Cathy Risdon
@risdonc
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Family doc, Chair, McMaster DFM, compassionate curmudgeon, open-hearted skeptic. Opinions my own. she/her.
Hamilton
Joined April 2009
Dangerous distractions? - a view from primary care about @fordnation Ontario's COVID19 latest testing strategy. A thread . .
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The record shows what happens when we pay attention to some things (profit and privatization) and neglect others-(Long term investment in the collective good). The impact of this neglect will have a long tail into the future. Thank you for this excellent summary@AlykhanAbdulla.
We have lost our way in Ontario. The government’s public policy choices have had detrimental effects on health care and public safety, by @AlykhanAbdulla via @HealthyDebate #alcohol #HarmReduction.
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RT @DrMichaelGreen1: Congrats to SFU and founding Dean Dr David Price! What a great choice to lead this new Family Medicine focused School….
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RT @UofTFamilyMed: As medical students get ready to pick their residency program @CaRMS_CA, hear from some current #familymedicine resident….
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RT @OntarioCollege: There are already 2.3 million Ontarians who do not have a family doctor. Forecast shows that will only get worse. The….
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RT @Kidsdoc1Rick: I cannot imagine what it is like for gender diverse kids today. Pls let them know that @OntariosDoctors stand in support….
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RT @McMasterFamMed: At DFM, we are community connected. We have strong partnerships with primary care and health care partners to share kno….
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RT @IrfanDhalla: Canadians will forever be grateful to the health minister or premier who first makes and achieves this commitment. Other c….
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Timely and important work - great KT strategy. High relevance for educators and policy makers with a stake in sustainable family medicine and primary care.
Have you heard? Join @MGVanstone @ICREConf at 11:30am today presenting “Burden or strengthening for future practice: What do residents learn from indirect patient care activities”. #ICRE2022 @McMasterFamMed.
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RT @OntariosDoctors: The shortage of family doctors across the province is one of the most critical issues facing patients. Primary care is….
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RT @IrfanDhalla: Good article with concrete solutions to improve primary care. Written for an Australian audience, but all 5 solutions appl….
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How can we get better primary health care access, quality and affordability that Labor has promised? We need to learn from what’s worked and failed overseas.
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RT @MacEmerg: Come and work with Us!!. We are recruiting faculty for 2023 – See for more details!.
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RT @utpress: Caring for LGBTQ2S People identifies gaps in care and #healthcare disparities, and provides clinicians with both the knowledge….
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RT @McMasterFamMed: How do patients and doctors make health-care decisions when evidence doesn't exist? Researcher Meredith Vanstone gives….
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Health-care providers generally make decisions based on strong evidence. But what happens when that evidence doesn’t exist? In that vacuum, clinicians and patients must make ethically complex...
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RT @tara_kiran: Primary care is the foundation of the healthcare system. Like a good building foundation, we forget about it when it’s work….
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Credit for the video goes to @MGVanstone, @LawrencGrierson, @machealthsci students Aakashdeep Khehra, Lanyi Lin, and Muhammadhasan Nasser (@McMasterHSED).
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May 19 is #WorldFamilyDoctorDay, and we want to express our gratitude: thank you, family doctors, for being you, and thank you for everything you are doing to help everybody else. You help keep communities healthy and adapted to support your patients.
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Dear family physicians, these past years have been very stressful. Many family docs have supported patients who have had their needs pushed aside by a hospital system prioritizing COVID care. These challenges make you fell burnt out. But you're not alone.
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RT @McMasterFamMed: May 19 is #WorldFamilyDoctorDay, and we want to express our gratitude to family doctors across the world who are critic….
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