Magda

MD Geri, Hospice & Palliative Care, PROUD Canadian, Passionate Advocate for Older Adults. @usask @ucla alumna. Lets make medicine work for ALL! @drmagdapodcasts

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Quiet does not equate non-assertive. It does not mean not leadership material. Quiet means leading in an authentic way. I don’t speak up at meetings unless I have something to contribute. I’m fine with that and appreciate others who do.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

@SonjaRosenMD @LeeLindquistMD @sagar_ankita @MCarneyMD @KarenFriedman9 @drsusan @TLeungMD @docwithapurpose @aoglasser @AmmahStarr @ShikhaJainMD @MAACPGovernor @n_anandu @DarilynMoyer @DrJuneJD @smbst99 @AnnaLiggettMD @DELGAF @FeHeitorMD @jwoodard_md @NammiKan @meganhuisingh @PiaMLorenzo @ShahlaBaharlou @DrJeanJacques @AlisonMooreMD @MosquedaMD @allisonmays @lizwhitemanmd @HollyJHumphrey @drninashapiro @CatherineMDang @DrPaulaWhiteman @AroonsiriMD I’m so honored to be part of this group! Holy cow:)

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Highly recommended. It’s like @JillianHortonMD read my heart.

[Dr. Danya Khoujah @DanyaKhoujah]

Do not resuscitate does NOT mean:
do not treat
do not consult
do not comfort
do not address issues
do not manage
do not follow up
do not intervene
#AdvanceDirective #MedTwitter #PetPeeve #DNR #GeriEM

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Also, I learned yesterday that my fantastic Chaplains get clinical education too! Didn’t know that. Now I understand why they are so good at calling me when symptoms arise so we can address them promptly before a crisis happens:) #awesomechaplains #hospice #palliativecare

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

On a clinical team, we are extensions of each other. It’s good to remember that. #goodmedicine #healthcare

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

End of rant:) have a wonderful Sunday all!! Enjoy living!!

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

I recently heard a remark about hospice medicine that made me want to respond. Hospice care is NOT the end of medical care, it’s a different kind of medical care. The goals remain person-centered, remain on improving ones quality of life. Life on hospice is still LIFE 1/2

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

There is joy of living in this moment. Of reconnecting with the past, with friends and with family. And sometimes it’s hard to watch people die alone, and that’s why we are here. We can be there WITH them. We can stand by them on this final journey. That’s not nothing. 3/3

[Eric Widera, MD @EWidera]

Not surprised @US_FDA approved aducanumab, a drug that so far has failed to show benefit in Alzheimer’s disease. Shows that evidence doesn’t really matter. We should go back to all failed phase III trials, pick a random time-point, find a positive signal, and seek approval.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

My sincere congratulations to the winners of the @NGIG1415 and @CanGeriSoc student awards!! I think it’s been 10 years since we started doing that and the immense quality of students going into Getiatrics in Canada is staggering🚀. So PROUD!!!

[Canadian Geriatrics @CanGeriSoc]

You don’t need to be a geriatrician to advance geriatric care. We appreciated Arnold’s marvellous contributions, and his lovely nature

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Few people know Florence Nightingale was an expert at evidence based care way before it was a thing. And she recognized that sometimes we just have to be there: “and what nursing has to do in either case, is to put the patient in the Best condition for nature to act upon him.”

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

A lecture this week that stuck with me. “What do we do when we can no longer cure? We remain in the relationship.” It’s easy to check out in the healthcare field because you feel you cannot do anything more. But you can BE there. It’s not what you know, it’s who you are.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Sometimes life-based, reality-based, ability-based, income-based waaaayyy trumps evidence-based.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

In the moment, demanding bitchiness may get a quick result, but in the long run, kindness is better, lasts longer and pays forward.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

I am happy. And by happy I mean that the world will bring, and the world will take away, but I am still here, doing something that matters to me.

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

@GeriMedMD I think older kids would too:)

[Magda @DoctorMagda]

Carlos Soria: The 81-year-old conquering the world's highest peaks https://t.co/ZALIKvt88Q