, via an invitation by Doc Remo @bonedocph.bsky.social to speak on #NarrativeMedicine back in 2016. Before that, we were part of an online blogging group. I learned a lot from both opportunities!