JANUARY 2021 | eNews
Looking Back on 2020
By Terri Potter BA, PMP, CAE

In March of 2020, at our annual meeting of members (AMM), you asked that we invest in building public awareness of the value of family physicians.

The development of the Heart of Family Medicine program has been a rich experience with multiple facets. It has given us the opportunity to get to know several family physicians through the podcast interviews, we have received a number of stories sent in by patients about their compassionate and caring family physicians, and I have read the responses to the videos through our social media channels.

Family Physicians make such an incredible impact on individuals, families, and communities. In a time when the political leaders in the province appear to minimize the contribution of community-based physicians, the public is showing compassion and support for family doctors and primary care team members. They don’t want them to think that what they do isn’t valued and impactful and neither do we...

Continuing Education
  • Early Bird Pricing Ends February 15! Join us for an MSK pre-conference program presented by the AMA's Section of Sports Medicine, antibiotic resistance, dementia, mental health impacts of COVID-19, ADHD in adults, and much more!

Learn about new approaches to care, clinical guidelines, and provide your feedback to help inform decision making. Register for one or for all remaining sessions.
Feb 4 | Team Based Management of Back Pain (Registration closes Midnight February 2)
Mar 18 | Appropriate Prescribing and Medication Use for Older Albertans in Primary Care
Apr 1 | Clinical Pathways to Support Screening of Diabetes Foot and Eye Complications

Join Dr. Yan Yu for a free informative discussion on financial planning.
  • Becoming comfortable with the basics of “financial planning" and “managing money”
  • Understanding what is a “stock” and what is a “bond”, and general characteristics of each
  • Understanding the basics of investing, including some evidence-based rules-of-thumb for investing success.

  • Five one-hour modules. Topics range from practice management to disease transmission, course of illness to vaccine and treatment. 

  • The Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) and the CMA Foundation (CMAF) are pleased to announce the Request for Proposals for Phase II of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Impact Grant (Co-RIG) Program will launch on January 28, 2021.
  • Co-RIG Phase II will focus on innovations and initiatives that prepare family physicians and their interprofessional teams to cope with current challenges related to the pandemic and/or its longer-term impact.

Top Stories
NEW - HofFM Podcast Episode

Drs. Marjan Abbasi and Sheny Khera have created and lead real and tangible positive change for the senior patient population by developing a primary health care model for healthy aging...
ACFP Awards Call for Nominations

Honour the exceptional family physicians, clinics, residents, and medical students, who advance excellence in family medicine and contribute to the health of communities across Alberta.

FFYFP Blogs: COVID Reflections
The following COVID-19 journeys are firsthand accounts from three of our First Five Years in Family Practice Committee. Each story is a unique perspective on how this pandemic is affecting physicians.
Getting COVID

By Charissa Ho MD, CCFP

When the pandemic started, I expected to get COVID at some point. As the months dragged on, I took every precaution and it seemed less and less likely I would get it. I followed public health measures, usually going beyond...
The COVID Ward

By Kaili Hoffart MD, CCFP

When I started my week as a hospitalist on one of our Edmonton COVID wards, I didn’t really know what to expect. It was an unfamiliar unit, but the nursing staff and rest of the team were welcoming...

Sunshine

By Jennifer Ortynski MD, CCFP

As I drop my now contaminated gloves into the already overflowing garbage, I hear a wavering voice float out from the room I was just in. I recognize the melody instantly. Sunshine, You are my sunshine...

What's New in Health Care
This provincial guideline impacts how providers in acute, primary, and community care support Albertans to safely transition from their home to hospital and then back to their community.

If a patient chooses a pediatrician when completing the online booking tool, a child’s other community providers, such as a family doctor or nurse practitioner, will not receive the results. NOTE: COVID-19 notifications are only sent to one primary care provider.

This new report examines current scientific evidence to evaluate if vitamin D is effective in the treatment and prevention of COVID-19.
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January Poll

Certificates of Attendance (COA) are distributed to attendees following attending a certified program. Certificates are to be stored for up to six years in the event of being audited.
Does a copy of the COA need to be uploaded when submitting certified credits?
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