This archive contains all back issues of the online Alberta Doctors’ Digest.
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2024
July - August
- Bridge Healing initiative supports emergency department patients experiencing homelessness
- New AMA award celebrates rural/remote medicine
- Foundation stones: General psychiatry
- Exceptional physicians: Dr. Ken Corbet
Shine A Light:
From the Editor:
How are you doing now ... (compared to four years ago)?
Health Law Update:
Alberta court limits parental interference in MAiD decision
In a Different Vein:
Two oncologists walk into a bar ...
Residents' Page:
A professional hockey player's perspective
PFSP Perspectives:
Sponsored Articles:
First Home Savings Account (FHSA)
Classifieds
March-April
- The foundation stones of medicine: Lab medicine is essential for accurate diagnosis
- AMSCAR 2023 student conference
- CMA Award for Young Leaders: Dr. Franco Rizzuti
- Shine A Light:
- 2024 TD Insurance/Meloche Monnex AMA Scholarship
- Letters: Navigating consent and assent in Alberta
- Apply for the 2024 Tarrant Scholarship
- Classifieds
- From the Editor: Any jackass can kick down a barn
- Dr. Gadget: Results were bizarre and even rude - Consulting an AI doctor was an adventure
- Health Law Update: Medical assistance in dying and mental illness
- In a Different Vein: Where are you now, James Herriot?
- PFSP Perspectives:
- Resident's Page: The happily ever aftermath
- Student Spotlight: Student advocacy is essential
- Sponsored articles:
2023
November/December
- Caring through wildfire evacuation chaos: Health professionals ensured Fox Creek residents got the care they needed
- Foundation stones of medicine: General internal medicine is the Swiss army knife in our specialty care system
- Understanding the crisis in Indigenous health
- Honouring our achievement award winners - Dr. Cheryl Mack: AMA Medal for Distinguished Service
- How everyday citizens can help in the drug poisoning crisis
- Shine A Light: Dr. Sue Chandra
- Guest column: An update from family medicine, Dr. Sarah Bates
- History: A few parting words (or a denouement)
- Tarrant Scholarship 2023
- AMA Youth Run Club: Off to the races this fall
- Your issues: AMA in the news
- Classifieds
- From the Editor: On sleep
- Dr. Gadget: Adding medications to insurance formularies
- Health Law Update: Putting a price on grief
- In a Different Vein: A conversation about nuclear war with Dame Joan Ruddock
- Insurance Insights
- Sponsored articles:
September/October
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Features
- PFSP Perspectives
- Sponsored articles:
July-August
- Alberta's most prolific medical history writer hangs up his pen (soon); A conversation with Dr. Robert Lampard
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Features
May-June:
- Capturing the moment to improve the future: AMA tracker survey member feedback (January 2023)
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives:
- Features
- Improving the quality and safety of referral/consultation communication
- Understanding the impact of long COVID
- Guest article: Medicine's impossible compassion burden
- Podcast: Socioeconomic determinants of health - Housing for Health initiative
- History: Dr. John Carter Callaghan
- Shine A Light: Dr. Trevor Steve
- Alberta medical students' Provincial Day of Action
- Apply today for the 2023 Tarrant Scholarship
- Picture it: $7,500 for additional training
- Sponsored article: Solving Canada's health care data challenge takes getting clinical data right
- Sponsored article: Setting up your finances for early retirement
March-April:
- A new way of discharging homeless patients from hospital
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives:
- Student Spotlight
- Features
- Podcast: Socioeconomic determinants of health among children and adolescents
- Shine A Light: Dr. Trevor Steve
- Apply today for the 2023 Tarrant Scholarship
- Picture it: $7,500 for additional training
- Sponsored article: First home savings account
- Sponsored article: e-Prescribing gives family physicians much-needed administrative support
January-February
- The care deficit deepens as viral illnesses climb
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives:
- Insurance Insights
- Insurance service and advice for AMA members - A legend for the past 39 years
- Features
- Podcast: eHealth Modernization
- Podcast: Socioeconomic determinants of health: Social systems can affect health outcomes
- AMA Medal for Distinguished Service 2022 - Dr. Christopher Wilkes
- Shine A Light:
- Sponsored article: Charitable giving - Ways to give tax-effectively
- Sponsored article: How e-prescribing has become a game-changer for this Alberta physician
2022
November-December
- Thoughts from your new AMA president
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives
- Features
- Valedictory remarks from your AMA immediate past president
- AMA Achievement Awards
- AMA Medal for Distinguished Service 2022
- Tarrant Scholarship 2022
- Shine A Light: Dr. Farhad Peerani
- Podcast: Socioeconomic determinants of health - Advocating for children from low income homes
- Managing caregiver relationships as a competency
- Breast cancer screening update
- Sponsored article: Strategies to prepare for reduced cash flow
- Sponsored article: Alberta Blue Cross® supports CHCP
September-October
- Joint Physician Advocacy Committee summer update
- From the Editor
- Health Law Update
- PFSP Perspectives
- In a different vein
- Student Spotlight
- Features
July-August
- AMA makes further progress toward income equity
- From the Editor
- Health Law Update
- PFSP Perspectives
- In a different vein
- Dr. Gadget
- Features
May-June
- Supporting seniors and their caregivers
- From the Editor
- Health Law Update
- PFSP Perspectives
- Insurance Insights
- In a different vein
- Dr. Gadget
- Features
March-April
- Addressing the care deficit
- From the Editor
- Insurance Insights
- PFSP Perspectives
- Dr. Gadget
- Student Spotlight
- In a Different Vein
- Features
- Start the conversation about serious illness
- Socioeconomic determinants of health podcast episode - Income
- Reverence for life, a sense of the dignity
- Letter to Alberta Doctors' Digest: Creating the Future of Health
- Sponsored article: Home office expenses for physicians
- Now accepting applications for the 2022 Tarrant Scholarship!
January-February
- Socioeconomic determinants of health - Racialized Communities
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- Student Spotlight
- In a Different Vein
- Features
- Spending time in nature can improve health outcomes
- AMA Youth Run Club closes off 2021 with a busy fall season
- Are your advocacy muscles in shape?
- AMA seeks 2022 nominations for our highest awards
- Sponsored article: Should Incorporated physicians contribute to an RRSP?
- Battling the opioid epidemic with online training programs
2021
November-December
- Meet your new president and president-elect for 2021-22
- From the Editor
- PFSP Perspectives
- Health Law Update
- Dr. Gadget
- In a Different Vein
- Features
- Inaugural thoughts from your new AMA president
- Final thoughts from your immediate past president
- Outstanding! AMA/CMA Awards Recognition
- Membership renewal 2021-22 - Remain United
- New podcast episode: Advocating for the homeless - The socioeconomic determinants of health
- Section of Rural Medicine bestows 2021 Tarrant Scholarship
- The easiest way to help your patients get more active
September-October
- Exploring the many socioeconomic determinants of health
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Insurance Insights
- PFSP Perspectives
- Features
- Water fluoridation back on the ballot in Calgary
- The 116th Annual General Meeting of the Alberta Medical Association
- Shine A Light: Dr. Neha Chadha
- Endings and beginnings are all good with the AMA Youth Run Club
- Heart Heroes Camp: Where you’re among friends
- Sponsored Article: Automatically prep patients for more on-time appointments
July-August
- Calgary physician-photographer documents front line COVID response
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Insurance Insights
- Features
May-June
- Virtual Care will be here to stay post-pandemic
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Insurance Insights
- Features
- Pandemic has changed the way we help marginalized communities
- A modernized Alberta health system requires modern coding
- Introduction of Canadian health care system to new immigrants
- The history of the Cumming School of Medicine
- Where was Canadian Medicare made?
- Letter to Alberta Doctors' Digest: Shandro vs. physicians
- Not even the AMA Youth Run Club could escape the pandemic
- Keeping the kids moving
- Sponsored Article: Looking to purchase an investment property?
February-March - special issue on Indigenous health
- Equitable and healing Indigenous health care
- From the Editor
- Features
- Indian residential schools
- The (dis)honor of the Crown
- AMA Indigenous Health Committee
- The AMA and Indigenous health: A timeline
- Physicians on finding their voice on racism
- Indian hospitals
- How times have changed in Indigenous cancer care
- Indigenous medical students: Eliminating "That's not possible for me."
- Changes in Indigenous health at Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Indigenous Virtual Care Clinic
- Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research Network established in Alberta
- Indigenous Cultural Competency and Alberta Health Services
- Suggested readings and learnings
- Regular Jan-Feb issue of Alberta Doctors' Digest is still available
January-February
- Consider rural family medicine residency
- From the Editor
- Health Law Update
- Student Spotlight
- Dr. Gadget
- PFSP Perspectives:
- Physician Wellness GOAT:
- Features
2020
November-December
- Meet your new president and president-elect for 2020-21
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- Insurance Insights
- PFSP Perspectives
- Student Spotlight
- In a Different Vein
- Features
September-October
- Share the Care campaign promotes quality care during pandemic
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives
- Features
- Waiting, waiting for the vaccine
- Mixing curling with COVID
- Saddle Lake First Nation's fight against COVID-19
- Laboratory medicine key in Alberta's COVID-19 response
- Palliative care has come a long way in the Edmonton Zone
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion grant program
Integrating Health Living for New Canadians/CHANGE McDougall Family Program
July-August
- Cyber security now
- From the Editor
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- Student Spotlight
- Insurance Insights
- Features
May-June
- The 1918-19 Spanish Flu in Alberta
- From the Editor
- Student Spotlight
- Dr. Gadget
- Health Law Update
- In a Different Vein
- PFSP Perspectives
- Features
March-April
- albertapatients.ca now has more than 11,000 members
- From the Editor
Stardust, Darwin and time - Dr. Gadget
The IT MD - Health Law Update
The "Death" of Bill 207 - In a Different Vein
Words the smart set are using - Features
- Guest Editorial: Illegal organ harvesting must stop
- Privacy breach prevention in your office
- Running into resilience
- Shine A Light
- Alberta medical students focus on personal and peer health and wellness
- AMA Award for Compassionate Service
- Call for 2020 TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applicants
- The 2020 Tarrant Scholarship opportunity is here!
- Canadian physicians and financial literacy
January-February
- Winners! Of so much more than ‘just’ Season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada
- From the Editor
Growth and climate change - PFSP Perspectives
Dr. Robert Chan gets our Physician Wellness #GOAT - Dr. Gadget
An EMR that’s made in Alberta, made by doctors - In a Different Vein
Negotiating deals with art - Student Spotlight
- Features
- The challenges and rewards of working in Indigenous health
- Community Connections: Esther Tailfeathers
- Shine A Light: Dr. Lori Lobay
- AMA seeks 2020 nominations for our highest awards
- AMA Award for Compassionate Service: Nominate your colleague before April 30
- Call for 2020 TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applicants
- Partners in the Power of Information Sharing conference
- AMA Board of Directors 2019-20
2019
November-December
- A message from your new president
- Valedictory address from immediate past president
- From the Editor
It's complicated... - Letter to the editor
Is there some strange substance in our colleagues’ Kool Aid? - Student Spotlight
Asha Hollis - Health Law Update
Quebec court accepts constitutional challenge to MAID requirements - In a Different Vein
Brexit lessons for Canada - Dr. Gadget
I'm your new Dr. Gadget - Dr. Vincent Vong - Features
- Meet your new president-elect for 2019-20
- Annual Awards: Recognizing outstanding achievement in health
- Efficient referrals for better patient care
- Here’s your first door. Go find out what’s behind it: Rural Integrated Community Clerkship is real-life learning
- Tarrant Scholarship 2019
- Shine A Light: Dr. Mzikayise Tshatshela
- 50 years after Medicare began in Alberta: Pre-Medicare days were rough
- Physicians, the law and MAID
September-October
- Understanding substance use disorder in physicians
- From the Editor
Extreme Medicine - Health Law Update
Alberta Union of Public Employees vs Alberta - In a Different Vein
Can the center hold? - Insurance Insights
Professional overhead expense insurance - Features
- Opioids Don’t Discriminate: An interactive experience
- The W5 on new building codes for physician offices
- Ensure safe health care
- Tips to manage waste at your medical clinic
- Shine A Light: Dr. Daisy Fung
- Shine A Light: Dr. Gregg Robinson
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion The right combination: tool and education
- AMA Youth Run Club prepares for its 7th season
- Medicine Makes a Wonderful Life
- Section of General Practice celebrates Dr. Phillip van der Merwe
July-August
- Healthy working environments
- From the Editor
Retirement revisited - Health Law Update
Effective referrals in Ontario - In a Different Vein
A chacun son gout - Insurance Insights
Insurance is a promise - Features
- Our Equity in Medicine Community of Interest
- Do your patients experience gaps in care?
- Alberta’s Palliative Physician Service
- Priorities for information integration
- Shine A Light: Dr. Setorme Tsikata
- Community Connections: Dr. Fozia Alvi
- Tarrant Scholarship 2019
- AMA Youth Run Club hits the ground running
- A year of living digitally
- Are you our next Dr. Gadget?
May-June
- AMA members need to be understood
- From the Editor
Our age of quackery - Health Law Update
A physician's approach to the unvaccinated teenager - In a Different Vein
The evil empress of all maladies - Insurance Insights
What exactly are cyber attacks? - PFSP Perspectives
Leadership and improved relationships begin with self-awareness - Student Spotlight
- Features
- Med students focus on personal health and wellness
- Alberta Health takes first step toward online access for medical records
- Community Information Integration and Central Patient Attachment Registry
- Medical students learn how to create change
- Shine A Light on a deserving colleague
- Helping kids "Put a shoe on it!"
- Growing the AMA Youth Club's inclusivity
- Sign up for the 92nd Annual North/South Doctors' Golf Tournament
- Olympian-turned-advisor talks sleep and wellness
- Are you our next Dr. Gadget?
March-April
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health holds first-ever conference in Canada
- From the Editor
Looking for hope - Dr. Gadget
OpenNotes - Health Law Update
Continuity of care - In a Different Vein
MAID in Alberta - Insurance Insights
New agreement with TD Insurance Meloche Monnex - PFSP Perspectives
Dr. Ioana Bratu gets our physician wellness #GOAT - Student Spotlight
Adom Bondzi-Simpson - Features
- AMA Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
- Integrated health information is coming!
- Aligned in turbulent times
- Shine a Light: Dr. Sayeh Zielke
- AMA president: "Value from the health care system matters"
- CMA president: "As physicians, we advocate for our patients every day"
- The 2019 Tarrant Scholarship opportunity is here!
- Acute care for hip fractures will cost Alberta over $62 million in 2020
January-February
- Care transformation through informatics
- From the Editor
Burning out - Health Law Update
Zero tolerance toward sexual abuse or misconduct - Insurance Insights
ADIUM Insurance Services membership survey confirms satisfaction - PFSP Perspectives
PFSP captures international attention - Student Spotlight
Resiliency training in rural Alberta - Dr. Gadget
The best gadget is the one that's with you - In a Different Vein
Death with and without Dignitas - Features
- Alberta Doctors' Digest is on the air
- Transforming primary care
- Teaching CPR at community sport events
- Removing barriers to prenatal care for immigrant women
- The last 100 days of WWI
- Seniors' health: Subclinical hypothyroidism - A brief review and suggested treatment approach
- Friends + exercise + fresh air = AMA Youth Run Club
- AMA is seeking nominations for our highest awards
- Alberta Medical Association Board of Directors (2018-19)
2018
November-December
- Special issue on Fall RF/AGM
- From the Editor
Wellness and other enthusiasms - Dr. Gadget
Let's bust some digital health myths - In a Different Vein
The demise of the pocket handkerchief - PFSP Perspectives
Improving the mental health of physicians in Canada - PFSP Perspectives
Why Dr. Melanie Lewis gets our physicians wellness #GOAT - Student Spotlight
Student AMA board member Zohaib Siddiqi - Features
- A message from your new president
- Valedictory address from immediate past president
- Meet your new president for 2018-19
- Meet your new president-elect for 2018-19
- Recognizing outstanding achievement in health care
- AMA Award for Compassionate Service
- AMA and CMA working together to foster important change in Alberta health care
- Call for 2019 TD Insurance Meloche Monnex/AMA Scholarship applicants
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion grant program
- Letter to ADD re: A matter of life and death
- Five reasons we all should make a will
- Tarrant Scholarship 2018
September-October
- Physician burnout is real
- From the Editor
Healthy and unhealthy connections - Student Spotlight
Med student takes a stand against domestic abuse - Dr. Gadget
Why does technology contribute to physician burnout - Health Law Update
A matter of life and death - In a Different Vein
Avoiding burnout by keeping an eye on each other - Insurance Insights
ADIUM Insurance Services - Residents' Page
Residents, start saving now! - PFSP Perspectives
Asking for support is a sign of strength - Features
- Special issue on physician burnout
- New diagnosis or adverse effect?
- Proposing an iconic name for the Calgary Cancer Research Centre
- Is newer always better?
- Medication non-adherence
- Letter to ADD re: physician burnout
July-August
- Can we talk?
- From the Editor
Putting things off - Dr. Gadget
Clinical decision support - Health Law Update
Is opting out and opt-tion? - In a Different Vein
The medicine chest - PFSP Perspectives
The moth and the flame - Features
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion: Play, Learn, Teach!
- There's someone new on the AMA Senior Management Team!
- New Indigenous Health Committee seeks spiritual guidance
- AMA Policy Statement on Health Informatics
- Treat pain to resolve aggression in patients with dementia
- AMA Youth Run Club: Energy and enthusiasm in Fort McMurray
- Pitch us a story
May-June
- Respond with courage
- From the Editor
Aging, retirement, and extra-terrestrials - In a Different Vein
Delay: The deadliest form of denial - PFSP Perspectives
How do physicians view the prospect of retirement? - PFSP Perspectives
Our #GOATs are doing great things to promote physician wellness - Student Spotlight
Lauren Griggs and Victor Do - Dr. Gadget
Connect Care for the rest of us - Health Law Update
Organ donation... - Features
- Better together: The work of keeping a complex profession unified
- Ready or not, Fintech is here
- Heart Heroes Camp: "Are we there yet?!"
- AMA Advocacy Night at the University of Alberta
- AMSCAR event fostered student wellness and collegiality
- Letter to Alberta Doctors' Digest
- Apply for the 2018 Tarrant Scholarship
- Dr. Padraic Carr is sold on the AMA Youth Run Club
March-April
- Welcome to the first digital issue of Alberta Doctors' Digest
- From the Editor
Virtuosos of persuasion - Dr. Gadget
10 reasons to use MyHealth.Alberta.ca - Health Law Update
Can the Health Information Act prevent physicians from using Netcare to respond to patients' complaints? - PFSP Perspectives
The power of fitness for women in medicine - Student Spotlight
Promoting diversity in the medical school application process. Plus, a student profile! - In a Different Vein
Dr. Who? Look out! It's Dr. You! - Features
- Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion ventures outside of mental and physical boundaries
- Alberta Blue Cross is going for gold with the AMA Youth Run Club
- The impressive story of Alberta's highest ranking WWI health care officer
- Fostering a culture of advocacy at the U of C, Cumming School of Medicine
