The purpose of It Takes A Doctor was to reinforce the value and expertise of Ontario's doctors and showcase the health care solutions they’re creating and implementing within communities across Ontario that are having a real-life impact on patient care.
It takes doctors years to train and they have to make many personal sacrifices to best treat patients and their families. Although the health care system is far from perfect and the challenges are complicated, there is no question that physicians are the trained and experienced medical experts that can help fix a damaged system. From lack of access to care to hallway medicine, it truly takes a doctor to step up and find solutions that best care for patients, and the system that cares for them.
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Between October and December of 2018, people in Ontario were reminded that it takes a doctor to best treat them, and the health care system that cares for them.
Through online radio ads, they heard about your relentless approaches to save lives.
In newspapers, they read about the sacrifices you’ve made to bring real-life tangible solutions to their communities.
Online, they understood how doctors go above and beyond to care for them and their loved ones.
Whether it be with your patients or colleagues, we developed a conversation guide that provided a list of Q&As to help you discuss the It Takes A Doctor campaign.
Conversation Guide – It Takes A Doctor
From the screens in your waiting rooms to the walls in your offices, we developed campaign materials that we encouraged you to share with your patients.
Campaign Posters
Downloadable posters were made available to share in your waiting rooms or offices.
Waiting Room
For offices with display monitors, or if sharing this campaign to colleagues, we also developed a formatted campaign ad.
Social Media Posts
In 2018, we encouraged you to be proud of the care that you provide for your community by sharing this campaign with your personal and professional social media networks. We developed a selection of Tweets and Facebook posts for you to use.
Have you implemented solutions in your community that are having a benefit on patient care? Did you dedicate time and effort researching and training to help patients? We know there are thousands of great stories about the incredible solutions doctors bring to their communities to better treat and care for patients. We were gratified to see you share these on Twitter using the hashtag #ItTakesADoctor or #ItTakesADoc
Examples:
Clickable Tweets
