As this year's recipient of the Cal Gutkin Award, I want to thank The College of Family Physicians of Canada & Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) for this honor. Thank you, Cal, for your support and mentorship over the years!

1/4 mothers and children have no family doctor. Most family doctors in LONDON have no team to help service these patients. Donations cover the additional services for these patients. GroundedRootsOpenWings.ca

Dr. Sarita Verma (She/Her) The College of Family Physicians of Canada ivy oandasan Paul Miron Dr. Barb Zelek Anj Very consistent Dr. Sarita Verma (She/Her) w/ the survey data from Stillwater RP Church members posted here: (esp. slides 23-26) srpc.ca/resources/Fami…
Key to success, if implemented, will be:
- access to enhanced skills
- inc. time in rural communities
- transitional third year (w/ better pay and mentorship)

Predictable but disappointing.
Prioritising continuity would be a powerful tool to improve general practice for patients and doctors

Various steps recommended by MPs last year to improve the doctor-patient relationship in general practice have been rejected by the government on the grounds that doctors should decide on how best to organise care
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Congratulations to the Honourable Mark Holland on the new appointment as Canada's Health Minister! Ontario Medical Association look forward to working together to improve the health-care system for physicians and their patients. #ONhealth #CDNhealth

Thank you Minister Sylvia Jones for meeting with Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Andrew Park and CEO John Bozzo today to discuss the #Prescription4ON and our 3 urgent priorities to improve health care. #ONhealth

Watch Gili of Green is Health discuss the anxiety that #climatechange can cause for patients. Learn more about the health threat from climate change here: ow.ly/WCGq50Pl2im #Onhealth

Frankl encourages acceptance of life as it is rather than as we wish it to be.

By accepting and even embracing the challenges that life presents to us, we can find profound meaning in our daily existence.

As Frankl famously said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
Emotional intelligence defined by Frankl. Great thread about what’s in our control

Leading across a system requires a massive & ongoing commitment to the practice of collaboration. A new report from The King's Fund sets out six areas of practice for effective collaborative leadership:
1) create a safe, inclusive & trusting environment
2) build & maintain healthy

Your opinion matters to your colleagues in the OMA. Please share by becoming a thought leader. Collectively we are stronger.
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'@Ontariosdoctors welcome this significant investment in health care for our children, which will help clear the backlog of surgeries and other pediatric care built up during the pandemic. '
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.Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Andrew Park visited CHEO Ottawa, where Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones announced an additional $330 million each year in pediatric health services to connect children and youth with services closer to home. #Onhealth