Bryan Carmody
@jbcarmody
The Sheriff of Sodium | Pediatric nephrologist | Associate professor | APD | Husband | Dad | Virginian | Advocate for medical students and common sense
A thread for a few of my more popular or important threads and Tweets.
Always insightful, always analytical and speaking truth to the system - that is @jbcarmody
Anyone considering medical school or currently in medical school taking loans should watch the latest video from @jbcarmody. A very insightful take on winners and losers from the recent caps on Federal student loans for US medical students. Seems like med schools are facing a…
Anyone considering medical school or currently in medical school taking loans should watch the latest video from @jbcarmody. A very insightful take on winners and losers from the recent caps on Federal student loans for US medical students. Seems like med schools are facing a…
Making med school cheaper will not even put a dent in this problem "Tuition free medical school" has not created a flood of PCPs @jbcarmody With IDR, PSLF, etc., even a slightly higher paying specialty is worth *way* more money than eliminating student loans
Primary care physicians are grossly underpaid, and it’s not even close. Such a shame. Either medical school needs to be cheaper or primary care needs an overdue raise.
This video is a year old but somehow I missed it when it came out. A great breakdown by @jbcarmody of the data behind USMLE Step 1 pass rates. Sounds like failure rates have gone up some but maybe not as much as implied by some social media posts including my own.…
Meanwhile, I continue to get a steady stream of angry comments on YouTube telling me how AI could **NEVER** take their job
DERM AI now legally authorized to make clinical judgment without dermatologist oversight. 99.8% accuracy, dermatologists: 98.9%. NHS hospitals use DERM to identify benign lesions without dermatologist review, enabling same-day patient discharge. @emollick @jbcarmody
Another thought-provoking video on AI in medicine from @jbcarmody. You may not like what he has to say, but you should consider his arguments carefully. I guarantee the tech people are thinking about this right now. “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.” - Benjamin Franklin.…
A must watch video by @jbcarmody for anyone choosing a speciality in medicine. No one knows what AI will do, but this video makes persuasive arguments it will disrupt many area of medicine. Outstanding video. Yes, Doctors: AI Will Replace You youtu.be/kALDN4zIBT0?si…