COMMUNICATING WITH PHYSICIANS IN ALBERTA February 2016 ZONE MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS OF ALBERTA VITAL SIGNS President’s Message: For Such a Time as This A Curved Road to Medicine The Department: A Surgeon’s Memories…Before I Forget Celebrate What Works The Illustrious Goal To Achieve Work-Life Balance Researcher Joins World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines Committee May You Live in Interesting Times… 2 3 1 Aspen Landing Crowchild Trail NW Aspen Landing Shopping Centre John Laurie Blvd NW 105, 339 Aspen Glen Landing SW 2 2 Castleridge NE DeerfootTrail Castleridge Plaza McKnight Blvd NE 20, 55 Castleridge Blvd. NE 1 4 3 Crowfoot Sarcee Trail SW Crowfoot Business Centre 16 Avenue NE 401, 400 Crowfoot Cres. 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Patterson, 403-943-4555 Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Charlene Hunter, 403-770-3808 President’s Message: For Such a Time as This ..........................................2 CENTRAL ZMSA EXECUTIVE President: Dr. André van Zyl, 403-845-2815 A Curved Road to Medicine ........................................................................3 Vice-President: Dr. Alayne Farries Past President: Dr. Kevin M. Hay, 780-842-4920 The Department: A Surgeon’s Memories…Before I Forget .......................4 Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Deirdre McLean, 403-782-6555 Celebrate What Works ................................................................................7 EDMONTON ZMSA EXECUTIVE President: Dr. Shelley L. Duggan, 780-468-3377 The Illustrious Goal To Achieve Work-Life Balance ...................................8 Vice-President: Dr. Randy Naiker, 780-484-7575 Past President: Dr. Robert W. Broad, 780-735-2924 Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Michael Jacka, 780-907-6097 Researcher Joins World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines Committee ................................................................ 10 NORTH ZMSA EXECUTIVE Acting President: Dr. Sandra Corbett (in acting role until ZMSA is set up and ZMSA executive elected), 780-791-1333 May You Live in Interesting Times ............................................................12 SOUTH ZMSA EXECUTIVE President: Dr. Fredrykka D. Rinaldi, 403-526-3400 Vice-President: Dr. Carl W. Nohr, 403-580-4610 Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Jessica Abraham CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Save the Dates! Dr. Sharron L. Spicer Jennie Ding Dr. Norman S. 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Claims made in advertisements are not verified by CAMSS and CAMSS assumes no responsibility for advertising accuracy. © 2016 ZMSAs – Communicating With Physicians in Alberta 2 President’s Message: For Such a Time as This Before I Forget” gives a somewhat irreverent we realized at the time. What better lesson account of the early days of the Department could there be in humility? The tone of our of Surgery and the Foothills Hospital in class, now in mid-career and middle age, was Calgary. With this being the 50th anniver- very much one of gratitude. Getting older, sary year of the opening of the Foothills, it turns out, is better than the alternative. we have included an excerpt from the book From a doctor in training, Jennie Ding, about the opening of the Foothills building. we hear how the influences of parents and If you haven’t already picked up this book, the desire to create systems-level changes get yourself a copy and a large coffee and sit prompted her to enter medicine. Looking down for a good read. For me, the insights ahead, she has a vision for better health for I gained were like the moments of appreci- all citizens. Many of us who are older feel an ation for our parents once we have children unspoken admiration for the optimism, drive of our own. As a medical graduate of the and sheer smarts of those coming after us. Dr. Sharron L. Spicer, CAMSS President University of Calgary, I never gave much Even Dr. Schachar describes this as “an era thought to its curriculum development — where the standards are considerably higher Each issue of Vital Signs comes together with I just showed up for class! Dr. Schachar sheds than when I got into the game. I think there sometimes unplanned themes interwoven in light on the time and innovation — and some- is no way I could get into orthopedics these the writings of our contributors (docs like times last-minute scrambling — to develop a days, and even getting into medical school you). This month’s issue, with a broad theme systems-based curriculum that still shapes the would be a stretch.”1 of “generations”, features essays from doctors teaching today. More than ever, I am deeply young and old, well older. More similar than grateful to the academics in medicine for Dr. Kevin Hay challenges us to reflect upon different in their outlook, these doctors reflect their dedication and innovation. moral and ethical aspects of physician- upon what it means to our patients, our pro- assisted death. How our profession responds Just as the anniversary of the Foothills makes fession and our society to serve in the call of to this emerging trend will no doubt be our those of us who have worked there reflect lasting legacy, recounted in history when we medicine. Each one describes some legacy on its changes, so other milestones give us are all in our twilight years. Because this is that they have found, or have left, or have opportunity to reminisce. Last year marked such an important issue, make the effort to seen in others. It turns out that our legacy my 20th year since graduating from Med- inform yourself and speak up. You can find isn’t always determined by our talent or the icine. (I’m a Quokka, for anyone keeping more details at: career paths we might have imagined for track.) We had our reunion party over a for- ourselves. More often than not, we are in a https://issuu.com/amapublications/docs/ mal dinner; that’s quite remarkable in itself, place “for such a time as this”, a well-known digest_novdec2015/1?e=4080585/31475427 as we were not a particularly organized class. Hebrew reference that still challenges us to As we reminisced and the wine flowed, we https://www.albertadoctors.org/ use our positions of influence wisely. spoke of the usual follies of medical school, media-publications/presidents-letter/ One example of being the right person for the Med Show acts, the awkward moments pl-archive/jan-14-2016-presidents-letter the time is Dr. Carla Coffin, who was recently in our first euphemistically-titled “Well Man” http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/ sought as an expert advisor to the World and “Well Woman” checks, and then con- Industry/LandingPage.aspx?id=20394 Health Organization. The article in this issue, versations turned to losses: our peers whose 50&lm=88351099&q=971749453&qz reprinted from the University of Calgary UTo- spouses have died of cancer, and our dear =5e2d007c6766b7042868fb9ebd8b2406 day, shows how we are sometimes caught by friend and classmate, Dr. Martin Spoor, who Send your comments to the College of Physi- surprise when opportunity comes knocking! had become a cardiac surgeon and was killed cians and Surgeons, the AMA, or Vital Signs. in a plane crash in 2007 after procuring donor Dr.