Thread by @DrRitaMc

I think Nurse Practitioners are a part of the solution to the #FamilyDoctorShortage in #BCPrimaryCare and the rest of 🇨🇦

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I expect to hear the following "buts"

1- see too few patients
2- spend too much time per pt, cost too much
3- have less training than FP's

And, I agree they are not 1:1 replaceable with FP's

But a "doctors only" fix to Primary Care is so 2019

Team-based primary care with other care providers:
nurse practitioners
nurses
OT/PT
counseling
SW
pharmacist
elders
patient navigators

This is what is going to address the shortages, in a meaningful and sustainable way.

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