Why AI health chatbots won’t make you better at diagnosing yourself – new research A chatbot might know what’s wrong with you, but when people try to use them to understand symptoms, they may end up no closer to the answer.

New from academic GP @oohgpwales.bsky.social
Why I can't be replaced by a bot

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Call for Chapters: An Inconvenient Body: Disability and Authoritarianism Disability is a state of being that everyone who lives long enough will experience at some point. Yet, it is a condition that is frequently under-examined and under-prioritized, particularly in discus...

Ever wanted to write about disability and authoritarianism?
I'm working on a new anthology about that very topic

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#CFP #Academicchatter #Disability #Disabiliystudies

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Toxic experts? "In this paper, we introduce and theorize the concept of toxic experts as individuals who, by virtue of their perceived or actual expertise, systematically engage in behaviors characterized by professional and intellectual vices." Greenhalgh et al.
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Saudi Arabia reportedly wants Trump to launch a ground invasion of Iran.

Remember: Trump's family has deep business ties to Saudi Arabia, including new luxury properties in Riyadh and Jeddah.

Trump cannot be trusted to put protecting American lives over lining his own pockets.

Few places for our 1-day workshop with #PMAs and #PNAs at the RCN London on 30th March. Focus on practicalities of restorative clinical supervisions.
#Nursesky #Midwifesky
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PODCAST: @jenniferthf.bsky.social​ speaks to leading pollster @luketryl.bsky.social​ about public frustration and what it could mean for the future of our institutions, like the NHS.

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Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests It is time to move beyond the “baby brain” cliche, say scientists who scanned dozens of women’s brains.

The Incredible Shrinking Brain of the Mother-To-Be. Please do your stuff, feminist BlueSky. 🧪

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Why Sustainability in Health Care Cannot Be Implemented: From Implementation Failure to Ongoing Mediation Guest Talk by Prof Eivind Engebretsen Sustainability in health care is widely framed as a problem of implementation: policies are designed, evidence is assembled, and failure is diagnosed when action...

Looking forward to this guest talk tomorrow by @eivinden.bsky.social for our MSc students, part of the Sustainability in Healthcare module. Join in person or online

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My response to those who view AI in qualitative research in polarised terms.
I argue for the AI enthusiasts and the conscientious objectors to meet in the middle and deliberate.

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[Not in this paper but we have developed some methods to try to overcome these limitations - papers under review, watch this space]

For the current paper, see
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Thanks @ukri.org for funding!

Bottom line: “PRISMA-compliance” can mask questionable practices. For complex evidence, we need better training/oversight, methods + topic expertise, and new synthesis approaches designed for complexity—combining formal tools with interpretive, context-rich judgment.
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Short thread on our new paper. We use face mask efficacy research as a “stress test” for systematic review methods. We analysed 66 systematic reviews of face mask efficacy; they reached widely different conclusions (~half said they work, half said that evidence of efficacy was lacking). 1/

22 Understanding Emerging Digital Health Disparities 22 Understanding Emerging Digital Health Disparities was published in De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Health and Society on page 401.

Our new chapter 'Understanding emerging digital health disparities'. Sadly, paywalled (but available through most institutional libraries).
#digitalhealth #healthpolicy #qualitativehealthresearch
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

Interesting essay.

I agree, AI (as currently used) is laying down asbestos in the walls of academia. But that doesn't mean we should eschew all efforts to better harness its potential.

via @helensalisbury.bsky.social

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Agree

The Week That AI Crossed the Line Why ChatGPT Health and Utah’s AI Prescribing Law Mark the Beginning of the “AI Doctor” Era

Good Substack from Rob Wachter: The week that AI crossed the line (into prescribing drugs).
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A robin mug in an NHS nursery. Whilst our parents worked hard. Workforce caring onwards.

A robin mug in an NHS nursery. Whilst our parents worked hard. Workforce caring onwards.

My robin has great loving care given. Yes i will draw him nicely. In this high wind we should be protecting. I agree the robin should be drawn with great care.

My robin has great loving care given. Yes i will draw him nicely. In this high wind we should be protecting. I agree the robin should be drawn with great care.

cute green leaf slug

As the world hurtles towards geopolitical crisis, my marine biologist son sends photo of an underwater leaf slug from Fiji to wish us calm.

Well done brave horatio

Well done brave horatio

Science Populism, Medicine Style - Absolutely Maybe I hadn’t been aware of the term science populism until a video about it did the rounds recently. It was a light-bulb…

This was a light-bulb moment for me! My new post @plos.org comes from learning about the concept of science populists:

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Clinical Professor of Primary Care (ATR1727) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Clinical Professor of Primary Care (ATR1727) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Norwich Medical School in partner...

Professorship of Primary Care vacancy at UEA

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<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library Public trust and cooperation in infectious disease control rest on three pillars: engagement, vaccine communication, and data presentation. Together, these foundations support resilient and inclusive....

New peer-reviewed paper by me, @sheencr.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social about effective communication and public engagement around infectious diseases and vaccines.

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Hooray

Crisis, Inequity and Legacy - Narrative analysis of the covid pandemic. Ed’s Camporesi Mulubale Davis

Proud to be part of this new book!