April 28, 2022

In this issue

• 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

Reminders

AMA membership renewal
If you haven't renewed your Alberta Medical Association membership yet, visit the AMA website and log in to renew. You can also sign up for pre-authorized payments (PAP) or update your PAP profile and banking information

AMA Achievement Awards
Nominate a physician or non-physician for one of the following categories:

• Medal for Distinguished Service
• Medal of Honour
• Award for Compassionate Service

Dr. Paul Parks is AMA’s

2022-23 President-Elect

Dr. Paul Parks has been acclaimed to the position of Alberta Medical Association President-Elect for 2022-23. Dr. Parks will assume the President-Elect role at the close of the 117th AMA Fall AGM.

AMA committee openings:
Online applications opening soon

The leadership of the AMA comes directly from the talent and passion of our members who are the volunteer workforce that drive so much of what we do. The AMA is currently recruiting to fill positions on the committees listed below.

• AMA Compensation Committee
• Committee on Bylaws
• Fees Advisory Committee
• Health Issues Council

The AMA’s Nominating Committee will consider applications at its June meeting and submit recommendations to the Board of Directors for approval in July. The AMA is committed to diversity and inclusion in its committee appointment process.
 

Members will soon receive an email from the AMA President with a link to learn more about these committee opportunities and apply via the AMA committee recruitment web application (login required). We will also post a news item on the AMA website once the applications are open.
 

The deadline to apply is May 31.

Call for applications:
Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society ZAF

Applications are due on Sunday, May 15.

The AMA is seeking to fill one vacancy on the Zone Advisory Forum (ZAF) for the Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society (CAMSS).
 

CAMSS is the regional mechanism of support for practitioners with medical staff appointments in the Calgary zone. CAMSS is actively involved in leading the local ZAF as well as gathering advice from zone physicians and advocating on local and zone issues.
 

The ZAF is a structure designed to provide the respective Zone Medical Staff Association (ZMSA), AMA and AHS with a collective perspective from practicing physicians about local and provincial issues.
 
To learn more and apply, please visit the AMA committee recruitment web application (login required).

A boost to offset escalating tuition fees:
testimonies from four grateful students

The TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Medical Student Bursary helps to reduce financial pressure from escalating medical school tuition fees. The boost this bursary provides helps qualified students afford to attend medical school. Since 2001, the program has awarded $2,061,000.
 

This year we were fortunate to administer bursaries to 70 well-deserving medical students. Four of this year's recipients, University of Calgary medical students Bree Kullman and Tina Nash as well as University of Alberta medical students Marc Beaudin and Aaron Chung, want to express their gratitude.

The TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Medical Student Bursary Program is made possible through a significant contribution by TD Insurance Meloche Monnex as well as donations from generous physician members. Bursaries are $1,500 each and in March 2022, $105,000 was awarded to medical students who qualified.

AMA proud sponsor of
Dr. Pauline Alakija Trailblazer Award

The Alberta Medical Association is a proud sponsor of the Dr. Pauline Alakija Trailblazer Award. This award acknowledges and celebrates the challenging and often unrewarded work of a person who blazes a trail for equity-deserving groups. Learn more about the award.
 

For its inaugural presentation, the award has received 11 applicants and will be presented live at the second annual Equity in Medicine conference. The conference, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Awareness to Action, will take place June 2, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. PST, and will be offered in-person as well as live-streamed.

News from the

Alberta College of Family Physicians

Chronic Pain Gains in Alberta: An ECHO® Series by the ACFP’s CMN
 

Have you registered for "Chronic Pain Gains in Alberta: An ECHO Series” yet?
 

Work through complex cases with fellow colleagues and receive feedback from an interdisciplinary hub team of experts. The next session is May 4, featuring a short presentation on opioids and inherited patients.
 

Learn more, register and submit your cases for discussion.

Trauma-Informed Care and Repairing Relationships webinar TONIGHT (April 28) at 7:30 p.m.
 

At tonight’s ACFP Collaborative Mentorship Network (CMN) event, learn how to generate trauma informed strategies for supporting patients with addiction and how to implement repair strategies for when a trauma informed transgression has taken place.

Register now

ACFP Awards call for nominations deadline EXTENDED to May 1!
 

Consider honouring the exceptional individuals in your community who are advancing family medicine. Review our list of awards and reach out!

Nominate a peer today.

Celebrate WONCA’s World Family Doctor Day
 

On Thursday, May 19 the ACFP will celebrate, “Family Doctors, Always there to Care!” – WONCA’s (World Organization of Family Doctors) theme for World Family Doctor Day 2022! Show your support on the day: wear your #FamilyDocsRock or #HeartofFamilyMedicine Swag, snap a photo, and tag ACFP on social media.
 

Join the celebration, visit www.familydocsrock.ca for more on #WFDD2022!

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy - film access and discussion
 

ACFP CMN for Chronic Pain and Addiction has gained access to the award-winning film: "Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy". Follow filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as she creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic. Honour Indigenous History Month - Register for access and attend a follow-up discussion panel with Dr. Esther Tailfeathers. 

Register now.

TPP Alberta has a new website:

Share your feedback

Since 1986, Alberta’s Tracked Prescription Program (TPP Alberta) has monitored the use of prescription drugs prone to misuse, using the data collected to develop resources that support physicians and other health care professionals in safe, informed prescribing.
 

Administered by the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, TPP Alberta is a partnership of member organizations and launched a new stand-alone website last year, to make information about medication lists, TPP pads, forgeries and more accessible and easy to find. Please take a moment to visit tppalberta.ca and let them know what you think by completing a feedback survey.
 

Questions about TPP Alberta? Send an email to TPP.Info@cpsa.ab.ca.

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Survey Corner

Health care partners and other organizations often seek physician feedback through surveys. This month, the following is available for your consideration:
 

Developing Education for Family Physicians on Supporting Family Caregivers

Family physicians are well positioned to support family caregivers of their patients. Family caregivers are in critical need of support. The survey will ask about your needs for education and preferences on delivery of educational sessions, in supporting family caregivers of your patients. The results of this study will be used to inform the development and delivery of educational sessions for family physicians in supporting family caregivers. Study ID: Pro00117265
 

Identifying concussion assessment measures typically used in clinic setting

Shawn Marshall (MD, FRCPC) and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute are seeking clinicians to participate in a voluntary survey-based research study with the aim of developing a standardized virtual physical assessment for concussion patients. The study involves completion of two rounds of surveys. The aim of round one of the survey is to identify what concussion assessment measures are typically used by clinicians in the clinic setting.  

• Access the consent form and Survey.
• Provide your email address for the second survey

Editor's note: "Survey Corner" presents survey requests received and reviewed by the AMA, that may be of interest to our members. We will publish new opportunities as we receive them.

Spring 2022 RF
Reports & Resolutions

are now available online. Member login required.

Upcoming Events
 

- May 9 & 10: SASHA Virtual Geriatric Grand Rounds Presentation
 

- May 14: Alberta Sexual Assault Conference
 

- June 2: Equity in Medicine Conference
 

- And more!
 

View all upcoming events on the AMA website. 
 

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Last issue's top stories
 

- Update on Paxlovid™ prescription transition to primary care
 

- Are there no great Alberta physicians out there? We don’t believe it.
 

- Interest rate increase: What it means for physicians

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