Grand Round Presentations
Here you can find recordings from our latest educational grand rounds sessions delivered to staff at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The Inner City Health and Wellness Program Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Presented by Sara Gill, RN BSN. Sara is a Registered Nurse and the Provincial Educator for Harm Reduction Services at Alberta Health Services. She is passionate about improving health care experiences for people impacted by substance use through promotion of a compassionate, non-stigmatizing approach, and advocating for access to life-saving, evidence-based harm reduction services within the continuum of care.
Recovery Oriented Care & Harm Reduction: Adapting our approach to meet our patient’s needs
March 15, 2021
Economics of Substance Use
November 30th, 2020
Presented by Mike Paulden, MA, MSc, PhD. Dr. Paulden is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health. He is a health economist with an interest in developing appropriate methods for the economic evaluation of health technologies.
An Interdisciplinary Approach Using an ARCH Lens
September 21st, 2020
Presented by Michael Lee, MN NP, Janice Pyne, MN NP, Esther Leung, MSW, RSW, Chris Cardinal, Peer Support Worker, and Beatrix Massee, Peer Support Worker. Michael, Janice, Esther, Chris, and Beatrix work at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, AB as part of the Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH) Team.
Pain in Opioid Tolerance
February 25th, 2020
Presented by Landon Berger MD, FRCPC. Dr. Berger is an anesthesiologist and addiction medicine physician with the Inner City Health and Wellness Program & ARCH Team.
Supervised Consumption Services at the Royal Alexandra Hospital
December 3rd, 2019
Presented by Kathryn Dong MD, MSc, FRCP(C), DABAM, and Elaine Hyshka, BA, MA, PhD. Dr. Dong is Medical Director of the Inner City Health and Wellness Program & ARCH Team, and a clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta. Dr. Hyshka is Scientific Director of the Inner City Health and Wellness Program and an assistant professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health.
Treating Opioid Use Disorder: From Methadone to Injectables, Established to Emerging Treatments
September 11, 2019
Presented by Karine Meador MD CCFP(AM). Dr. Meador is a family physician and Assistant Medical Director of the Inner City Health and Wellness Program & ARCH Team.