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2022
July 28
- We're recruiting for the role of Assistant Executive Director, Professional Affairs
- FAST zone program launch dates
- AMA Health Benefits Trust Fund – information webinar
- CMA launches new program for early-career physicians
- Family Medicine Enhanced Skills residency programs
- University of Alberta
- University of Calgary
- When it’s time to retire
- Survey Corner:
- Awareness, perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence in primary care
- Resources for health care providers on Canada's conversion therapy ban
July 14
- Update for primary care providers on COVID-19 testing changes
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Managing vertigo in older adults
- Changes to thyroid hormone testing – provincial harmonization
- Provincial access and intake program launching this summer
- Practice closed? Patients waiting? Refer now.
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening screening in Alberta?
- Thinking of a +1 Residency in 2023-24?
- How a new pension plan for physicians will help provide peace of mind
- Survey Corner:
- Physicians’ perceptions of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in Alberta
- Physician motivation toward tele-health care
June 30
- 20 medical students received ADIUM Student Elective Travel Grant
- Help us improve the AMA website?
- Referral and consultation improvements between primary and specialty care
- Notes and notifications help prevent patients from falling through the cracks
- Apply for the 2022 CADDRA Indigenous Health Care Award
- How finances are different when your spouse is a physician
- Reminders: Call for applications
- Indigenous Health Committee
- South Zone Medical Staff Association Zone Advisory Forum
- Survey Corner:
- Are growth charts useful in communicating child growth to parents?
- Help support family caregivers
June 16
- Reminders
- Serve on the Indigenous Health Committee (IHC)
- What would you change about our website?
- Questions about Connect Care Launch 4 and changes in information delivery?
- Could you be our Dr. Gadget?
- Call for applications: South Zone Medical Staff Society Zone Advisory Forum
- Physicians Taking Care of Physicians: How Can I Help My Colleagues?
- ACFP: Last ECHO® Before Summer Break - OUD and Chronic Pain
- Clinical Opportunities
- What is your approach to cancer diagnosis?
- Improving heart failure symptom management for patients in the medical home
- MD Culture Shift Issue #15 now available
- When to draw your retirement income
- Survey Corner: Local Practice in Alberta for Management of Chorioamnionitis
May 26
- Reminders
- Running Shoe Gala - May 28
- AMA Achievement Awards
- Practice closed? Patients waiting? Refer now.
- PFSP presents virtual keynote session featuring General Roméo Dallaire
- May 28 - Connect Care Launch 4
- The Indigenous Health Committee is looking for applicants like you!
- Reminder: AGM Working Group and Committee on Bylaws opportunities open
- Call for applications: history of medicine scholarship and project grant
- Who is the patient's family physician? Start looking in Netcare.
- News from the Alberta College of Family Physicians
- Have your say in improving cancer care
- RRIF strategies to optimize your taxable income in retirement
May 12
- Reminders
- Call for applications: CAMSS ZAF
- AMA Achievement Awards
- Working group and committee opportunities open
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Vitamin B12 deficiency and metformin
- Lace up for the comfiest fancy event you'll ever attend
- News from the Alberta College of Family Physicians
- New: MD Culture Shift Issue #14
- MD Financial Management and Scotiabank support the AMA
- Federal budget 2022: Highlights for physicians
- Looking for a program to meet your professional development needs?
April 28
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- AMA Achievement Awards
- Dr. Paul Parks is AMA’s 2022-23 President-Elect
- AMA committee openings: Online applications opening soon
- Call for applications: Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society ZAF
- Bursary offsets escalating tuition fees: four grateful student testimonies
- AMA proud sponsor of Dr. Pauline Alakija Trailblazer Award
- News from the Alberta College of Family Physicians
- Chronic Pain Gains in Alberta: An ECHO® Series by the ACFP’s CMN
- Trauma-Informed Care and Repairing Relationships webinar is TONIGHT
- ACFP Awards call for nominations deadline EXTENDED to May 1!
- Celebrate WONCA’s World Family Doctor Day
- Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy - film access and discussion
- TPP Alberta has a new website: Share your feedback
- Mortgage Solutions
- Survey Corner:
- Developing Education for Family Physicians on Supporting Family Caregivers
- Identifying concussion assessment measures typically used in clinic setting
April 14
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- AMA President-Elect 2022-23: Call for Nominations
- Are there no great Alberta physicians out there? We don’t believe it.
- Update on Paxlovid™ prescription transition to primary care
- Enhanced AHS clinical documentation to be eDelivered to primary care providers
- Help us celebrate physicians and inform the public for #NationalPhysiciansDay
- MD/AMA Insurance webinar: Mistakes, Misconceptions and Solutions
- Register today for the AMA's media relations and social media training
- Remembering Grant Sorochan
- New physician and patient resources available from HQCA
- News from the Alberta College of Family Physicians
- Chronic Pain Gains in Alberta: An ECHO® Series by the ACFP’s CMN
- Trauma Informed Care and Repairing Relationships
- New: MD Culture Shift Issue #13
- Interest rate increase: What it means for physicians
- Survey Corner: Feedback on fetal/gonadal shielding practices in diagnostic imaging
March 31
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- $7,500 scholarship applications due today!
- AMA Achievement Awards nominations due April 30
- AMA President-Elect 2022-23: Call for Nominations
- MD/AMA Insurance webinar: Mistakes, Misconceptions and Solutions
- See your Name In Lights.... We mean, Alberta Netcare Portal!
- How to claim the small business air quality improvement tax credit
- Become a PaRx prescriber: Canada's National Nature Prescription Program
- Survey Corner
- Double-Duty Canadian Caregivers: Impacts of COVID-19
March 17
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- Serve on CMA Board/committees – apply by March 21
- $7,500 scholarship applications due March 31
- AMA Achievement Awards nominations due April 30
- Important update on test tube shortage
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Care at the end of life
- Do you have patients recovering from COVID-19? WCB-AB post-COVID program.
- Apply today for the 2022 Tarrant Scholarship!
- Registration is open for the AMA's media relations and social media training
- New physician recruitment website and platform coming March 31
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Spinal muscular atrophy newborn screening pilot program launches
- ACFP News
- Chronic Pain Gains in Alberta: An ECHO® Series open to all!
- Opioid Use in Older Adults – Ideal vs. Actual Patient Journeys
- New: MD Culture Shift issue #12
- Keep your tax bill in check
- Survey Corner
- Screening cognition in patients with sensory impairment
- Availability, cost and distribution of mental health services in Canada
- Developing a roadmap for early diagnosis and rapid referral of probable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
February 24
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- Zone Advisory Forum: CAMSS & EZMSA applications due February 28
- AMA/WCB Advisory Committee applications are due March 3
- CMA – apply by March 21
- AMA Achievement Awards nominations due April 30
- Scholarship to help physicians meet Alberta's changing medical needs
- New: Rural Education Supplement and Integrated Doctor Experience (RESIDE) program
- Changes to MyAHS Connect proxy access
- Five steps to minimize privacy breaches
- Get your consults on Netcare to improve patient care
- Member vacancy: AMHSP Advisory Council
- ACFP News
- It's not too late to register for Family Medicine Summit
- Recognizing excellence – The ACFP celebrates its 2021 recipients
- Learn to tame pelvic pain TONIGHT
- How to withdraw funds tax-efficiently in retirement
- Survey Corner
- Physicians’ perception of pharmacists prescribing opioids & controlled substances
- Rural Trauma and Emergency Training Needs
February 10
- Reminders
- AMA Membership Renewal
- Health Issues Council – apply by February 13
- CMHF Laureates nominations due February 15
- Zone Advisory Forum: CAMSS & EZMSA applications due February 28
- CMA – apply by March 21
- AMA Achievement Awards nominations due April 30
- Connect Care identifiers & launch sequencing update
- Important Netcare update: Access Administrators &/or Authorized Custodians
- Join the AMA/WCB Advisory Committee
- Register today for free privacy training!
- New from AHS: Nutrition guideline for healthy infants & young children (food allergies)
- ACFP News
- Don’t Miss Early Bird Pricing for Family Medicine Summit
- Recognizing Excellence – The ACFP Celebrates Its 2021 Recipients
- Learn to Tame Pelvic Pain
- New: MD Culture Shift issue #11
- 5 financial tips for physicians in 2022
- Survey Corner
- Physicians’ perception of pharmacists prescribing opioids & controlled substances
- Treatment options for chronic musculoskeletal pain
January 27
- Reminders
- AMA membership renewal
- Health Issues Council - apply by February 13
- CMHF Laureates nominations due February 15
- Zone Advisory Forum: CAMSS and EZMSA applications due February 28
- AMA Achievement Awards nominations due April 30
- Ms. Jones is 78 and presenting with fluctuating confusion with hallucinations
- Announcement: Retiring from the AMA
- Calling all physician poets
- New: MD Culture Shift issue #10
- How spousal RRSPs help with tax savings in retirement
- Alberta College of Family Physicians
- Win back your Family Medicine Summit registration
- ACFP Awards
- Collaborative Mentorship Network for Chronic Pain and Addiction news
- CII/CPAR: Connecting providers regarding their patient’s mental health
- ScreeningforLife.ca
- New FIT mail out initiative
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- Blood test for breast cancer screening not recommended
- Edmonton Zone Adult Gastroenterology Referral Pathway
- eReferral
- OBS-GYN Maternal Fetal Medicine not accepting eReferral Advice Requests
- Transgender specialty advice available province-wide
January 21 - Special Issue
- When will AH billing system accept virtual visit modifiers?
- Virtual Fee Code Webinar: Navigating the Updated Virtual Fee Codes
January 13
- Reminders:
- AMA Membership Renewal
- Nominate a Health Hero for Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Free Privacy Training for Your Clinic
- Call for Nominations: Achievement Awards
- Thank you for your charitable donations last year!
- Leadership Opportunities
- Ministry of Transportation Medical Review Committee
- AMA Health Issues Council
- CMA Board, Committee on Ethics and Nominations Committee
- Alberta Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Advisory Committee
- Zone Advisory Forum - CAMSS and EZMSA
- What are your perspectives on imaging and low back pain?
- Webinar: Demystifying retirement
- Survey Corner:
- AHS Survey: Physicians’ perception of pharmacists prescribing opioids and controlled substances
- Sidebars:
- Dr. Sarah Hall gets our Physician Wellness #GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
- Dr. Monty Ghosh advocates for the homeless.
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
2021
December 9
- Reminders:
- AMA Membership Renewal
- CZMSA Zone Advisory Forum - apply by December 19
- TDIMM/AMA Medical Student Bursary - apply by December 31
- More course dates now available for physician leadership development initiative
- CII/CPAR eNotification allows for early cancer diagnosis
- Pediatric resources added to AMA Be a Vaccine Positive Clinic toolkit
- The AMA's Indigenous Health Committee wants you!
- Switching EMRs in changing times
- Call for Nominations: Achievement Awards
- Nominate a Health Hero for Induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- New: MD Culture Shift Issue #9
- Podcast: Why physicians and their families need a financial plan
- Sidebars:
- Dr. Sarah Hall gets our Physician Wellness #GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
- Dr. Monty Ghosh advocates for the homeless.
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
November 18
- Reminders:
- AMA membership renewal
- Be a part of the solution – Helping Albertans living with pain
- Vote now – 2021 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
- Meet your New RF Delegates!
- Now Live – Privacy and Security Training for Clinic Teams
- Call for applications: Central Zone Medical Staff Association Zone Advisory Forum
- The AMA's Indigenous Health Committee wants you!
- 2021 Tarrant Scholarship: Congratulations Kirill Lissovskiy and Celia Walker!
- Are you a physician planning for retirement?
- Have a community-based practice? Here's why you should sign up for CII.
- Sign up for social media training
- Sidebars:
- MD Financial Management: Earn up to $650 for the next stage of your career
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
November 4
- Reminders:
- AMA membership renewal
- Fall 2021 RF reports and resolutions
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors
- Tackling polypharmacy by deprescribing: Active multidisciplinary collaboration
- Apply for the 2021-22 TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Medical Student Bursary
- Call for applications: Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society - Zone Advisory Forum
- Help shape a new direction in physician health and wellness
- Dr. Chris Le discusses how using CII/CPAR helps patients
- International Day of Radiology 2021: Highlighting interventional radiology
- How financial advice helped prepare Connie and her family for their next adventure
- Do you have pregnant (or soon-to-be) patients who are COVID vaccine hesitant?
- New: MD Culture Shift Issue #8
- Survey Corner:
- Treatment options for chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Sidebars:
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
October 21
- Gratitude to health care professionals - message from a grateful patient
- Reminders:
- AMA membership renewal
- Health Issues Council
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion grant program
- AMA HBTF open enrollment
- Call for Nominations: Zonal/Regional RF Delegates
- Alberta COVID-19 Immunization Program Update
- CMA Appointments Committee recruitment Member-at-Large
- Upcoming webinar: Winding down your corporation - the when, why & how
- Communication has always been the backbone of good patient care
- Opioid therapy: Help improve collaboration between family physicians & pharmacists
- Read Issue 7 of MD Culture Shift
- Presidential ghosts in your inbox?
- Survey Corner:
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Frailty care for Albertans
- Celiac Disease Survey for Primary Care Practitioners
- Sidebars:
- Fall 2021 RF Reports and Resolutions are now available online
- Shine A Light: Edmonton family physician Dr. Neha Chadha.
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
October 7
- Reminders: AMA membership renewal, Calgary Water Fluoridation, Health Issues Council and AMA HBTF
- AHS Immunization of Workers for COVID-19 Policy
- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Regular Breast Screening Saves Lives
- Students and residents: Get funding for health promotion!
- Community paramedic leverages physician contributions to CED in Netcare
- Share your feedback on virtual care standards: Participate in CPSA's consultation
- Dermatology – Southern Alberta added to eReferral Advice Request
- “Stream Me Up Scotty!” PEIP 2021
- Webinar - Winding down your corporation - the when, why and how
- Supporting individuals who use methamphetamines
- Survey Corner: Celiac Disease Survey for Primary Care Practitioners
- Sidebars:
- Fall 2021 RF Reports and Resolutions are now available online
- Shine A Light: Edmonton family physician Dr. Neha Chadha.
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
September 23
- Reminders: Health Issues Council, Tarrant Scholarship & Calgary Water Fluoridation
- Serve on the Ministry of Transportation Medical Review Committee
- WCB is working with AHS to make reporting and billing easier for you!
- Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 TDIMM/AMA scholarship!
- More than a thousand Alberta physicians are now live on CII/CPAR
- CPSA Council Elections - For whom will you vote?
- Give Alberta infants the best start to life possible
- Drop the Pre Op: Reducing unnecessary preoperative chest X-rays
- Neurology – Calgary Stroke Program added as new eReferral Advice Request facility
- Togetherall: Mental health support and resources to share with your patients
- Value of advice: “We’re new doctors — help us get out of debt!”
- Survey Corner: COVID-19-Related Stress, Moral Injury & Minority Stress
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
September 9
- Remain United: AMA membership renewal
- Contribute to the Tarrant Scholarship
- When medication is not the answer
- Call for Applications: Health Issues Council
- Know a rural student interested in medical school?
- Get extended health & dental coverage from AMA
- Calgary area physicians & voting on fluoride
- Shingrix® vaccine funded
- Issue 6 of MD Culture Shift
- Declining MRI knee requests
- Register for 10th Annual PEIP Conference
- I’m getting divorced. Will I have enough for retirement?
- Survey Corner:
- Perceptions & use of PALS course cognitive aids
- Alberta Find a Doctor
- Are growth charts useful in communicating child growth to parents?
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
August 19
- COVID Vaccination: Telephone Counselling Code
- Planning on travelling? How to get proof of your COVID immunization.
- Call for nominations: CPSA Council Election
- Plasma samples needed for new test for targeted RhIG prophylaxis
- Sport biking and investing have a lot more in common than you think
- Survey Corner: Family Physicians sought for the following surveys
- Alberta Find a Doctor
- Are growth charts useful in communicating child growth to parents?
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
August 5
- Notice of Elections and Changes to AMA Bylaws
- MyHealth Records: Lab Results Online for Patients via My Personal Records
- CII/CPAR Annual General Meeting
- Supporting individuals who use methamphetamines
- The pension income tax credit: One benefit of opening an RRIF early
- Survey Corner:
- Professional and Student Understanding of Clinical Presentations
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
July 22
- Apply today: Healthy Working Environments Advisory Committee
- AHS: Updating your provider/prescriber information now simplified
- New reasons for referral on eReferral: Pediatric dermatology, Plagiocephaly
- When it’s time to retire: 5 suggestions to help with this transition
- Survey Corner:
- SUPPORT-Pro online: helping health care professionals to increase their confidence in treating individuals living with Type 1 diabetes
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
July 8
- Issue 5 of MD Culture Shift now online
- Thinking of a +1 Residency in 2022-23?
- Register today for the AMA's media relations and social media training
- Business banking advice and solutions tailored to physicians
- Survey Corner:
- Determining Barriers to HPV Vaccination
- Physician Burnout Survey
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
June 24
- Indigenous awareness learning for community and AHS physicians
- AB pharmacists and family physicians take up arms against COVID-19
- 19 to Zero public event: Vaccinations and overcoming the pandemic
- Are you a PS Suite EMR user? Final article: CII/CPAR implementation series.
- One-day CPSA Medical Chaperone course: Train your staff to comfort and reassure patients
- One Nail at a Time: Strategies to improve timely access and continuity of care
- Apply for the 2021 CADDRA Indigenous Health Care Award
- Tax deductions: What can self-employed physicians claim?
- Survey Corner:
- Determining Barriers to HPV Vaccination
- Physician Burnout Survey
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line
June 10
- CMA and AMA partner to develop physician leaders
- Travel grant distributed to 20 lucky students
- Issue 4 of MD Culture Shift now online
- WCB-Alberta coverage for Suboxone buccal films
- Are you an Accuro EMR user?
- eReferral enhancements coming June 17
- Financial wellbeing for women physicians webinar
- Survey Corner:
- Managing end-of-therapy pediatric oncology patients
- Experiences with Indigenous Mental Health and Cultural Safety
- Sidebars:
- Save the Date: Virtual 116th AMA Annual General Meeting
- Top stories from our last issue
- MD Scope Classifieds
- Physician and Family Support Program
- Specialist Physicians: Do you want your consult reports available on Netcare?
- Invite two patients today to albertapatients.ca
- AMA News for Docs - Sign up today!
- Practitioner Advocacy Assistance Line