2024 has been a whirlwind of milestones and growth, both professionally and personally. This year, I was inducted into the Academy of Master Educators and became the medical director of our organ donor specialty care unit (DSCU). As an associate medical director, I’ve also been heavily involved in our Master of Science in Anesthesia (MSA) program. Training our own anesthesiologist assistant students in didactics and clinicals has been a rewarding experience. I look forward to continue watching this program become a model for other UT programs in Texas!
Toward the end of 2024, our hospital system also navigated the transition to the Epic electronic health record – a familiar challenge I remember going through as a resident.
From a personal standpoint, I finally left the Venue Museum District apartment complex (where I spent four years as a resident and almost five years as an attending) and moved to a penthouse in the Museum District. It’s nice to have more space with a view. 😃
In keeping with my posts from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, the following table represents some basic numbers regarding my growth on social media.
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS IN 2024
| SOCIAL MEDIA STATS | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| RK.MD Post Count (Yearly) | 90 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 46 |
| RK.MD Comment Count (Yearly) | 498 | 165 | 188 | 149 | 116 |
| Twitter/X Followers | 3,990 | 4,985 | 6,192 | 6,474 | 6,339 |
| Facebook Followers | 14,363 | 17,603 | 18,170 | 18,589 | 18,786 |
| Instagram Followers | 128,358 | 149,881 | 155,189 | 158,063 | 161,703 |
| Threads Followers | – | – | – | 14,100 | 26,300 |
| YouTube Subscribers | 3,026 | 5,213 | 6,236 | 6,730 | 6,983 |
| MailChimp Audience | 1,153 | 1,327 | 1,354 | 1,315 | 1,302 |
GADGETS IN 2024
- Project Frost custom gaming workstation
- Apple iPad Pro 2024
- Bambu Lab X1 – Carbon Combo 3D Printer
- Anker SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station
- Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- AWOL Vision LTV-3500 Pro Ultra Short Throw Triple Laser TV Projector
- AWOL Vision Cinematic Ambient Light Rejection (ALR) 132″ Screen
- Feno Smartbrush
- Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max
TOP POSTS OF 2024
- Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
- Interpreting Thromboelastography (TEG)
- Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation – Determining Acidosis and Alkalosis
- MAC, Cordis, Sheath Introducer – What’s The Difference?
- Common Types Of Adult Nasogastric Tubes (NGTs)
- Oxygen Therapy Systems
- RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation
- Milliequivalents (mEq) versus Millimole (mmol)
- What Does Gtt Mean?
- How Chest Tube Drainage Systems Work
- Difference Between TID, q8h, and PRN Dosing
- Pulmonary Artery Catheter/Swan-Ganz Structure And Waveforms
- Oxygen Delivery Equation (DO2)
- What Is An Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)?
RK.MD USER METRICS
Device Types
- 59% desktop
- 38% smartphone
- 2% phablet
- 1% tablet
- 1% other
Operating Systems
- 39% Windows
- 28% iOS
- 19% Mac
- 12% Android
- 2% other
Browsers
- 36% Chrome
- 21% Mobile Safari
- 12% Microsoft Edge
- 10% Mobile Chrome
- 10% Safari
- 11% others
ON TO 2025
This academic year is going to be centered around promotion to associate professor. It’s an important milestone for any academician as promotion brings more opportunities locally and nationally (not to mention, a raise in the base salary, lol).
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