When it comes to team-based care and Family Medicine, Social Workers sometimes make the biggest difference for a patient to go from surviving to thriving!
As said, we our honoured and privileged as a Family Doctor to work and collaborate with the many other amazing allied health team members like MOA’s, RN’s, LPN’s and NP’s to name a few (see #iamccfp blogpost).
This slide always humbles me and when I work and witness what Social Workers do everyday with our patients and how they can improve the patients’ Social Determinants of Health or #SDOH… it will make you a believer too!
It’s primary care rocket fuel in the community when a Family Doctor does a Home Visit or Outreach with a Social Worker (or RN)! You can really start helping a person’s Health (capital H), big time!
With all that is happening in the world today and the social inequity that exists, I think it’s time for the Blue Sky Family Medicine movement to become a reality with team-based Family Medicine care for Nanaimo (and beyond).
Remember, you cannot have world peace without internal peace.
Think global, act local.
Blue Sky Family Medicine 