We’re not fooled… that was not a solar eclipse, it was the dementors showing up

At Al-Shifa hospital #Gaza is without power. We have premature babies who need incubators, we have patients in the ICU who need respirators, we have over 600 patients that need medical care. A hospital needs power. We need an immediate ceasefire.

When it’s only been a week but you’ve already been in clinic, on-call, covering the ER, rounding on hospital patients, assisting surgeries, and excising lumps n bumps…

Rural Family Medicine rocks.

250 family medicine resident spots when unfilled yesterday.

1 in 5 Canadians do not have a primary care provider.

Hundreds of family doctors are also set to retire in the next few years.

This is a health system crisis. There is no universal health care without primary care.

Jane Philpott it’s an inversion of hierarchy, partly driven by fee-for-service remuneration which ignores cognitive load and prioritizes procedures. remove cataract/insert lens? 10-20 mins: $398. comprehensive assessment for confused person with dementia? $42

Family doctors only need to spend this many hours per day to provide guideline-recommended preventive, chronic disease and acute care:
a) 2
b) 2.5
c) 3
d) 27

SPOILER: 27. It's 27 hours per day link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) Minna Johansson BC Family Doctors The College of Family Physicians of Canada Eric Cadesky MD

If you’re vaccinated and feeling a bit strange today, it could be because according to anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists, you’re no longer human.

Congratulations to the incredible advocates at @Accessbc for this amazing win!

We were so fortunate to have Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff present at our Canadian Medical Students National Day of Action (NDoA) on Universal Access to Contraception last year.

Next up, the rest of the country Canadian Medical Association CoverContraceptiON

Happy “I am not a cat” Day to all who celebrate

How do you promote change within a complex system?

Try to 'create and amplify conditions' that promote desired change - as described by Cultivating Leadership on Knowledge Project Podcast

Here's how we think about 'creating conditions' that promote behavior & change 🧵

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“After being housed, there was a 58% drop in the # of inpatient admissions and 81% drop in the overall # of inpatient bed days [...] nearly 50% drop in the # of visits to emergency departments and a decrease of 68% in the # of addictions and mental health-related EMS events'

Everyone in Canada should have a family doctor, NP or primary care team they can see regularly when they need to

Let’s set the goal and enact bold reforms to achieve it

People in Canada are ready

Every visit home involves me getting roasted by dori yakoub and mom for being the only one who didn’t go to Western for med 🫠

New Neuroprotective CPR with elevation of head w EleGARD system.

Children dying from Strep throat and other immune consequences

This virus season has been like no other with high hospitalization rates from RSV, Influenza and now more children are dying from Strep A bacterial infections. This long thread looks at what might be going on.🧵1/

Sending best wishes to all the medical students across the country who are advocating for #DecriminalizeOpioids today on Parliament Hill Canadian Medical Students #CFMSDayOfAction #NDoA2022 Have fun & advocate for change 💪🏼