Family Medicine Residency Site: Abbotsford-Mission

“Our results underscore the need for flexibility in work arrangements, parental leave, and access to childcare to ensure that doctors who are parents can contribute to the primary care workforce. Intentions for office-based and group physician practice models among female parents may reflect the desire to have control over hours worked to protect time for household and caregiving responsibilities. This is consistent with other reports that physicians planning to have families choose to pursue FM compared to hospital specialties due to the flexibility it affords and also that over the course of their career female physician parents spend significantly more time on childcare and other work at home than their male counterparts.”

The relationship between gender, parenthood and practice intentions among family medicine residents: cross-sectional analysis of national Canadian survey data (2019) by Lavergne, Gonzalez, Ahuja, Hedden & McCracken via Human Resources for Health.

“To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine…”
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and author

“For many years, I have wondered how, in the frantic pace of this age we call our time, I might keep my focus on what nourishes me. I decided that, like many creative walkers before me, I had to disrupt habits that neither fed or sustained me by radically and literally walking away from them.”

~ Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, English professor at Belmont University in Tennessee

*Solvitur ambulando, loosely translated means, “It is solved by walking.”

More on This Latin Phrase Will Change the Way You Manage Problems by Ephrat Livni via Quartzy.

“The first-ever national survey on the human impacts of climate change, released last week by Greenland, revealed over three-quarters of respondents had personally experienced the effects of global warming in their everyday lives. Human health implications are occurring at only 1 C of global warming since pre-industrial times — underlining the importance of limiting it to no more than 1.5 C. Indeed, several major health-care organizations in Canada issued a unified call to action on climate change this year, echoed by others worldwide.
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As family doctors who have worked in communities across British Columbia and built relationships with our patients at home, we understand how vital meaningful employment is for our health, and a thriving economy for our health-care system. Climate change threatens both. On top of almost $800 million spent managing wildfires and floods in 2018, subsequent economic losses in our timber, farming and tourism industries took a major toll on families and the province. As former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney recently said, ‘the enormous human and financial costs of climate change are having a devastating effect on our collective well-being.'”

Learn more on Climate change is the 21st century’s greatest threat to human health by Drs. Melissa Lem & Alan Ruddiman via Canada’s National Observer.

“IKEA and Skanska are collaborating with the Queen of Sweden on an offshoot of their modular BoKlok housing that will meet the needs of the elderly and people with dementia.
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There will also be features tailored more specifically for people affected by dementia, including clear and enlarged wayfinding and signage, low shower-walls for assisted bathing, heat sensors for stoves and calming interior finishes for all rooms.
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It is hoped that this will enable the elderly – specifically those with memory loss – to live independently and at home for as long as possible, and ultimately help the government save money it would otherwise spend on care.”

More on IKEA and Queen of Sweden adapt modular BoKlok housing for the elderly by Lizzie Crook via dezeen.

“If med students learn that industry interaction is the norm, they are more likely to meet with drug reps in their practice. Interacting with drug reps is known to affect doctors’ prescribing habits and can even lead to ‘irrational prescribing’ of a brand’s drug, research shows.”

More on Big pharma pours millions into medical schools — here’s how it can impact education (2019) by Laura Hensley via Global News Under the Influence.

One of the perks of UBC’s Family Practice Residency program is our site diversity. Over the two year period, residents have this unique opportunity to situate themselves in rural, suburban, and urban environments to learn how medicine is practiced in these communities. Dr. Christie Newton and I shared two wonderful evenings with our Terrace & Prince George Family Practice Residency Program preceptors, residents, and staff examining UBC’s clinical placement model. Thank you to all that welcomed us to your sites and shared your thoughts, ideas, and experiences.

Learn more about Terrace and Prince George!

Warm regards,

Jacqueline

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FMF is being held in Vancouver this year! Registration is now open. Learn more here.

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More on The Lancet Group’s commitments to gender equity and diversity (2019)

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