Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD, CCFP(COE), FCFP

Assistant Professor

Family Physician

Faculty of Medicine

Dept. of Family Practice, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Polypharmacy, Primary Care Human Resources, Primary Care Prescribing

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Rita McCracken (She/Her/Hers)

Pronunciation

Rita McCracken

rita.mccracken@ubc.ca

Tel: 778-996-6894

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=EhWIb38AAAAJ&hl=en&inst=17001591832933267808

Twitter/ DrRitaMc

LinkedIn/ rita-mccracken-md-phd-she-her-89379015/

Media Contact

Erik Rolfsen

Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.2644

Cell: 604.209.3048

Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca

Expertise

family doctor shortage, family practice, primary care, audit and feedback, prescribing patterns, prescribing safety, quality improvement, end of life, frailty, physician remuneration, health policy (primary care), geriatrics, nursing homes, long term care, residential care, doctors, social justice in medicine, social determinants of health, health equity,

Languages

English

In the Media

All media appearances recorded here: https://linktr.ee/DrRitaMc 5 most recent: Vaccinations for 5-11 years old – CBC BC’s family doctor shortage – CBC On The Coast Permanent paid sick leave – CBC Early Edition Group including doctors, economists calls on B.C. to legislate at least 10 employer-paid sick days – CTV New mobile medical service designed to fill healthcare gap in Whistler – Pique Newsmagazine