MD PhD, General Internist @UHN, Assistant Prof @UofT, Health Services researcher/clinical epidemiologist @ICESontario @TGHRI_UHN @WCHWIHV.
University of Toronto
Joined July 2013
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In the next 20 years, we will see population ageing unlike we have ever seen- this is the result of the boomer birth cohort and longer lifespans. Here is what that will look like in Ontario by 2046 (from ontario.ca/page/ontario-popu…)1/x
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Congratulations to Dr. @moirakapral on her appointment as Chair of the Department of Medicine for a five-year term beginning September 1, 2024! --> uoft.me/avm
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Allison McGeer. Incredible scientist and lovely person, congrats to you!!!
👏👏👏 Saturday, in Vancouver, the newest members of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will be inducted: Pieter Cullis, John Dick, Catherine Hankins, Noni MacDonald, Allison McGeer, Sir Thomas Roddick.
cdnmedhall.ca/induction cdnmedhall.ca/news/announcin… via @CdnMedHallFame
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Heartbreaking for him, his family and all the patients. Really drives home the crisis in primary care.
The situation for family physicians in Canada hits close to home.
Thank you @CTVNews for the profile of my dad, Dr Peter Petrosoniak who’s been trying to retire for nearly 2yrs but doesn’t want to leave his patients. Yet no one wants to take it. ctvnews.ca/health/doctor-wit…
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I like this hot take- I agree with taking a more Bayesian view of results. Responding to Reviewers and Editors About Statistical Significance Testing | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.7…
Meanwhile, academic researchers have soooo much regulation to get through.
"at the behest of the pharmaceutical company, would conduct 'A/B testing' by putting out a new version of software to a percentage of patients to see if the new version improved uptake of the drug."
Another example of how corporate interests are often not aligned with patients' best interests
New study @sheryl_spithoff @BMJ_Open reveals how for-profit virtual care companies are monetizing patient data
cbc.ca/news/health/virtual-c… @CBCNews ft. @Lorian_H cc @UofTFamilyMed
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For whomever needs to hear this today (also me): you are not your CIHR grant ranking. You are not the impact factor of the journal that last accepted your paper. 1/3
I am humbled to receive this along with brilliant collagues @PremjiKamila and @FralickMike. Thank you to the large team of investigators, clinicians, stakeholders and patient/caregiver partners who make this work possible! @ihpmeuoft @UofT_DoM @UHN @GIMtoronto @CSIMSCMI
Congratulations to the 2024 PSI Graham Farquharson #KT Fellow, Dr. @LapointeShaw from @UHN, who will focus on quality improvement on general medical wards. psifoundation.org/dr-lauren-…
"The importance of understanding how systemic issues can disadvantage patients is not in dispute" but "when people are ill, they trust their physicians to make the right diagnosis." I agree with @NoahIvers' thoughtful comment on the #CanMEDS change. tinyurl.com/46hct9u6
Here is my take on the impact of Virtual Urgent Care on emergency department utilization in Ontario. 1/6 cmaj.ca/content/195/43/E1463
Virtual urgent care didn't divert Ontario patients from ER visits during pandemic, @CMAJ study suggests. Doctors say #VirtualCare can help with staffing crisis in emergency departments.
cbc.ca/news/health/virtual-c… via @cbcnews
I was humbled to give the 32nd Annual @CHEPAMcMaster Labelle Lecture. I met many bright trainees and had great discussions with CHEPA Scientists. It was overall a very energizing experience, thank you so much dear McMaster colleagues! youtu.be/nOzzQ0UptTU
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As a General Internist, of course I cannot comment on the ins and outs of what is needed to be competent as a family physician. I can reflect on what happened in GIM. It did not seem necessary to add a year- prolonged training, increased people's debt. We should have voted on it.
Who wanted this? Really, who?
I asked the same question when General Internal Medicine went from a 1-year program to 2 years.
Maybe there should be referenda about such things.
cbc.ca/news/health/family-do…
Who wanted this? Really, who?
I asked the same question when General Internal Medicine went from a 1-year program to 2 years.
Maybe there should be referenda about such things.
cbc.ca/news/health/family-do…
Boy that Question 2B on #CIHR self-identification is really causing big problems for everyone @CIHR_IRSC could you make it alert somehow so people know why they can't clear the "pending"?
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Congratulations Kristel!! Way to go!
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What is the role of walk-in clinics in meeting cancer screening targets? Some say they have no role, and that walk-in clinics are there for episodic acute care only. New work led by @AKLofters: tinyurl.com/52wsc438
@NoahIvers @tara_kiran @DrRitaMc @Mina__T 1/x
Some brain stretching for the day.
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We estimated the effectiveness of a 4th dose of #COVID19 vaccine using observational data.
Compared with 3 doses, short-term effectiveness was
68% for hospitalization, 74% for death in persons aged 60+
nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2…
And then we received an interesting criticism...
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