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Family Doctor,Focus Practice Palliative Care, Board Chair OMA &

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Lowering salt (one teaspoon) in the diet among middle-aged and older adults was as good an effect for reducing BP as a first-line anti-hypertensive drug, independent of severity of HTN or meds, in ~75% of people, from a randomized trial
https://t.co/hIsY3rVXPa @JAMA_current

[Francine Lise Lemire @Lemire_Francine]

As this year's recipient of the Cal Gutkin Award, I want to thank @CFPC_e & @fafmcfpc for this honor. Thank you, Cal, for your support and mentorship over the years!

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@annafoat @beynate OH my.....well honestly that was my grannie in Kearney ON in the 50-60's. Only her supply was homemade mustard plasters!

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@OntariosDoctors Charitable status for family physicians is needed to meet the needs of Ontario mothers and children with complex social situations. This clinic is at risk of closing in 2024 @PeggySattlerNDP

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1/4 mothers and children have no family doctor. Most family doctors in LONDON have no team to help service these patients. Donations cover the additional services for these patients. https://t.co/OEvBt9mzto

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1/4 mothers and children have no family doctor. Most family doctors in LONDON have no team to help service these patients. Donations cover the additional services for these patients. https://t.co/OEvBt9mzto

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1/4 mothers and children have no family doctor. Most family doctors in LONDON have no team to help service these patients. Donations cover the additional services for these patients. https://t.co/OEvBt9mzto

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If you are looking for a wonderful donation to give in the holiday season please consider GROW - a medical clinic that cares for unattached mothers and children with complex social needs. Abuse, substance use disorders, underhoused and food scarcity are but a few issues @BKascho

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3.3 Learn from Galvez, an expert and leader instrumental in drafting the Climate Aligned Finance Act, how government policy can influence climate health, and how physicians and the health sector can partner to move this work forward. Galvez will be available for a Q-and-A

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Register for climate webinar with Rosa Galvez.  The OMA invites members to hear Rosa Galvez, an environmental engineer and federal senator, discuss climate finance and policy. https://t.co/w5NP3qYWaQ
@OntariosDoctors

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2.3 The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment has partnered with the OMA’s Green is Health MIG along with Partnerships for Environmental Action by Clinicians & Communities to host the webinar Thursday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.

[Dr. Sarah Newbery 💙💛 @snewbery1]

@ddsv3 @CFPC_e @ivyomd @drpmiron @bzelek @Anjaliwawa Very consistent @ddsv3 w/ the survey data from @SRPC members posted here: (esp. slides 23-26) https://t.co/c2zOWZL5DV
Key to success, if implemented, will be:
- access to enhanced skills
- inc. time in rural communities
- transitional third year (w/ better pay and mentorship)

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Various steps recommended by MPs last year to improve the doctor-patient relationship in general practice have been rejected by the government on the grounds that doctors should decide on how best to organise care
https://t.co/viCFEpH5E0

[Ontario Medical Association @OntariosDoctors]

Congratulations to the Honourable @markhollandlib on the new appointment as Canada's Health Minister! @OntariosDoctors look forward to working together to improve the health-care system for physicians and their patients. #ONhealth #CDNhealth

[Ontario Medical Association @OntariosDoctors]

Thank you Minister @SylviaJonesMPP for meeting with @OntariosDoctors President Dr. Andrew Park and CEO John Bozzo today to discuss the #Prescription4ON and our 3 urgent priorities to improve health care. #ONhealth

[Ontario Medical Association @OntariosDoctors]

Watch @GiliAdlerNevo of @greenishealthmd discuss the anxiety that #climatechange can cause for patients. Learn more about the health threat from climate change here: https://t.co/BT2x7Rjt25 #Onhealth

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Frankl encourages acceptance of life as it is rather than as we wish it to be.

By accepting and even embracing the challenges that life presents to us, we can find profound meaning in our daily existence.

[UnLearn with Prasanna @unlearnprasanna]

Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl is a powerful book that provides profound insights about life and the human condition.

Here are some of the key learnings:

[fauldscat @fauldscat]

As Frankl famously said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
Emotional intelligence defined by Frankl. Great thread about what’s in our control

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I recently came across a beautiful Buddhist teaching: The Two Arrows.

The Buddha once asked his student, "If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?"

The student nodded, yes.

The Buddha then asked, "If a person is struck by a second arrow, is that even more painful?"

The student again nodded, yes.

The Buddha then explained, "In life, we cannot always control the first arrow. However, the second arrow is our reaction to the first. The second arrow is optional."

The first arrow is the negative event that hits our lives.

This is the uncontrollable chaos that we may find ourselves thrown into from time to time.

The first arrow is impossible to avoid. It hits and it hurts.

The second arrow is governed by our response to the first—and as the parable teaches us, being struck by the second arrow is entirely within our control.

Our reaction and response controls the direction and force of the second arrow:

• If we attach ourselves to the pain of the first arrow, continue to think all of the negative thoughts it brought about, repeat the patterns of our past, dwell in the pain, and bemoan our bad luck, we send the second arrow hurtling straight into our open wound.

• If we pause, breathe, give ourselves a moment to reset, and choose a balanced response, we send the second arrow falling feebly to the ground.

Viktor Frankl, the Austrian philosopher and Holocaust survivor renowned for his contributions to existential psychology, has a brilliant framing for this:

"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response."

Our power is in the space that we can create between stimulus and response.

Creating that space is the key to avoiding the second arrow.

As Frankl famously said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

So the next time you encounter an uncontrollable negative event in your life—when you're struck by that painful first arrow—consider the parable of the two arrows.

The first arrow may have hurt, but the second arrow is always optional.

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

Leading across a system requires a massive & ongoing commitment to the practice of collaboration. A new report from @TheKingsFund sets out six areas of practice for effective collaborative leadership:
1) create a safe, inclusive & trusting environment
2) build & maintain healthy relationships
3) create a shared purpose
4) manage power dynamics
5) surface and manage conflict
6) promote shared decision-making
https://t.co/AKHpRIcOlc. Thank you @nicolawalshkf

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Your opinion matters to your colleagues in the OMA. Please share by becoming a thought leader. Collectively we are stronger.
https://t.co/yjptjYQXhu

[Ontario Medical Association @OntariosDoctors]

"@Ontariosdoctors welcome this significant investment in health care for our children, which will help clear the backlog of surgeries and other pediatric care built up during the pandemic. "
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