Fingers crossed that @rocketgirlmd will sign my 2 books today since they ran out of copies at #AAMC16 Seattle and I missed out! #WhenBreathBecomesAir

#AAMC16 Second Opinion Podcasts: @AtulGroverMD covers policy issues affecting medical schools & teaching hospitals:

#AAMC16: Project Medical Education #MedEd -- introducing lawmakers to clinical experiences, Match Day, student loans

Kudos to @firecrackerinc for the coolest booth giveaway! Interesting business model as well! #AAMC16

Stunning essay on young-physician burnout: "The Things We Have Lost" by @drjenniferbest @JAMA_current #meded #aamc16 http://ja.ma/2fSbFRH

#AAMC16: @Atul_Gawande @BrighamWomens on MD views of end-of-life discussions: "We always feel it's too early... until it's too late."

#AAMC16: @Atul_Gawande @HarvardChanSPH @BrighamWomens notes that his friend's son might not have died so young if not for lack of execution

Impressive crowd for @Atul_Gawande @HarvardChanSPH @BrighamWomens. Discussing the experiences of a friend back home in Athens, OH. #AAMC16

#AAMC16: @Atul_Gawande @HarvardChanSPH @BrighamWomens gets serious for a minute -- says he rewrote his speech after election results.

#AAMC16: @LouiseAronson paraphrases Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice: "If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem."

On clinical specialty choices: "bones and skin matter more to us than our children & our sanity" -- @LouiseAronson @UCSFMedicine

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#AAMC16: No small task -- @LouiseAronson @UCSFMedicine tackles the biggest challenge facing healthcare today -- the elephant in the room.

Great point about the need to improve history taking on addiction. We are thorough about chest pain, why not substance abuse? #AAMC16

Dr. David Tauben @UWmedicine with some profound thoughts on next steps for pain education. Great reference slide! #MedEd #AAMC16

Dr. David Tauben @UW on the most significant challenges in pain medicine education #MedEd #opioidepidemic #TurnTheTide #AAMC16

Dr. David Tauben @UW uses word cloud to highlight the complexity of pain -- pain education an "orphan topic" in #MedEd #AAMC16

Dr. Wilson Compton @NIDAnews: huge problem with continuing opioid treatment for patients, even AFTER an overdose! #AAMC16 @AAMCtoday

Dr. Wilson Compton @NIDAnews: Huge increases in opioid prescriptions in the US, no evidence that we are managing pain better. #AAMC16

#AAMC16 @AtulGroverMD @AAMCtoday -- opioid epidemic in the US "complex and requires a multifaceted approach" @Surgeon_General #TurnTheTide

Looking forward to @AtulGroverMD @AAMCtoday & others discussing academic medicine's role in addressing the opioid epidemic! #AAMC16

Learning about @forMD1 at #AAMC16, spun the wheel and won @peetscoffee! Check their booth out!

Great to learn about @Pulsevoices and meet Dr. Paul Gross at #AAMC16 -- look forward to reading more!

#AAMC16 reunion of @TheNEGEA @harvardmacy #hmieducator @kristinadzara & @hedy_wald in Seattle! #meded @harvardmeded @BrownMedicine

Great to run into my former @siusom Dean Dr. Kevin Dorsey at the #AAMC16 meeting! Wonderful to see you both again!

Great discussion with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi @rocketgirlmd at #AAMC16. Books like #WhenBreathBecomesAir give meaning to our work as MDs.

As a resident Dr. Lucy Kalanithi @rocketgirlmd interested in communication, end-of-life care, mortality. Critical areas in medicine. #AAMC16

"The hospital is not a prison" -- Dr. Lucy Kalanithi @rocketgirlmd on the blurring of lines when MDs become hospital patients. #AAMC16

Packed crowd with overflow out the door for Dr. Lucy Kalanithi @rocketgirlmd @StanfordMed #WhenBreathBecomesAir talk at #AAMC16

Looking forward to Dr. Lucy Kalanithi @rocketgirlmd @StanfordMed #WhenBreathBecomesAir talk at #AAMC16

Enjoyed my first @AmerMedicalAssn #AMAAPS #AMAmtg with the Academic Physicians Section! #AAMC16 @ClayDellMed @Jed_Gonzalo15 @StephRStarr