📢 I'm leaving X, a tool being used by the U.S. government to attack the sovereignty of my country, Canada. Though I will no longer be updating this account, join me on Instagram @sarahfrasermd where I advocate for gender affirming care and other essential health services

Congrats to the @CFPJournal team! CFP Podcast is nominated for Best B2B Podcast. @sarahfrasermd @NicholasPimlott #NMAB2B24 https://t.co/oTiqXS0VyT

In the August @CMAJ issue, Dr Katie Ross and I argue for the public funding of medical aesthetics (eg laser hair removal, Botox) for trans and gender-diverse individuals. This would increase access to gender affirming care. Read more…

Silver again this year at the National Magazine Awards @nma_b2b! But today I want to highlight my article that won Silver last year about climate change and health. With the fires raging in Nova Scotia, the link has become all the more obvious. ICYMI: https://t.co/TbBRIumq19

We at @CFPJournal are also proud to have won Best Photograph. A lot of heart went into this one ( : Thanks @nma_b2b!

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

This is wonderful.

A trio of geese on McCabe Lake with the Tantallon fire in the distance. #TantallonFire #NSfire #forestfire #firefighter #firefighters @HRMFireNews @HFXFirefighters @hfxfire @FireFNS @HRFE_Incidents

Here is the latest map (accurate at 10:20 a.m. on May 31) of the wildfire in the Tantallon area. The active fire area is shaded in pink, and the evacuation perimeter is the dotted red line.

ICYMI I'm so proud of our team @CFPJournal for being nominated for multiple National Magazine Awards in the B2B Category. One was for this amazing cover. Winners TBA this week! Stay tuned https://t.co/Dqklfy9HIk @magawards @NMA_B2B @UofTFamilyMed #familymedicine #primarycare

New official map of the evacuation and state of emergency areas:

#generalpractice #longtermcare #healthequity

The burden of this care will likely still overwhelmingly fall on women. This is only one example of the tremendous invisible labour inequity in our health system, and as care providers we need to be mindful of how this kind of stress will show up for our patients as well. /3

..and this is only likely to increase with time. The above graph from the landmark study by the Alzheimer Society projects over 1 million Canadians to have dementia by 2050, and all those people will need caregivers. You can read the whole study here: https://t.co/tOEeuzzWpR 2/

While caregiving can have many benefits, there are also many challenges, and these challenges are gendered. As a family doctor who works both in the clinic and the hospital, I’ve seen firsthand that many caregivers are frequently diagnosed with burnout, 1/

“Casey’s Slope” is about the heartbreaking struggle to hold on to what matters most and comes from a very personal place. You can read the rest of this piece on my website: https://t.co/yLQ1czDW4G #longtermcare #alzheimers #MedHum /2

This #ThoughtfulThursday I’ve been thinking about the stresses on caregivers in long term care situations, and it brings to mind a poem I wrote about the firsthand experience of someone with dementia. 1/

and pay attention to their health, as the work they do is meaningful, important and loving. /4. #MedED #healthequity #caregivers

By 2050, there will be over a million people in Canada who have dementia, according to a large study by the Alzheimer Society. And these people will need care. As doctors, and as a society, it is important to recognize the work the caregivers do, 3/

During the lecture, the students got to hear the personal story of a caregiver, who talked about both the struggles and the benefits of caregiving for her family members. It’s also important to note that the majority of this work is done by women and it’s often unpaid. 2/