Family doc with a split urban/rural practice. Advocate for maternity care close to home. I'm a generalist, so I might seem a bit scattered. All opinions my own
Nov 15, 2022 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
How patients can help their FP: A 🧵
Family doctors are drowning (the whole system is collapsing but today we focus on the FPs). Patients are rarely the cause of this but there are a still some small things that they can do that can add up to a lot. What can you do?
Book well in advance. If I ask you to follow-up in 3 months, book that on your way out the door if you can. Because if you call in 3 months, I’ll be seeing you in 4. Set yourself reminders for long-term follow-ups like annual checks so we don’t have to chase you for them
Sep 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Victims from SK and #JamesSmithCreeNation were taken to hospitals in Melfort and Nipiwin. These two rural hospitals also managed the victims of the Humbolt Broncos crash.
My ❤️ goes out not only to the victims and families but also to the HCW once again doing the impossible
For those who don’t have a mental picture of what mass casualties in #RuralMedicine and rural communities look like, a thread from that incident
