Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Hey, since we're making up nonsense about paracetamol, did you also know that it increases risk of being taken up in The Rapture, so there's a dilemma for some people now. 060
Reposted by Tim SeniorClaytonClent @claytonclent.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Learnt the myotomes and dermotomes through dance back in the day. *eternally grateful to Nik Bogduk for teaching not only the material, but also for giving a lesson on alternative ways of learning 231
Reposted by Tim SeniorOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Hundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches to Crushed Weasel Testiclesopenculture.comHundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches to Crushed Weasel TesticlesIf any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it's only a matter of time before someone brings up leeches. 67324
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I wrote about not being paternalistic as a doctor, for the @bjgp.bsky.social, and wondered if we might be maternalistic instead. bjgplife.com/paternalistic/bjgplife.comOn not being paternalistic...maybe thinking of ourselves as being maternalistic acknowledges existing authority, and allows us to aim for our patients to thrive, to be in control of their destinies, guided by caring, wise prof 020
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Yes, I did, and I still wonder how we might music. Original article here: bjgp.org/content/62/6... Love to hear other's ideas. 120
Reposted by Tim SeniorJohn Spicer @johnspicer3.bsky.social · 01/08/2025@timsenior.bsky.social asked the question in 2012 [which I confess I overlooked at the time] : How can music be used in med ed ? - or something similar Great question - and here's a starter : Peter Grimes and child protection [and much else besides] Any other thoughts out there? #meded #opera 131
Reposted by Tim SeniorPaul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 04/06/2025One million excess deaths were linked to #deprivation between 2009 and 2020, says Professor Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social Marmot calculated 148 000 can be directly linked to #austerity measures introduced by the coalition government in 2010 @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...bmj.comOne million excess deaths linked to deprivation over a decade, Marmot tells conferenceOne million excess deaths were linked to deprivation between 2009 and 2020, Michael Marmot has told the Royal College of Physicians annual conference. Speaking at a discussion on health inequalities,... 1810
Reposted by Tim SeniorClaire Friedemann Smith @clairefriedsmith.bsky.social · 15/05/2025In a world where GP is bashed, a lot, @timsenior.bsky.social finds the value bjgp.org/content/75/7... This line in particular got me: The consultations I have had with these patients aren’t consultations of 15 or 30 minutes. They are consultations of 2, 5, 10 years, split up into 15-minute chunks.bjgp.org 123
Reposted by Tim SeniorMariam Tokhi @mariamtokhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Wow. Curious to hear what GPs and patients think about this?👇🏾 @timsenior.bsky.social @kangaroobeach.bsky.social @lizsturgiss.bsky.social @karenmagraith.bsky.social @brookmanknight.bsky.social @racgp.bsky.social www.afr.com/politics/fed...afr.comPrivate equity-backed GP chain a winner from Labor health spendingThe BGH Capital-owned medical centre operator ForHealth has been a big beneficiary of the government’s increased spending on Medicare and urgent care clinics. 102
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I've worked in the same clinic for 20 years now. I never thought I'd be in one place for so long. I had a few thoughts on being a GP for a long time in the @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/how-long-doe...bjgplife.comHow long does general practice take?"... to my surprise, I’ve become the sort of doctor that has been in the same clinic for 20 years. I’ve never been bored, I’ve often been anxious, and I’ve been privileged to witness some of 053
Reposted by Tim SeniorMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Timely call to act on child poverty. Dr Louis Peachey: "We are more frightened that we may give a benefit to a parent we consider undeserving than the consequences of letting their child grow up in poverty. Child poverty shames and diminishes us all." www.croakey.org/a-timely-cal... #SDOH #AusPolcroakey.orgA timely call for action on child povertyIntroduction by Croakey: When infectious diseases specialists gathered for their annual scientific meeting in Canberra recently, a senior Indigenous medico 117962
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I can't read this article, because paywall, but I can read The Guardian, because not paywall, so who knows? 351
Reposted by Tim SeniorSarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Sometimes when people don’t know how to analyse or evaluate a skill they call it an art #communication 011
Reposted by Tim SeniorAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Truly wish the world's media could be even half as outraged at Israel's extermination of the Palestinian people, as they are at trade tariffs. 22630187
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Things that *should* be a big issue in the Australian election but sadly won't be: - Climate change (even though our election was delayed by massive floods) - Indigenous rights - Inequality - Poverty - Our treatment of asylum seekers - {NEW!} Our relationship with the US 0218
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Hello new followers. It's a while since I've posted. But we have an election coming up in Australia (yeah, rmember them America?). Health is going to be a big issue in the election - well, how much people pay to see a GP is going to be a big issue in the election - so I'll try to post a bit more. 020
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Hey, yeah, you should write something for the GP Life blog/journal @bjgp.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Tim SeniorAndrew Papanikitas @gentlemedic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025A wonderful @bjgp.bsky.social conference last week. Loads of great ideas for articles shared. bjgplife.com/write-for-bj... fyi @euanlawson.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.socialbjgplife.comWrite for (BJGP) LifeI reflect on the journey to (and from) the BJGP conference. Sometimes the writing is already there, and only needs a home. Sometimes it needs an invitation to be written. Writers for (BJGP) Life, I lo 151
Reposted by Tim SeniorSarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · 14/03/2025And I was pleasantly surprised the Facebook memories reminded me of something useful! 101
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Also pleasantly surprised to find myself saying something sensible 110
Reposted by Tim SeniorSarah J White @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Evergreen tweet by @timsenior.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Tim SeniorCaroline Mitchell @dclovesgp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Good luck researching head trauma/ traumatic brain injury/ blunt trauma. 051
Reposted by Tim SeniorCaroline Mitchell @dclovesgp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025#evidencebasedmedicine under threat with partial inclusion and reporting embeddding scientific bias and political interests above population health 011
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I'm sure I'm not the only person to post this, but it does seem relevant *right now*. 041
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Yes, a few do that, no-where near $8bn worth. More common is doctors doing services they don't claim just to make sure they don't get accused of rorting. 110
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025We've got repeated claims in Australia of $8bn of Medicare fraud, which are totally wrong, but that doesn't matter if it can be grist to this particular mill 130
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Also, never forget, they allowed a minister of government to access the private Centrelink file of someone who criticised Robodebt in public, and leaked that file to friendly press. 163
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Think it couldn't happen here? Just read about Robodebt. (Mean Streak by @squigglyrick.bsky.social -read it now) It could/already did happen here. 142
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The Australian equivalent might be Jacinta Price accessing Medicare and Centrelink payment systems 192
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Have a great trip, travel safely and enjoy every moment! 020
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Yes, it really is. And why doctors, unlike, maybe some other (non healthcare) professions, have to remain connected to what works and things like facts. 000
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Today is National Viola Day (I don't know which country - it should be wherever you are right now!) This gives me a great excuse to remember the beautiful piece I commissioned during the COVID lockdowns, played amazingly by Katie Yap. www.youtube.com/watc...youtube.comKatie Yap: In My Solitude by Andrew FordIn My Solitude Andy wrote this piece for Tim Senior, a Sydney-based GP and viola player at the outbreak of the pandemic. Tim anticipated contracting Covid and had asked Andy to write something for him to work on during his recovery - thankfully, he's stayed well and hasn't needed the work for that 010
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Do have a read of this by my friend @mariamtokhi.bsky.social 173
Reposted by Tim SeniorMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025And that's a wrap from us this week. The @croakeynews.bsky.social bulletin has hit the e-streets. www.croakey.org Subscriptions available here: www.croakey.org/subscribe-to... 076
Reposted by Tim SeniorGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized. 13348014712500
Reposted by Tim SeniorCaroline Mitchell @dclovesgp.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Our Deep End Research Alliance ( DERA) funded by the University of Sheffield developed a ‘Community Research Linkworker’ toolkit to support researchers to undertake research with & by communities-bringing different perspectives to the heart of our research teams. sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...sites.google.comDERA - Community Researcher ToolkitResearch has shown that there is a huge inequality in research carried out by most academic institutions, especially in its 'exclusive design'. 042
Reposted by Tim SeniorDr Paul Grinzi @drgrinzi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The first female President of the US! 021
Reposted by Tim SeniorBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade. 166151853573
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 16/01/2025In which I wonder about the importance of patient stories, when everyone is wanting coding and validated scoring tools for @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/medrecords/bjgplife.comStories and medical records"... we’re in a situation where we understand the importance of patient narratives, but if we talk about this in these terms to policymakers and even some of our specialist colleagues, we’ll be di 020
Tim Senior @timsenior.bsky.social · 16/01/2025I was really pleasantly surprised at how 2-way it all was too. Everyone was keen to learn from each other. Though I was an individual travelling, it was very much a team sport! 010