🐤 Early bird rate ends TODAY for 3 Days in Palliative Care 2024, which will take place June 17–19, 2024, at Royal Botanical Gardens. This #MacCPD event is for healthcare pros who want to enhance their palliative care skills.
Register: cpd.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/3dpc24

Elliot Polster, resident McMaster Family Med, joined Metro Morning to speak about choosing to go into family medicine, despite the challenges and administrative burnout, and what he loves about the field.

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Today on The Current on CBC Radio, DFM chair Cathy Risdon spoke about sick notes, the paperwork burden on family doctors and the number of new doctors choosing to practice family medicine. Listen now: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
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In this study, paramedics highlight 3 key impacts of the community paramedicine role: filling heath care gaps, offering opportunities for lateral career movement and creating practice paradigm shifts bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Gina Agarwal Ric Angeles Melissa Pirrie

“The health care of all Ontarians, both in and out of hospital, is going to be impacted,” said Cathy Risdon (Cathy Risdon), chair of McMaster Family Med. “So this is a critical problem for all of us to turn our minds to.”

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This DFM-led study found that older adults living in social housing have a higher proportion of cardiovascular disease compared to the general population. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… PLOS ONE Gina Agarwal Ric Angeles Melissa Pirrie

'We have a medical workforce that is also a teaching workforce and they are absolutely critical to our future,' said Cathy Risdon (Cathy Risdon), a family doctor and chair of McMaster Family Med, to CBC News.

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How can health care be more sustainable? This article in Canadian Family Physician provides examples of ways physicians can advocate for reduced fossil fuel usage in health care. cfp.ca/content/70/4/2… #EarthDay2024

Happy #EarthDay2024 !🌎 Today, & everyday, we applaud everyone’s incredible commitment to #climateaction . Your dedication to #sustainability is inspiring!

🤝Let's continue working together to make #healthcare facilities greener & more sustainable.
 
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Transformation project helps decrease emergency department transfers from long-term care homes. McMaster University William Osler Health System

Henry Siu (@hsiu2011), associate professor McMaster Family Med, explains the impact of the study - the first of its kind. Hospital News

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In advance of #earthday2024 , we spoke with Myles Sergeant of McMaster Family Med & PEACH HEALTH ONTARIO about climate change, the power the health care sector has to make more sustainable choices and why he hasn’t lost hope to save our “frail planet.”

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Come join us if you can!

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Join us at the University Club on campus ➡️TODAY ⬅️ at 5pm for the Sibley Lecture with Dr. Chris Watling! He'll be talking about coaching culture in #MedEd . Refreshments will be served! bit.ly/SibleyMERIT2024

Hey #ICAM2024 :

Rebekah Sibbald's presentation 'Switching Tracks: Adapting Previously Developed Professional Identities in Medical Education' is switching tracks...originally scheduled for 1pm today, the presentation will now be at 10am Monday in Tennyson Room. Pass it on...

📢 New research shows that medical-legal partnerships can make a difference!

Attendees of a Legal Clinic Program experienced significant improvements in their lives. After 6 months, food insecurity decreased & perceived health status improved.🤝🏥💙 #BrighterWorld

Congratulations, Dr. Robert on this new and important position!
We look forward to working with you to strengthen Niagara's primary care network.

The Big Idea: Give all Canadian workers paid sick leave, says Monika_Dutt, student in Health Policy PhD.

In Maclean’s Magazine, Dutt says Canadians are working while ill to avoid losing income and instituting countrywide sick-leave policies is a healthier option.

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How can we include patient experiences in quality improvement efforts at provincial correctional facilities? New research describes strategies for stakeholder engagement and valuable insights gained through a project by Ministry of the Solicitor General journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…

A total solar eclipse, while an amazing thing to see, can cause serious damage to your eyes. Learn more about how to protect yourself. ➡️ow.ly/NuRm50R8OKZ

‼️ New research results on the social housing population in Ontario!

Older adults have a higher proportion of cardiovascular disease. 🫀

Appropriate health programming should be implemented to help this vulnerable population.
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