AHS Podcasts

This is NP Week by Alberta Health Services

Experts in pediatric care discuss comfort techniques for teenagers who are nervous about getting needles.

More to Come by Alberta Health Services

In this episode Tracy Wasylak and Braden Manns talk about SCN priorities; updates to the website – including current status and key accomplishments; and also address important COVID related measures and initiatives such as – working from home, AHS vaccination mandate, staff quarantine, and the COVID Playbook.

AHS is here when you need care. As Dr. Bruce Wright explains, know where to get the right care for you, by visiting ahs.ca/options.

AHS is here when you need care. As Dr. Neil Collins explains, know where to get the right care for you, by visiting ahs.ca/options.

AHS is here when you need care. As Eddy Lang explains, know where to get the right care for you, by visiting ahs.ca/options.

Welcome to the Alberta Health Services podcast. In this episode, Provincial Dental Public Health Officer Dr. Rafael Figueiredo talks about the importance of community water fluoridation. Recently AHS launched a public education campaign on the benefits of fluoridated tap water ahead of the City of Calgary’s fluoride plebiscite this fall. On Oct. 18, Calgary residents will have the opportunity to v...

Be Patient and Family Centred Care - Pride Episode by Alberta Health Services

Guest: Joshua McCutcheon, BScN, Healthcare Improvement How does a nurse transition from the frontline to a role in quality & healthcare improvement as a design consultant? Josh is going to give us some intel and inspiration to take steps towards incorporating quality work and innovation into our nursing careers.

Indigenous worldviews or “ways of knowing” that date back thousands of years, are learned through storytelling, and are inherently practiced. A core worldview is the concept of “interconnectedness”. It is the belief of indigenous people that everything in the universe is connected. Every creature, plant and even object has a purpose and is respected and cared for. This embraces the notion that peo...

This landlocked province has it’s own currents and nursing students feel pulled with the ebb and flow of health care challenges Albertans face. In this podcast Ian will share his feelings about the importance of preceptorship in navigating and staying the course. Guest: Ian Chaves, RN, BScN, MA (Communication Technology), Senior Practice Lead, Nursing Informatics, ACNO

The first days and weeks as a new graduate can be intimidating. In this podcast, we hear from a new grad RN who has found a place to grow her confidence… and now she’s got the right stuff.

It has been a wild year for all of us. In our inaugural podcast, we hear from a new mom and a pediatric nurse reflecting on the twists and turns of the year and what happens in nursing when a pandemic strikes. Guest: Holly Sykora, RN, BScN, BFA

Join Calgary Zone Patient & Family Centred Care consultant Kristy Leavitt in a candid discussion with AHS Patient/Family Advisors Maya Pajevic and Marisa Vigna about why meaningful patient engagement matters, what tokenistic engagement looks like (and why it’s a problem), and much more. Resources mentioned during this episode: o Bird’s Eye View, by Sue Robins o Why We Revolt, by Victor Montori o C...

Commitment to Comfort Podcast for Immunizers by Alberta Health Services

Commitment to Comfort Podcast for Immunizers by Alberta Health Services

EMS Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck is joined by Kathleen Fraser, Marty Scott, Dale Weiss and Dr Mark MacKenzie to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic response, PPE use, new medical opioid practice changes for EMS, as well as a new EMS culture assessment research project.

Join us as Kasey Aiello patient liaison for Neurosciences shares about the power of the lived experience and her role in supporting patients through the Cuming and Gillespie Peer Mentorship Program. Kasey will share her story of being a Spinal Cord Injury survivor and supporting patients and peers through mentorship. We will also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward new challenges...

SCN Podcast - November 2020 by Alberta Health Services

EMS Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck is joined by Kathleen Fraser, Marty Scott, Dale Weiss and Dr Mark MacKenzie to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic response, PPE use, new medical opioid practice changes for EMS, as well as a new EMS culture assessment research project.

Welcome to Alberta Health Services’ COVID-19 podcast. In this episode, Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Nicholas Etches, talks about the importance of ongoing COVID precautions and testing as the number of positive cases continue to grow across the province.

Professor Brian Dolan joins us for our inaugural Integrated Quality Management Podcast to celebrate Patient & Family Centred Care week. Brian will be sharing his international work in making patient time the most important currency in health care. Specifically, he will be discussing two key initiatives that Brian has moved forward across the world #Last1000Days and #EndPJParalysis Professor Brian...

Welcome to Alberta Health Services’ COVID-19 podcast. In this episode, AHS Physiotherapist and Rehabilitation Advice Line supervisor, Kira Ellis, answers questions about the new call in service and talks about how it can support Albertans recovering from COVID-19.

Welcome to Alberta Health Services’ COVID-19 podcast. In this episode, Dr. Kristin Klein, AHS Medical Officer of Health with the Communicable Disease Team, talks about the importance of immunizations particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.