We had a couple weeks off here for Winter Break, and have come back to work with gusto. It’s been a busy week with a lot happening.
What I’ve been raving about is a humor meme started within the Twitter science community, in which they give a variety of true and snarky observations on the research process (#overlyhonestacknowledgements, #overlyhonestmethods, #overlyhonestreviews). The methods are the funniest, so they’ll come at the end of that section.
Aside from science humor, there were also a number of events worth tracking. One “must see” for me was the Digital Health Summit (#DigiHealthCES).
University of Virginia sponsored a data management bootcamp with Gardner Campbell and other leaders. The goal was for grad students to learn the concepts and processes and integrate them into their own research work. The tweetstream was very relevant and useful, with many insights and great nuggets of wisdom that came down from #vadmbootcamp. On a related note, there was another event this week on data management over in the UK, #jiscmrd.
TEDMED had two webinars through Google Plus Hangouts, one on fostering innovation in healthcare and the other on medical errors. Both events were on the same day and were tracked with the same hashtag, #greatchallenges. Serendipitously, the TEDMED event occurred on the same day as another event on medical errors, the emerging Twitter chat on diagnostic errors with the hashtag #DXerror, and followed shortly on the heels of the Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference (using the same hashtag).
#OverlyHonestAcknowledgements “This book would have been much better if my colleagues hadn’t been obstructionist prats.”
— Grumpy Historian (@grumpyhistorian) January 10, 2013
A grad student and an undergrad really thought this up and did it, but I’m up for tenure so I’m sole author #overlyhonestacknowledgements
— Terry McTigue (@terrymct) January 9, 2013
#OverlyHonestAcknowledgements I’d like to thank the IT folks whose names I never remember even though they undeleted this project twice.
— Grumpy Historian (@grumpyhistorian) January 10, 2013
You TOTALLY misconstrued my paper you cited, you dink. Accept, because it’ll up my citation count. #OverlyHonestReviews #NeverDoneThis #Rly
— Ondatra libskoolicus (@LibSkrat) January 10, 2013
Your paper is terrible but references mine. Accept. #overlyhonestreviews
— Alex (@al3xsh) January 9, 2013
Your paper is excellent but doesn’t reference mine. Reject. @al3xsh
— Rosie Mestel (@LATRosie) January 10, 2013
You use statistical methods normal humans can understand. Therefore you are clearly an idiot. Reject. #overlyhonestreviews
— Rob Ford (@robfordmancs) January 10, 2013
assertion ‘there is no literature on this subject’ shouldn’t be falsifiable with 2 seconds of googling. just FYI. #overlyhonestreviews
— Brenna Hassett (@brennawalks) January 10, 2013
You’re going to figure out who I am, and I’m untenured and scared to piss anyone off. Accept with major revisions. #overlyhonestreviews
— Kim Hannula (@stressrelated) January 9, 2013
Whereas #overlyhonestmethods was great for a laugh, #overlyhonestreviews simply reminds me how much the publishing system is broken.
— Brian S. McGowan PhD (@BrianSMcGowan) January 10, 2013
We used reagent X because we had a lot of it left over from a previous experiment #overlyhonestmethods
— thecellularscale (@cellularscale) January 7, 2013
“We’re gonna have to retract the paper because we’ve lost the underlying data when the grad student left” #overlyhonestmethods
— figshare (@figshare) January 8, 2013
Also, sounds like a lot of the #OverlyHonestMethods tweeters ought to be talking to their friendly research data librarian
— Lisa Federer (@lisafederer) January 8, 2013
“Rats selected for echocardiograms were those determined to be least likely to bite me.” #overlyhonestmethods
— Brian S. McGowan PhD (@BrianSMcGowan) January 9, 2013
This paper was rejected by better journals and now it’s your journal’s turn in our ever-decreasing spiral of aspiration #overlyhonestmethods
— Matthew Hankins (@mc_hankins) January 8, 2013
we discovered the anxiogenic properties of our new drug accidentally, while trying to fuck with labmate Steve’s coffee #overlyhonestmethods
— Tal Yarkoni (@talyarkoni) January 8, 2013
“Long duration incubations were run on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, to work around my bartending schedule.” #overlyhonestmethods
— Brian S. McGowan PhD (@BrianSMcGowan) January 9, 2013
@kejames hey – you made the @io9 #overlyhonestmethods page! on.io9.com/qVCmmd6
— Andrew Maynard (@2020science) January 8, 2013
Taq was incubated o/n at 20ºC because there were donuts in the break room & I forgot to put it back in the freezer. #overlyhonestmethods
— Karen James (@kejames) January 8, 2013
More can be found at:
Scientists take to Twitter to reveal their less than scientific methods. Dr March Lorch on #overlyhonestmethods guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2…
— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) January 10, 2013
75 of the best #overlyhonestmethods: http://storify.com/BeckiePort/overlyhonestmethods
#overlyhonestmethods is the PostSecret of the science world, and it is amazing: http://io9.com/5974256/overlyhonestmethods-is-the-postsecret-of-the-science-world-and-it-is-amazing
Overly honest methods – how experiments really get done: http://wildtypes.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/overly-honest-methods-how-experiments-really-get-done-2/
RT @ariannahuff: OMW to #DigiHealthCES. Investments in digital health are up 45% this year, with $1.4 billion raised: tcrn.ch/XIEhxX
— Shwen Gwee (@shwen) January 9, 2013
Link to Open Science Framework ( ow.ly/gE2VP) which I just mentioned as an example of version control for research.#VADMBootcamp
— asallans (@asallans) January 8, 2013
#vadmbootcamp word of the day has to be CONTEXT. give the people you want to reach the info. they need to understand your work.
— Nathan Hall (@nfhall) January 8, 2013
Awesome resource for grad students! RT @shlakeuva: UVa Graduate Student Data Mgmt. Portal pages.shanti.virginia.edu/SciDaC_Grad_Tr… #vadmbootcamp
— NER E-Science Portal (@NERescience) January 8, 2013
Metadata tools talk at #VADMBootcamp Colectica, Nesstar, Metavist, Morpho
— asallans (@asallans) January 9, 2013
Useful checklist for data deposit from the University of Edinburgh: ow.ly/gDuDh #research360 #jiscmrd
— Jez Cope (@jezcope) January 8, 2013
Fascinating intervention self-reporting to enhance #metacognition and reduce #dxError curbsideconsult.tumblr.com/post/401759175…
— Alexa Miller (@ArtsPractica) January 11, 2013
Speaker Slides from the Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference are up! #dxerror #mdchat buff.ly/11jjOk1
— Kelli Slimp Cleary (@kellicleary) January 11, 2013
RT @tedmed We’re back at 3:30 talking about medical errors. plus.google.com/u/0/1019652769… good you are free to join #dxerror chat happening now!
— Lorri Zipperer (@lzipperer) January 10, 2013
Reducing Medical Mistakes: DNA Testing on Biopsy Samples to Prevent #Dxerror – PR Newswire-The Sacramento Bee buff.ly/WE2XAO
— Kelli Slimp Cleary (@kellicleary) January 10, 2013
Wondering how I, an academic #medlib in #meded, can help w/ #dxerror. Help make future docs are receptive to patient/family empowerment?
— Amy Donahue (@ultimatelibrarn) January 10, 2013
