These days, it can feel overwhelming with all the changes and threats happening in our country with the current political climate. But I am grateful for ongoing dialogue with friends and colleagues who recognize that what is happening is not okay, and while it is easy to feel helpless, we do have agency to band together to address injustice that is unfolding.
It was an honor to be able to collaborate with some dear family medicine colleagues through this op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune:
I'm grateful for the opportunity to share our perspective, and we're just getting started. First is making sure the public is aware of what is happening. Next is gathering a critical mass of folks to advocate for change.
Looking forward to the California Academy of Family Physicians' All Member Advocacy Meeting next month to collaborate with other family physician colleagues and speak to our representatives about key issues affecting our patients and our work in primary care.
When we feel we are coming up against a wall in the impact we can make in certain issues within our exam rooms, it's time to break outside those walls to address the issue head on. While many of us in medicine feel that we aren't experts in advocacy work, it's important to recognize that we advocate for our patients all the time in our clinical work, and we can do this out in the world. We have to trust that with a little support from our village, we can take that same energy to advocate for our greater community.
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