Spent 10 min of #InternationalWomensDay doing med staff dishes in our lounge. The irony isn’t lost on me and it was the last time. 😑

This #IWD2023, a patient called for me repeatedly “hey sweetheart!”… as I was walking away from his bed after having re-introduced myself as his doctor and checking on his progress.

268 unfilled residency positions in family medicine in the CaRMS match yesterday. Highest number ever. We have a serious problem to manage together. Why are med students not choosing a career as a family doc (best specialty ever😀)? Many reasons - some of it is on us...🧵

“How do I say no?” Like this: 1. “I don’t have the time to do that.” 2. “Right now, my priority is X, I am unable to help with Y” 3. “If you’d like me to add this, which of these other three tasks would you like my to stop doing?” …Or simply “No” (A complete sentence BTW) 4/5

Read our new commentary JAGS on the "psychotropic swap" ⬆️off-label #Gabapentinoids and ⬇️ #antipsychotics in nursing homes Out of the 🍳 into the 🔥? Recently highlighted by GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast podcast bit.ly/GeriPalEp255 doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18… Nathan Stall Paula Rochon

Wondering how to be part of the change towards the humanization of medical training …

Lots of benefits of saying “no”…. ✔️prioritizing those “yes” things ✔️saving space for “being” not “doing” ✔️holding boundaries

🙋🏻‍♀️ Hear this. Did this.

“The system has made it impossible”… Dr Rose Zacharias 👏 👏 👏 Brilliant and vulnerable opening remarks at Ontario Medical Association Beyond Burnout conference. Thank you Dr. Rose Zacharias

“Health Human Resources” is what I hear. All. The. Time.

Loving this opportunity to come check out the North!

Love the idea that compassion fatigue is more the wearing down of reflecting all the suffering around is… and the moral distress of managing our own limits, our system limits… thank you Dr. Mamta Gautam Ontario Medical Association #beyondburnout

When I’m not doctoring I’m planning themed dinner parties. Best fun yet thanks to Taylor Swift TTPD. Celebrating best friends 40th birthday 🎂 Taylor Nation

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