A veritable tweet fest as usual, here are some of the most popular and shared tweets from ARA ASM 2022.
Here are some of the most popular and shared tweets from ARA ASM 2022.
Oh look at that, it’s one of ours!
And we’re away! #ara22 pic.twitter.com/ONKU6haCY7
— Rheumatology Republic (@RheumaRepublic) May 19, 2022
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Congratulations to Professor Lyn March, who was awarded the 2022 Distinguished Service Medal.
Congratulations to Lyn March for receiving the prestigious ARA Distinguished Service Medal in 2022!@lynmarch1 #ARA22 pic.twitter.com/IH3DwOUtTb
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 20, 2022
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The Lilly symposium on sleep and rheumatic disease was, ahem, an eye opener for many.
Pretty alarming links between sleep loss/quality & inflammation/RA disease activity. Treating insomnia directly can improve inflammation.
— David Liew (@drdavidliew) May 20, 2022
Resolutions from this #ARA22 session:
1. ask my patients more about sleep
2. sleep more. *Must* sleep more@ArthritisAust @CreakyJointsAus https://t.co/AM84ULEroo
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Equity in access to healthcare featured some thought-provoking presentations on issues affecting Indigenous Australians:
Looking at how Aboriginal people experience pain, one key difference to other Australians is that pain is accepted *as normal*.
— David Liew (@drdavidliew) May 20, 2022
We have created a world with a base state of pain. If we’re going to close the gap, we have a lot of history to make up for.@DrManasiMurthy #ARA22 pic.twitter.com/RSZywMPaUv
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And where you live also matters:
#ARA22 Excellent presentation from @Oscar_russell showing where you live in Australia impacts your #RA outcomes. #SESdisadvantaged areas have poorer #HAQfunction at baseline & a lower rate of improvement overtime. We need to improve #MSKhealth for ALL Australians @AlboMP pic.twitter.com/ancNOpVpLQ
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 22, 2022
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Some of the exciting clinical sessions included CAR T-cell therapy with Professor Georg Schett in the emerging therapies session:
The CAR-T revolution is coming to rheumatology.
— David Liew (@drdavidliew) May 21, 2022
Georg Schett outlines the enormous potential of CAR-T in SLE, and their first five patients – will be great to see how this plays out #ARA22
(also see this @NEJM: https://t.co/jMyx5CB2Yg) pic.twitter.com/VzabtGakqY
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The UCB breakfast symposium on axial spondyloarthritis asked, ‘Does patient sex matter?’
Help our colleagues understand that females also get AS/Axial SpA to reduce DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS
— Dr Irwin Lim (@_connectedcare) May 20, 2022
Non-rheum Drs, Drs who see extra-articular manifestations
Physios get handful of lectures to cover all of rheumatology
Chiros/Osteopaths/Ex Phys
Sports Med#ara22
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The covid concurrent session, which was described as a ‘masterclass’ by one participant, was popular and wasn’t all bad news:
It’s been reassuring that our patients with autoimmune disease have only had small increased risks with Covid.
— Dr Irwin Lim (@_connectedcare) May 20, 2022
Look at the graph. We have to remember the much much bigger risk factors #ara22 pic.twitter.com/vdn2Q3AHI8
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The ASM featured quite a ‘heavy myositis flavour’, as Dr Julian Segan put it:
@jessicaaliceday you must be loving the heavy myositis flavour at #ARA22 exciting times
— Julian Segan (@JulianSegan) May 22, 2022
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Dr Jessica Day, one of the early career recipients of the ARA Research Excellence awards, wasn’t the only one to appreciate all things myositis:
Gone are the old classifications of myositis – and in has come a more precise way of thinking, and a better idea of what to expect and what to follow ?
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 20, 2022
As the myositis session starts #ARA22, Anna Brusch lays out the new state of play – DL @drdavidliew pic.twitter.com/u04mEY8nNE
Fascinating inflammatory myositis types/classifications/prognosis. Do all your countries have all these autoantibodies?
— Dr. Geraldine Zamora (@doktora_ging) May 22, 2022
(And what do those with only anti-Jo1 available in the country do.) #ARA22 #IIM pic.twitter.com/LGjbJIrD1O
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And a shout out to all the Research Excellence Award winners:
The @AusRheum Research Excellence Awards for 2022: many congratulations to the winners!
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 22, 2022
Early Career:
Dr J. Day (@jessicaaliceday) & Dr C. Owen (@drceowen)
Mid Career:
A/Prof M. Nikpour & A/Prof P. Robinson (@philipcrobinson)
Christina Boros Paediatric Research:
Dr K. Shepherd
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The workforce survey was a keenly anticipated session. From a numbers point of view, things are not looking good:
We have a problem. Simply, we’re running out of rheumatologists in Australia. We’re not even close to meeting current demand (let alone future).
— David Liew (@drdavidliew) May 21, 2022
The writing’s on the wall:
we badly need more specialist training places funded.@AusRheum led brilliantly by @CatherineL_Hill #ARA22 pic.twitter.com/BrL3NbraPF
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On the plus side, job satisfaction was high (and not just in SA):
The SA rheumatologists displaying their high level of job satisfaction #ARA22 pic.twitter.com/8NegFEPYnk
— Catherine Hill (@CatherineL_Hill) May 21, 2022
And it’s over for another year.
Well that’s a wrap!
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 22, 2022
Thank you to everyone who made the 2022 ARA ASM so successful!
We would especially like to thank Helen Keen (Convenor) and her committee; Peter Nash, Peter Wong, Andy Lim, Krista Makin, Chanakya Sharma, Emily Boutler, Kelly Morgan and Jennifer Persaud#ARA22 pic.twitter.com/fMtLywb6Xx
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See you in Hobart 2023!
Enjoyed #ARA22?
— Australian Rheumatology Association (@AusRheum) May 22, 2022
Our #ARA23 co-conveners @alberta_hoi and @anneelizpowell hope you join us again next year in Hobart, Tasmania for a fully face-to-face @AusRheum ASM, featuring @Janetbirdope @edvital and many more. See you there! DL pic.twitter.com/QUha9nyj1z
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With thanks, as always, to the tweet brigade:
Massive thanks to all those who brought #ARA22 to Twitter, esp:
— David Liew (@drdavidliew) May 22, 2022
– the volunteer Aussie rheumatologists who brought the @AusRheum account alive
– the always dynamic @earlyARA
– friends @APLAR_org (ARA proudly part of AsiaPac)
see you #ARA23!
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