AHS Podcasts

Jan. 30, 2023, will mark the third anniversary of the beginning of Alberta’s COVID-19 response. In this podcast, Dr. Laura McDougall offers a message of gratitude for the dedication of AHS staff and physicians.

Unique in Canada, RAAPID is an AHS call centre designed to provide a single point of contact for physicians and healthcare providers to access appropriate and timely advice, referral, admission, repatriation and consultation for patients. Joining the podcast to tell us more are: • John Montpetit, Provincial Director, RAAPID. • Tricia Chambers, Senior Provincial Director, Virtual Care, Access and N...

Description: Listen to Elizabeth Thomas, Administrative Support with Employee Relations interview Patty Blake, CPSM OR Manager; Ray Ramkisson, Stores I; and Sam Shrestha, Stores I, who share what they do to contribute to a positive team culture.

Innovations in endoscopy are allowing AHS to track and identify trends over time and improve the quality of care we provide.

The AHS position statement on psychological health and safety ensures we’re all on the same page with the kind of workplaces we want to have, and that we all understand our individual and collective responsibilities in making that happen. Joining Interim AHS President and CEO Mauro Chies to tell us more are Dr. Sharron Spicer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Physician Experience; Kathleen Fraser,...

In this episode, Vickie and Tyler interview Keith King, a registered nurse and instructor at the University of Alberta. Keith joins us to talk about Registered Nursing education and professionalism in 2022 and how our understanding of it has changed over the years.

Listen to Deb Gordon, Vice President for Clinical Operations and Chief Operating Officer share her best practices on supporting the wellbeing of her team, as well as what she does to engage them.

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health with Alberta Health Services — talks about what employers and employees can do to promote mental wellness in the workplace.

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health with Alberta Health Services — talks about the link between mental health and addiction, and how treatment looks if an individual has both mental health and addiction issues.

Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, AHS Provincial Medical Director for Addictions and Mental Health, talks about what people can do to support men's mental health.

The holiday season can be a time of joy, but it can also be a time of stress. For people who are grieving, the holiday season can make their feelings of loss more acute. In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — AHS Provincial Medical Director for Addictions and Mental Health — talks about how to maintain one's mental wellness during the holidays using strategies to lower stress and...

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director for Addictions and Mental Health with Alberta Health Services — talks about how heart health can affect mental health, and vice versa.

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health with Alberta Health Services — talks about the connection between food and mood.

In the latest Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health, talks about what people can do to support men’s mental health following the annual Movember campaign. Each November, the global event focuses on raising awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide.

Dr. Alain Tremblay, Medical Lead of the Alberta Lung Cancer Screening Program, talks about lung cancer screening, why it’s important, and the two-year screening pilot that launched in September 2022. You can find more information about lung cancer screening and the pilot at screeningforlife.ca/lung/.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a disorder that's marked by symptoms of low mood, low energy, changes in sleep patterns and changes in appetite. For people in the northern hemisphere, those with SAD start exhibiting these symptoms in late October and early November when we start seeing significant reductions in daylight. In this Mental Wellness Moment podcast, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, Provin...

In this episode, Vickie and Tyler interview Holly Sykora, RN, and second time guest to our podcast. Holly joins us one year after our inaugural episode with her to talk about COVID, coping, and taking care of ourselves, either at home or on the range.

Dr. Jean Mah, a pediatric neurologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, talks about spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and why it is so important to find SMA early through newborn screening. You can find more information about newborn screening and SMA at ahs.ca/newbornscreening.

Join host Shawna Curry as she interviews guests Dr. Christopher McCabe, Isabel Henderson and Simon Decary, to explore where long COVID started, what we can learn from current research, and where long COVID might be headed.

This is our third episode, where we’re going to interview healthcare professionals who have worked in programs that use innovative and creative solutions to support patients with long COVID.

Host Shawna Curry, interviews healthcare professionals across different disciplines to get a better understanding of what it’s like to treat patients with a new chronic condition that we are still learning about. We’ll explore their thoughts around what patients wish healthcare providers knew and discuss opportunities for care going forward.

Description: Host, Shawna Curry, interviews guests to uncover some of the faces behind long COVID. She dives into the personal stories of how long COVID has affected people differently and will explore into how this understanding can inform healthcare professionals in their practice.

In this episode, Vickie and Tyler interview Tracy King, RN, Nursing Instructor at Grand Prairie Regional College and RN at the AHS Norther Addiction Center. Tracy reminds us to always remember our why in nursing, that we can’t look after our patients if we don’t look after each other and so much more in this episode celebrating Mental Health Awareness month. Nursing is unique profession. At AHS, o...

EMS Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck is joined by Kathleen Fraser, Marty Scott, Dale Weiss and Dr Mark MacKenzie to provide an update on five key challenges EMS is facing, as well as some work that is underway to help deal with an unprecedented increase in call volume.

Welcome to the AHS Strategic Clinical Networks Podcast. In this episode Tracy Wasylak and Braden Manns talk about SCN priorities and initiatives; updates to the website; key pandemic response accomplishments; and also address working from home/returning to the office, and the COVID Playbook. If you have comments or suggestions, please send them to Mikie. Mork@ahs.ca.