Tara Lee

wife, mom & rural generalist

[USask CoM OVDIH @usask_OVDIH]

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Janet Tootoosis on her appointment as Vice-Dean Indigenous Health. Under her interim leadership, the college accomplished important milestones. We look forward to achieving many more over the next five years under her continued leadership.

[Jill Konkin @djillk1]

Our paper on success of the rural longitudinal integrated clerkship at @UAlberta_FoMD @UAlberta on contributing to the rural physician workforce has just been published. Where medical education happens is important. https://t.co/dCCe2TzeAa

[Dr Jessica Otte, CCFP, FCFP🇨🇦 - palliative/FP @LessIsMoreMed]

Time for Family Medicine to Stop Enabling a Dysfunctional Health Care System https://t.co/jQG4CBwKGC #familymed #burnout #physicianhealth #fmrevolution @BCFamilyDoctors @DrRitaMc @cfpcceo

[Dr. Rithesh Ram @rithesh_ram]

Rural Generalists are formally trained as family physicians. We may have had similar training to our colleagues in the city during medical school and residency, but how we practice, our breadth and depth of our knowledge and skills, are very different.
#abpoli #ableg #abhealth

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

Important lessons learned: One doctor, two Canadian mass tragedies. To Mike and my rural colleagues: you are specialists in your field, my utmost respect and appreciation for all that you do👏🙌 https://t.co/WzB4kaQQPD

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

Medical student shares perspective on doctor shortage | 650 CKOM https://t.co/TmNnH1v3DS

[Brent Thoma @Brent_Thoma]

In this very timely work, @USask College of Medicine Admissions Director @TrustinDomes & team explored admissions characteristics predictive of SK- and rural-based medical practice: https://t.co/cnWO8eB7pt

[Sean Groves (he/him) @sean_groves]

@Brent_Thoma Funneling $$$ and human resources away from full spectrum family medicine towards the ED has no doubt harmed patients in many ways. The lack of investment in primary care and a health care system that prioritizes the ED over the family physician's office is the real issue here.

[Aaron Johnston @aaronjohnston]

@jbullockruns This is one of the biggest reasons that Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships #LICs are such a good option, especially rural LICs. Stay in one place for a year, get to know people, be part of a community, become a student-colleague and part of the team.

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

Interim Vice-Dean Indigenous Health ‘optimistic’ in developing new division https://t.co/ErIIffHDLA 👏👏👏

[Marlies van Dijk (she/her) @tweetvandijk]

Influencing change in health and care is hard.

They don't teach you this in medical or nursing school.

Here are 10 things I have learned 🧵

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

@DoctorRBT @WaskoDr @HeindeKlerk1 @drkristinep @KathyLawrence1 @KatharineSmart #decimatedprimarycare

[Darren Markland @drdagly]

After two and a half years, the waves keep coming, and its not just COVID now, but the effects of decimated primary care and poor mental health that drive the ventilators and drain the IV pumps. I saw my outpatient practice swell as my patient’s lost their family physicians.

[USask Medicine @USaskMed]

ICYMI: From delivering babies to helping manage the emergency room, @Jamievanderende values her hands-on experiences in Meadow Lake -- via the Saskatchewan Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (SLIC) program. #MyMD

https://t.co/gc8rSAC1Zr

[Mark Ruddy @maruddy1]

Got this in the post..qualification I’m most proud of. Swiss Army knife of medicine.

[John Horgan @jjhorgan]

I was asked a few times about a so-called “trucker convoy” - here’s my response 👇

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

Sask. hospitals still in 'marathon' as COVID-19 measures end | The Star Phoenix https://t.co/J1rLDpi8yM

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

Fantastic! Great pic of our SLIC students @USaskMedDean @StobKent1

[Lindsay @lindsayrichels]

Two kids from Churchbridge getting to work together because of SLIC and I couldn’t be happier. @Tsl239Tara @wkaeding #ruralhealth #diabetes

[Alison Creekside @CreeksideAlison]

45% of 119 sitting CPC MPs provided active support to #FluTruxKlan
Not mere performative JT bashing, or opposition to the truckers vax mandate, or to implementing EA.
No - these MPs put in extra effort to publicly & overtly promote #OttawaOccupation and/or #Coutts.
List below:

[Tara Lee @drtaralee]

I love my children. I tell them life is not just about them. It’s also about the people and community around them. I have 2 degrees, 1 is in immunology. I went to university for 11 years. I’m not sure if it means anything but my son is getting his 3rd shot, so will my daughter.