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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. If our family were to evacuate for a severe weather event and return to find a completely destroyed home or town, what would that look like financially? What are these common recommendations, you ask?

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. Alex: Generally in the hospital-based hospice. Matt: I’m more of a hospital guy. Hsien: Hey, great to be here. Sammy: Oh, okay.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually. Over time, communication improves. A fantastic study from Norway 12 (based on 4.5