Selling Poop as a Side Hustle; Calling Out Misogyny in Surgery; #Docs4SafeSchools

Looking for a new side hustle? Apparently, doing “your business” can make you up to $180,000 per year as a stool donor.

“On yet another episode of misogyny in medicine…” — Ophthalmologist Vicki Chan, MD, calls out a tweet by surgeon Peter Billing, MD, stating there was “no need to apply” to the University of Washington’s general surgery residency “if you identify as male or he/him.” Both the tweet and Billing’s account have been deleted after push back.

Following the shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, pediatric physicians on TikTok teamed up to speak out against gun violence. Relatedly, pediatric surgeon Britney Grayson, MD, PhD, shares her feelings (in a now viral Twitter thread) about leaving the school less than 20 minutes before shots rang out.

Nurse @itsjacquelinewells and her colleagues show what a 12-hour shift looks like — before and after.

This viral explanation video by orthopedic surgeon Nick Pappas, MD, shows viewers how ibuprofen works.

“This is actually what a hospital gave out on #DoctorsDay,” tweeted Alok Patel, MD, along with an image of the lackluster gifts — including a rubber band — offered to the hospital’s “healthcare heroes.”

Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, shares strategies and resources for reducing firearm deaths in the U.S.

Ob/gyn Franziska Haydanek, DO, debunks a claim that Mirena intrauterine devices (IUDs) should not be placed into nulliparous patients, and provides a framework for determining if sources of medical information are credible.

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