Research recruitment tweets incoming! Please share - we are working on a cross-Canada study to better understand experiences of people who had suicidal thoughts or behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their expertise can help us improve mental health care.
This study is an opportunity for men in Ontario who experienced suicidal thoughts during the pandemic to discuss their experiences - please retweet and share!
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Want an interwebs location
to reliably find
rigourous
academic research
about health services in Canada?
The powerhouse team of
@agrudniewicz@RuthLavergne@drudoler @LindsayKHedden
have created a new website
to tell you about their work &
feature their excellent staff
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Family medicine practice in Canada:
In 4 Canadian provinces, from 1997 and 2018, physicians of all graduating cohorts saw fewer patients over time ➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/c…@drudoler@RuthLavergne @ecpc_project
ALT Recent cohorts of family physicians practise similarly to their predecessors in terms of practice volumes and continuity of care.
A new @ICESOntario#study busts the myth that early-career family #physicians are contributing to primary care shortages. We looked at the impact of career stage, time period, & graduation cohort on practice volume & continuity over 2 decades: bit.ly/3Yad0pb
Can we blame the
#FamilyDoctorShortage
on newer doctors
not working
like their older peers?
NO, MILLENNIALS AREN'T THE PROBLEM
A NEW STUDY in @CMAJ
from @ECPC_project
gives the deets on
actual practice patterns for
family docs in 4 provinces
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cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/c…
As part of the @ECPC_project looking at changes in primary care practice, we noticed that the average number of primary care visits per person has fallen faster among people who live in lower income neighbourhoods in BC equityhealthj.biomedcentral.…
I’m very excited to share that my first first-authored peer-reviewed publication is now online! It may be of interest if you work in Canadian primary care policy and/or are curious about applying methodological rigour to policy scans. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.…
Well, this is exciting! I'm really looking forward to collaborating with the folks at @OntarioShores and @UofT_dlsph, and to this amazing opportunity to contribute to research in population #mentalhealth.
In partnership with the @UofT, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, we are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. David Rudoler (@drudoler) as Inaugural Research Chair in Population Health and Innovation in #MentalHealth. #OntarioShoresResearchbit.ly/3gdxmZv
Dr. Krystle Martin, an Ontario Shores research scientist & DRPS consultant, created the DRPSupport app with 4 @ontariotech_u students. The app will make it easier for emergency service employees to gain access to all mental health services. @DRPStorstar.co/2X5650EHCD6
Not suicide. Not today.
@CAMHnews launches its new campaign today. Colleague @juveriazaheer comments: "If we change the way to have the conversation, it may make it easier for people to ask for help & for us to improve the treatments we do have." Exactly. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/09…
Professor @agrudniewicz of @uOttawa received a @CIHR_IRSC Project grant. Stay tuned to learn more about the potential impact of her work in the next days!
La professeure Grudniewicz de @Telfer_UdO a reçu une subvention Projet des @IRSC_CIHR. Félicitations!👏 @uOttawaResearch
Our new study published in @SchizRes shows that 1 out of every 58 Ontarians diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) dies by suicide (a rate approximately 170x greater than the general population.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Handcuffs should never be the default in transferring people with mental illness from community settings to emergency departments. 1/2
Our new paper (with @Sneilsonwwh, @AndreaChittle, @KurdyakP and Terry Coleman)
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…