Nicholas Pimlott
@NicholasPimlott
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Family physician, teacher, journal editor, father, husband, soccer coach and cycling fanatic.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2012
Yay, I won Silver for Best Editorial at the National Magazine Awards @nma_b2b today! Thanks to everyone at @CFPJounal for being amazing colleagues and to @arunadhara @Sneilsonwwh and @ENiedra for your help editing this piece #concussions #invisibleinjury
"Concussions: understanding the invisible injury" published in @CFPJournal wins the silver medal in the Best Editorial category. Well done, Dr. Sarah Fraser! #NMAB2B23
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Congratulations to Dr. Agata Dzwonek and @CFPJournal! "À Coeur ouvert" wins gold in Best Photograph! #NMAB2B23
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>2.2 million in Ontario with no family doctor. I share the frustration expressed by @RickGlazier1 "I'm honestly not seeing the sense of urgency in expanding the inter-professional teams & building the environments that new graduates would want to work in."
theglobeandmail.com
Number of Ontarians without a family doctor rose significantly during the first two years of the pandemic as access to primary care is deteriorating in Canada’s most populous province
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📚 Read his related commentary in the January 2023 issue of Canadian Family Physician:
cfp.ca
Before considering the problems and potential solutions facing Canadian primary care and the Canadian health care system, it is important to consider our values and the health system we aspire to...
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🎙️ #CFPPodcast alert 🎙️ Solutions to the health care crisis exist if political will can be found to change. @RickGlazier1 shares inspiring insights on both the challenges and opportunities before us with host Dr Nick Pimlott. 🔊 Listen here: https://t.co/C3wFNbaWuT
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The silver winner in the #NMAB2B22 Best Editorial category is @CFPjournal's "Editorial: Climate change is a health issue" by Dr. Sarah Fraser. Congratulations! https://t.co/NDDpMuMBze
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The untold story of Doug Ford's first budget: Tories are spending $5 billion more than Liberals, yet cutting deeply into programs. Where did the extra money go? A tale of unforced errors--costing us billions in budgetary blunders. My wknd column:
thestar.com
The tragedy of the Ontario government’s first budget is not merely its legacy of austerity nor the tyranny of ideology. It is a tale of unforced errors by a newly empowered government that fell...
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Congrats @HowardOvens who probably knows as much about #IBD as we do. @MountSinai ER probably has more IBD patient visits than almost any ER in the world. Dr. Howard Ovens named Emergency Physician of the Year - Sinai Health System
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Some key leadership tips from @DocSandyB: be an active listener; be part of the solution; follow your passion; find/be a mentor; stay true 2 your values; invest in lifelong learning; self-reflect; think outside the box; empower others 2 act; stay humble. @CMA_Docs @UofTFamilyMed
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Our 2nd special issue on primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is now online, focusing on the care of older adults https://t.co/j6XT8EzGf9 Guest editor: Dr William F. Sullivan of @SPCToronto
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Nous sommes ravis d’être nommés finalistes par les Prix du magazine canadien : B2B dans 3 catégories!
In Best Illustration, "Still Life with Kidney" is a nominee! Congrats to Dr. Sonya Englert and Kathryn Taylor of @CanFamPhysician. #NMAB2B19
https://t.co/fmIj0G5cHg
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We're very excited to be nominated by the National Magazine Awards: B2B in 3 categories, including Best Series of Articles for the Prevention in Practice series!
In the Best Series of Articles category, "Prevention in Practice" (published in @CanFamPhysician) is nominated. Congratulations to Neil R. Bell and Kathryn Taylor. #NMAB2B19
https://t.co/mpOSRXon56
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Graham, there has to be some accountability for the actions of OS.
@powerplayer11 @iamdavidmiller @patrice421 @OntarioIsSoccer @SAACSoccer @vaughansoccercl @MichaelTibollo @CanadaSoccerEN @CanadaSoccerPO Any chance your lawyers could get an injunction against OS?
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Brilliant blog from Richard Smith: The most devastating critique of medicine since Medical Nemesis by Ivan Illich in 1975 ‘Doctors are treating but not healing’ https://t.co/Oysf5UeWgi
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Congratulations @DeeMangin, winner of the Donald I. Rice Award from @FamPhysCan. This award recognizes Dee’s contributions to teaching, her vision, leadership in #FamilyMedicine #myFMF Hear Dee talk about her reserach in this video:
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Good job @CMA_Docs. Why inconvenience people and waste health care resources? Doesnt make sense to ask for Doctor's note for minor illnesses.
CMA slams move to allow employers to require doctor's note for minor illnesses
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As far as I can see, segmentation = fragmentation as far as general practice is concerned. Beware this enthusiasm.
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So many of the new ‘solutions’ to health crises that we face look pretty much like the traditional (well funded) model of general practice
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