Vaccines prevent cancer!

Mental illness affects more than 1 in 5 Canadians. I am the 1 in 5. We all have someone close to us who is affected. Talking about it is critical to reducing stigma & making it safe for people to get the help they need. Call 9-8-8 if you are struggling winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Lots of theories and feelings about NP’s providing primary care, this study adds some data and facts to the discussion. Lots more work to do, but also… so much primary care still to be delivered!

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👏🎉 Congratulations! 🎉👏 Several Advancing Health Scientists are Co-Investigators for nine CIHR Fall 2023 Priorities Research awarded projects. Find out more about the individual projects they are involved with in this 🧵:

Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) is supporting two projects: 1) Informing family physician payment reform Learn more: webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/pr… 2) Changing primary care capacity in Canada: A cross-provincial mixed methods study to inform workforce planning Learn more: webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/pr…

The inclusion of students with disabilities strengthens med schools, health systems, and the communities they serve. It’s wonderful to see these learners advocating for consistent accommodations, informed by people with lived experiences. cbc.ca/news/canada/ha…

Congratulations to FHS Assistant Prof @LindsayKHedden and Adjunct Prof Ruth Lavergne - @ruthlavergne.bsky.social on securing a 2023 CIHR Fall Project Grant! 🎉 They will be investigating family physician payment reform - hot topic for #MedTwitter 🔗: webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/pr… #SFUFHS #PrimaryCare

Did you know that cardiovascular diseases affect 1 out of 3 women, yet women everywhere are under-studied, under-diagnosed, under-treated, and under-aware? Learn more about women's heart health for #WearRedCanada: advancinghealth.ubc.ca/research-in-ac… #Herheartmatters

❤️‍🩹🩺 Island Health has enough family doctors for everyone, so why are some without? Or …why the math equation of 1 family doctor = 1250 patients “attached” is not working #FamilyDoctorShortage ⁦Josh Greggain MD (he/him/his) ⚕️🇨🇦⁩ ⁦CHEK News⁩ cheknews.ca/island-health-…

For anyone anywhere who's asking "How do we fix the #FamilyDoctorShortage in🇨🇦?" Read the report ⤵️ The answers are all there A clear direction & synthesis of what's known from: ❤️‍🩹Research ❤️‍🩹Expert Opinion ❤️‍🩹Community Advocates, & best of all ❤️‍🩹PATIENTS issuu.com/dfcm/docs/prim…

📢New paper! Virtual care came fast during Covid, what did we learn... “Technology has allowed us to do a lot more but it’s not necessarily the panacea for everybody”: Family physician perspectives on virtual care [...] SFU Health Sciences @LindsayKHedden PLOS One journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

A new publication on readiness and personality disorders by UBC Department of Psychiatry PGY-5 Resident Dr. Connor Hawkins and Dr. David Kealy in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry Harvard Review of Psychiatry!

A few life updates: 1. Got married ❤️ 2. Started medical school at UBC 👩🏾‍⚕️ Thank you Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) for the beautiful 🩺 ! #myCMAbackpack @UBCmedicine Canadian Medical Association

In honor of #WomensEqualityDay I’d like to point out that if ~40% of men suffered from iron deficiency, universal screening would have been recommended ages ago. tinyurl.com/JAMAFe

Harmful substance use impacts everyone in BC. Since 2016, 14,582 lives have been lost to the toxic drug crisis, making it the leading cause of death for those aged 10-59. It’s time to act and support effective solutions. #BCHealth #EndOverdose #TogetherWeCan

Beyond Opioid Sparing: A Qualitative Study with Family... : Canadian Journal of Addiction Shawna Narayan Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) Malcolm Maclure janklimas.com/beyond-opioid-…