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September 2023 Hi all, It has been some time since our last blog post, but that doesn’t mean that the learning, helping and healing have not continued! ;P At my Family Practice clinic, we have had a number of young Family Medicine graduates join our group and it has been such an honour and privilegeContinue reading “Family Doctors heal generations”

02.04.23 You said it, Merv! Three days into the new Family Practice Longitudinal Care care model and I am already loving it! It gives patient/family-centred care and relationship a whole new way of healing! I spent time helping an Elder couple who were accompanied by their caring son who helps oversee their care. They areContinue reading “Family Medicine and Team-Based Care Version 2.0”

Happy 2023! It’s been some time since posting here… this blog is 3 years old! Much has happened including a pandemic and changes to community inpatient and community Family Medicine. Since community Family Medicine in B.C. is improving with regards to government and Doctors of B.C. support (https://blueskyfamilymedicine.family.blog/2022/11/02/the-future-is-brighter-for-family-medicine-in-b-c/)… With the development and my involvement withContinue reading “Blue Sky Family Medicine Learning Centres in Nanaimo!”

Today’s post is all about Preventive Medicine… one of the 5 core arms of care! I’ll be brief because it’s complicated but simple. These 11 words sum up much of what we can do to put your friendly, neighbourhoood Family Doctor out of business! 😉 This checklist can help guide you with the “other stuff.”Continue reading “Preventive Medicine is a key to Family Medicine!”

Kudos to all for their hard work behind the scenes to help make this a reality! The true beneficiaries will be all British Columbians who will improve their health and care in the months and years ahead! In this together… so stay tuned! Huy ch q’a

“Hospitals are dangerous for the elderly who are susceptible to hospital infections and rapid deterioration from the change in environment.” Ian McWhinney, Textbook of Family Medicine, 4th Edition This week, I visited one of my elder patients from my Family Practice who was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. When I walked into the room andContinue reading “Family Medicine belongs in Hospital”

Greetings! Sorry for the slow Blue Sky Family Medicine posting, we have been a wee bit busy with the above and other pressing health care matters in community. Observing all that is going on with the current primary care crisis in B.C., Canada and even around the world concerns me. https://bcmj.org/editorials/evolving-crisis-primary-care It is a veryContinue reading “UBC Family Medicine Learning Centres are now LIVE!”

And here’s a very wise response to the Op-Ed above: In reflecting on his comments, I was drawn to a well-established principle I learned in a management course years ago that if you are trying to fix a problem, ask the people actually doing the job about the problem is and how they would fixContinue reading “This Family Doctor is disappointed too, Dr. W! :(“