https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/family-doctor-medical-school-1.7328500 “She said that students are selected for a commitment to family practice and are taught largely by #familyphysicians, then transition from their #MD program into guaranteed #familymedicine residency positions in Durham Region”
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-cure-solutions-for-canadian-doctor-shortage-1.7465633 “Walsh is one of an estimated 6.5 million Canadians left navigating a strained health-care system by themselves, as the country's family doctor shortage reaches a crisis point. According to a 2025 #HealthCanada report analyzing the health-care workforce, the country is currently short 22,823 #familyphysicians.”
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Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands all have mixed systems of physician payment – some fee-for-service, some capitation, and some salaried.
Physicians in Denmark and the Netherlands, in general, take home markedly less than those in Canada, but have far more administrative support and, it seems, better work-life balance. Unlike Canada, family doctors are paid the same, or more, than other specialists.” #FamilyPhysicians #PrimaryCare https://med-mastodon.com/@picardonhealth/113956914412124948
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There is currently a deficit of 22,823 between supply and demand for #familyphysicians in Canada, and only approximately 1,300 new graduates per year. At this rate, Canada will never solve the existing #physicianshortage” (2/2)
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001622 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523001622#sec2 “Canadians' #HealthOutcomes are inextricably tied to #SocialInequities. #FamilyMedicine is uniquely situated to provide care that addresses social factors through longitudinal knowledge of patients and the contexts of their lives. However, #FamilyPhysicians have come under increased practice demands shaped by neoliberal ideological structuring of #healthcare, compounding difficulties in providing care”
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*Me, my Mom & my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in #BritishColumbia who have been on the #WaitingList for a new family #doctor since our previous GPs retired.*
When the province introduced its #HealthConnectRegistry in 2021, we were told this would help #patients to find a #FamilyPhysician.
About 900,000 #BritishColumbians have no doctor, and while the #Health Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new #physicians, that number has remained fairly constant for years.
Yet the #inability of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.
More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or #medical condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.
#BCpoli #PublicHealth #WeNeedFamilyDoctors #FireBonnieHenry #HealthCareCrisis #BChealthCare #StopEugenics #BCPublicHealth #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCgovernment #HealthCareFailures #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #FamilyPhysicians #WeNeedDoctors #OathbreakerBonnie #BootBonnieHenry #CDNpoli
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@DocMCohen sorry this just ticks me off. #Naturopaths keep making this claim as if it’s something special they do.
This is the #BioPsychoSocial approach that _all_ #FamilyPhysicians practice.
“Their approach is to look at the whole person. So not just their physical aspects, but mental, emotional, social, environmental (factors)," [O’Reilly] said.
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There is an urgent need for #familyphysicians in the interest of universal #healthcare. A separate #familyphysician cadre in #primaryhealthcentres/#communityHealthCentres (CHC) and district #hospitals is needed
https://indianf.com/need-for-family-physician-in-the-interest-of-universal-health-care/#:~:text=There%20is%20an%20urgent%20need%20for%20family%20physicians%20in%20the%20interest%20of%20universal%20healthcare.%20A%20separate%20family%20physician%20cadre%20in%20primary%20health%20centres/Community%20Health%20Centres%20(CHC)%20and%20district%20hospitals%20is%20needed -
Global News BC: Thousands sign up for B.C.’s new doctor pay model, but many others still on the fence https://globalnews.ca/news/9531008/family-doctor-pay-model-signup/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FamilyPhysicians #doctorpaymodel #FamilyPractice #FamilyDoctors #DoctorsOfBC #newpaymodel #BCpolitics #AnnaWolak #BCDoctors #Doctors #Health #BCNDP
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Dear #FamilyPhysicians / #GeneralPractitioners /#PrimaryCare physicians and other people from #MedMastodon and #ScienceMastodon, I'd like you to know I made a list of references about #PrimaryCareResearch
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Our family physician ordered the CT scan that led to a diagnosis of Jay’s #PancreaticCancer at an early stage (2b)! His family cancer history, his ashkenazi Jewish heritage on his mum’s side, & his unrelenting upper belly pain, were just the sorts of variables that SHOULD have led to imaging, but we were lucky. #FamilyPhysicians are seen 1st, & need to be educated on the symptoms of #PancreasCancer, as well as other factors that increase risk. Early diagnosis = improved outcomes.
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