Justin B. Dimick

@jdimick1

Professor & Chair @UMichSurgery. Working to improve surgical care, culture, and science. Editor-in-Chief @AnnalsofSurgery.

Ann Arbor, Michigan about.me/jdimick Joined March 2011

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Justin B. Dimick @jdimick1 Jun 25, 2020

1/6 Today I gave 5 pieces of advice to our new @UMichSurgery interns.

First I asked them if they had a culture. “Not yet”

I suggested they would soon and when they were chiefs, they would own the culture of the residency. They will create it starting now.

So my 5 tips👇

Justin B. Dimick @jdimick1 Aug 9

1/5
Excellent question. In brief, with less work hours and pervasive “it’s not like the old days” takes, why are surgical outcomes improving?

I agree with many of the responses -
1. Sub specialization
2. Sub specialty Fellowships

Sean Langenfeld Verified account @SeanLangenfeld Aug 8

Experienced surgeons are often critical of modern residency training, and question the competence of new graduates.

I've been hearing about a competency crisis ever since the 2003 work hour rules, but it's now 23 years later and the sky hasn't fallen yet.

A simple question for SurgTwitter:
As incompetent and underprepared surgeons have made up more and more of the surgical workforce over the last 20 years, and the more capable surgeons have slowly retired, shouldn't surgical outcomes be getting worse?

Why do surgical outcomes across pretty much all procedures keep getting better over time if they're being increasingly performed by young incapable surgeons?

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Justin B. Dimick @jdimick1 Jun 22

Just heard a great quote in the @WSJ podcast from @franklinleonard:

“Conventional wisdom is usually conventional but not usually wisdom.”

Justin B. Dimick @jdimick1 Jun 9

Fresh off the presses - 8th edition of Mulholland & Greenfield!

With @UMichSurgery faculty @Doctor_Chigo on the cover!

Always exciting to sign new copies for our incoming interns!

My apologies on the color scheme to coeditor @timpawlik

Justin B. Dimick @jdimick1 May 28

The @umichbball national championship trophy made it to @umichmedicine today!

#GoBlue