62% of students have left or missed school because period. Products weren’t available to them. Schools need barrier free access to pads and tampons.

By providing a comprehensive compensation model & increasing resources, Manitoba's 100-doctor plan is promising. Alberta's retention & recruitment is behind. We compete daily to recruit physicians & keep current practices afloat. The Urgency is Still Real. winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Millions of Canadians lack #AccessToCare and doctors are propping up a health system that's meant to support them. This is a status quo we can't accept.

Leading into #Budget2024 , here’s how we’ve been advocating for meaningful change in #CDNhealth : bit.ly/4cNfD7D

'Unless some real changes happen in terms of the funding how family doctors are paid, skilled Alberta-trained doctors might choose to practice in another province.'- Dr. Stephanie Firgon. The urgency for the physician comprehensive care model is real.
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No, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause cancer, and certainly not “turbo-cancers.”

We shed light on all this here👇 scienceupfirst.com/project/turbo-…

#ScienceUpFirst

Today, the gov tabled bill 17, which furthers plans to reorganize the delivery of mental health & addiction services. As announced last week, Recovery Alberta will deliver the mental health & addictions services currently delivered by AHS. /1

On Monday 32 medical student delegates from across Alberta held meetings with MLAs to discuss their concerns as future physicians and how government will address the crisis in primary care. These students care about the health of their future patients in Alberta.

What it means to take leave in medicine -

As we continue to see the decimation of healthcare in AB, we should anticipate more and more physicians needing to take leaves due to stress and burn out.

Take a watch… hilarious… but very sad at the same time!
For AB, there are over 800,000 Albertans who can’t get a family doctor…

In a recent CIHI report, increasing workloads and administrative demands make practicing primary care burdensome. New physicians are no longer practicing comprehensive care. Let's fix this, Alberta. Implement the Physician Comprehensive Care Model. cbc.ca/news/health/fa…

New CIHI report: SOS FAMILY MEDICINE

-Nearly 30% family physicians practise outside of primary care.
-average # of patients seen per year ⬇️, 1,746 in 2013 to 1,353 in 2021

Alberta must support family medicine for patients to access a physician.
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Join us in shining a light on a condition that affects 1 in 10 women worldwide but remains shrouded in mystery. The SOGC Women's Health Podcast is proud to release 2 special episodes in honor of Endometriosis Awareness Month.

🎧 Listen & learn with the #SOGC #WomensHealth

The Sex and Gender in Research Seminar Series invites you to 'Gender and Entrepreneurship' hosted by Dr. Sofia Ahmed.

Happening at the University Club on April 10 at 11:30 a.m. Lunch included.

RSVP: bit.ly/49fqft0

The ED has become the default place to seek medical care for so many conditions that we know the ED was never designed to deal with.
This is NOT to blame the pts - this is a system failure. There is nowhere else for this care to be delivered... the system has slowly devolved...

Do you need a spring #COVID19 vaccine? Recent studies suggest staying up-to-date on COVID shots helps protect high-risk groups from severe illness, by Lauren Pelley
cbc.ca/news/health/sp… via @cbcnews

Questions about measles vaccination? Here are some facts:
-Measles cases have recently been reported in Canada
-Measles is extremely contagious
-Measles vaccines are very effective at preventing infection

Find more facts: ow.ly/XvJp50QXCKx

We do not have a coordinated provincial wide HCW workforce plan occuring. My colleagues and I are very worried that things will get even worse as we create four silos in the system and NO one is doing planning for the ENTIRE province.... (for all HCWs)
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Alberta's first training program for physician assistants, at the University of Calgary, is gearing up for an August launch, sparking hopes it could provide some relief to the province's health-care crisis.
My latest👇
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Can't find a family doctor? It might be because they're busy doing other specialties, report finds
Family doctors voting with their feet and turning away from primary care
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Have you seen our newest health human resources data? While Canada’s population continued to increase over the last decade, the growth of family physicians decreased. Find out why this is important in health care system planning:ow.ly/LKe850R1cIk #CdnHealth #HealthWorkforce