MD Scope archive
This archive will always contain links to one year of back issues of the MD Scope. For older issues, please contact the AMA web team at webmaster@albertadoctors.org.
2023
March 17, 2023
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Orthostatic hypotension
- Diagnostic imaging reports available online for patients through My Personal Records
- eReferral improvements implemented February 23
- AHS newborn screening program has a new name
- AMA Section of Pediatrics grants: Improving care through research and innovation
- Call for applications: History of medicine scholarship and project grant
- New rate increases for auto insurance paused until December 31
- New MD Culture Shift Issue #19
- MD Financial Management
- Tax changes for 2023
- Community Connections
- Do you want to share your thoughts and co-design tools for cancer diagnosis?
- Navigating children's best interests in child psychiatric inpatient settings during the height of the COVID pandemic
- Free counselling services to families with immigrant and refugee experience, and their children
February 23
- Updated post polypectomy surveillance recommendations released in Alberta
- CPSA
- Continuing Competence and Restricted Activities standards of practice take effect this spring
- Help protect children from medication poisoning
- Apply for the 2023 Tarrant Scholarship
- Replay privacy webinars
- MD Financial Management
- Don't leave the important things to chance. Invest with purpose.
- Community Connections
- Foster parent campaign hopes to recruit medical professionals
- Calgary fitness venue in need of volunteer ringside physicians for boxing shows
- Impact of Virtual Care on Decision Making Capacity Assessments
February 9
- CII/CPAR: Go-Live and Beyond
- Training staff about privacy tips
- Need $7,500 for additional training in a clinical area of recognized need in Alberta?
- New MD Culture Shift: Issue #18
- MD Financial Management
- Hello from your MD Calgary office team!
- MD can help with more than RRSP and TFSA contributions
- Community Connections
- Micropsychosocial effect of accounting: health care context
- Accessibility of CT: Identifying underserved populations in rural Alberta
January 26
- New enrolment period for extended health and dental coverage
- News from ACFP
- Tonight: ACFP webinar on college complaints (and how to avoid them)
- ACFP Family Medicine Summit savings end January 31 at midnight!
- Proclaim 'Privacy Week' in your clinic
- Welcome! Dr. Kimberley Kelly joins AMA Senior Management Team
- Apply for leadership opportunities with the CMA
- Thank you, AMA members!
- Will planning: protecting your assets and your family
- Community Connections
- Pros and cons of new Narcotic Transition Service regulations
- Have You Been Affected by the Recall of PAP Devices?
- Accessibility of CT: Identifying underserved populations in rural Alberta
January 12
- Five reasons to sign up for CII/CPAR
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors
- The ASaP maneuvers menu has been updated
- Help us rebuild the AMA website
- RF delegate election results
- Congratulations! 12 days of no privacy incidents
- Opioid Process Improvements Training now available!
- AMA seeks 2023 nominations for our highest awards
- Investing as a physician: A primer
- Community Connections (formerly known as Survey Corner)
- Accessibility of CT: Survey to Identify Underserved Populations in Rural Alberta
2022
December 15
- Consultation 025: CPSA now seeking your feedback on three standards
- Enhancements to eReferral coming January 2023
- Apply today! Informatics Advisory Committee.
- News from ACFP
- ACFP Family Medicine Summit - early bird registration savings
- Big Bucks, Better Billing blog
- ACFP's Future of Family Medicine: A strategic vision
- Need your Privacy Impact Assessment updated? Reduced PIA rates for CII/CPAR.
- Supporting injured workers: What information can employers request?
- News from Canadian Medical Association
- Special opportunity for members of CMA Ambassador Program
- CMA leadership opportunities
- Cash is king... or is it?
- Community Connections (formerly known as Survey Corner)
- Impact of Virtual are on Decision-making Capacity Assessments (DMCAs)
- AHS Childhood Immunization Survey
November 24
- Vote now: 2022 RF delegate zonal/regional elections
- ANA testing to transition to Calgary lab
- CMA leadership opportunities
- AMA Senior Management Team news
- Privacy: Looking for risks at your clinic
- Physicians needed to interview applicants for the U of A Doctor of Medicine Program
- Alberta Blue Cross supports the CHANGE Health Community Program
- News from ACFP
- Thursday Evening Webinars
- ACFP Family Physician of the Year
- Survey Corner
- Chiropractic Association of Alberta survey with Alberta doctors
- AHS Childhood Immunization Survey
November 10
- Optimized Prescribing with Seniors: Deprescribing ChEl in LTC residents with progressive dementia
- Does your President's Letter come from a former president?
- User raves about AMA's privacy training
- News from ACFP: Innovation in Addiction Medicine - Dr. Monty Ghosh
- Make a positive impact on Alberta's health care: Join a CPSA committee
- 2022 Tarrant Scholarship: Meet this year's recipients
- TDIMM/AMA Medical Student Bursary: Apply today!
- Financial planning for physicians - why you're different
- Survey Corner: Calgary Zone Survey: Primary Care Sleep Apnea Clinical Pathway
October 27
- Connect Care Launch 5 scheduled for November 6
- HQCA opens call for applications for 2023 Patient Experience Awards
- $1 million in funding will expand targeted services available through PFSP
- Updated breast cancer screening clinical practice guidelines released in Alberta
- ACTT training now available to access through Learn@AMA!
- News from ACFP:
- Let's meet on Thursdays!
- Doc Blog - "Medicine for the Gender Spectrum" by Dr. Charissa Ho
- Making responsible investing the norm
- Survey Corner
- Having patients with advanced/decompensated/non-curative lung, heart, liver and kidney disease or solid organ cancers?
- Awareness and perspectives on the role of artificial intelligence in primary care
October 14
- Help us rebuild the AMA website!
- Exciting new psychiatrist contract opportunity with PFSP
- Call for nominations: Zonal/Regional RF delegates
- Presidential ghosts in your inbox?
- Sign up your privacy officer for AMA's privacy training
- Bank of Canada raises interest rate: job's not done, more to come
- Survey Corner:
- Are you a family physician educated in South Africa?
- Is Alberta's surgical referral system working for you and your patients?
September 29
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Register for the AMA's Annual General Meeting
- Help reduce the spread of communicable diseases
- Want to curl this winter?
- News from screeningforlife.ca
- Lung cancer screening pilot project launched
- Giving Alberta infants the best possible start to life
- CPSA’s Competence Committee is looking for new members
- Clinical opportunities
- Impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer screening in Alberta
- Cognitive Task Analysis Concept Mapping study on navigating cancer diagnosis
- How to build a credit score in Canada: A guide for international medical grads
- MD Culture Shift Issue #17 now available
- AMA staff announcements: Service milestones and retirement
- Survey Corner
- Calgary Zone Survey: Primary Care Sleep Apnea Clinical Pathway
- Medical cannabis perspectives
September 15
- 2022-23 AMA/CMA membership: Keep standing with us
- How to reduce anticholinergic burden to improve safety in older adults
- Get extended health and dental coverage from the AMA: Time to enrol!
- Enhance patient care, even when you can’t be there with CII/CPAR
- News from WCB-AB
- New medical cannabis and pharmaceutical cannabinoid policy
- Virtual opioids information session
- Alberta implementing HPV Test of Cure
- News from ACFP
- CMN Collab Forum: Unraveling and Treating the Epidemic of Pain in Children
- Collaborative ECHO® session on cannabinoids and pain
- What interest rate hikes mean for your mortgage
- Travelling soon? Here's a checklist.
August 25
- Make the most of your down time when you can take it
- Learn@AMA launches more free privacy training for custodians & privacy officers!
- Register today for AMA's media relations and social media training
- U of A research findings support implementation of Alberta FAST program
- ACFP's Chronic Pain Gains: An ECHO series is back for fall!
- Travelling soon? Don’t forget trip cancellation/interruption insurance.
- Survey Corner:
- Is Alberta's surgical referral system working for you & your patients?
- Pediatric Obesity Management in Canada
August 11
- Notice of elections and changes to AMA Bylaws
- Join more than 1,100 learners in taking AMA's online privacy training!
- Apply today: Healthy Working Environments Advisory Committee
- Note: Changes to serum IgE allergy testing for food and environmental inhalants
- News from the Alberta College of Family Physicians:
- Building AAWEARness through Advocacy and Education
- First Five Years of Family Practice blog: Tip on Wellness
- The inside scoop on being a CPSA councillor
- WCB-Alberta's prescribed opioids policy is now open for consultation
- Three strategies for physicians facing reduced cash flow
- Reminders:
- Register! AMA Health Benefits Trust Fund - information webinar
- Family Medicine Enhanced Skills residency programs
- Survey Corner:
- Needs assessment for multi-disciplinary virtual men's health clinic
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