February eNews: Advocacy Updates, AMM and the 2024 Summit

February 2024 | eNews

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear ACFP Members:

Although we are still in the early days of 2024, our commitment to representing the voice of family physicians on matters that impact our health care system remains our top priority. We have continued to engage in conversations with the government that can influence policy for the well-being of our members, our patients, and our communities.

Decreasing Administrative Burden

Last year, the ACFP, in collaboration with the AMA and members of the Supporting Comprehensive Primary Care Task Force, conducted a survey and compiled a report to the Minister of Health on Decreasing Administrative Burden. We thank you for answering the survey and are happy to be sharing the report and recommendations with you soon.

Gender-Affirming Care for Youth

The Alberta Government’s plans to restrict health care options for gender-diverse youth are concerning. These have implications not only to our role as family physicians but also for the health...

TOP STORIES

Earn Up to 21.0 Mainpro+® Credits Virtually with the ACFP’s 2024 Family Medicine Summit

Save time and money without sacrificing on quality CME/CPD learning! Take in the same great conference and earn the same number of credits without the hassle of traveling! With real time and on demand play back, access sessions anytime during the Summit weekend, or watch session recordings up until June 1, 2024. Register now to take part in this premier conference!

FFYFP Blog - Finding Love for Your Practice

By Dr. Nathan Turner

February marks Valentine’s Day and, in Alberta this year, strangely enough, a welcoming thaw after the deep freeze of January. As my kids watch Frozen for the 987^th time, I am reminded by Olaf that “true love can thaw a frozen heart." Too often in medicine it is easy to become jaded in our clinical work, and the political challenges in the province have not helped with that. Add to that a global pandemic, and the last few years have been draining for all and permanently scarring for many. It is important at these times to think of ways that we can start to thaw our own frozen hearts...

The FFYFP Committee Needs Your Advice!

Help set the table for the First Five Years in Family Practice (FFYFP) Luncheon at the upcoming Summit by shortlisting topics that matter most to you! Take our poll to share your top picks or make a suggestion we may have missed.

Answer the FFYFP Poll

Celebrate Your Peers with an ACFP Award

The ACFP is now accepting nominations for the 2024 cycle. Submit a nomination package for those colleagues, students, and/or clinics who have shown exceptional work in family medicine.

Nominations are due April 1, 2024.

EVENTS

Next Session: March 14 | 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Join the PCN Pain Rounds webinar as presenters discuss pain management and activity prescriptions. Learn how to effectively explain how activity can retrain the nervous system and co-design an activity plan with a patient.

Alberta College of Family Physicians | www.acfp.ca