Family Medicine Job Posting of the Month – Callingwood Crossing, Alberta

Canadian Family Physician Alberta Dream Career Opportunity – Callingwood Crossing, Edmonton, Alberta Want to be part of something you believe in? Want flexibility to better manage your quality of work and home life? Want the support of like-minded colleagues to be the best you can be?? ? Want a safe modern, vibrant city for your […]

Foreign doctors welcome in Alberta

It’s pretty hard to sympathize with the College of Physicians and Surgeons over their concerns about the 145 foreign doctors who have been brought in to work in walk-in clinics in Calgary and Edmonton in the past two years. Anyone who has spent three, four and even five hours sitting in a walk-in clinic waiting […]

Alberta College concerned about number of IMGs at walk-in clinics.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta is concerned about the number of foreign-trained doctors coming to Alberta to work at walk-in clinics. The CPSA noted that 145 IMGs have been sponsored to work at clinics in the province over the past two years, most of which are in Edmonton and Calgary—even though there […]

Family Physician Job Posting of the Month – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  Clareview Medical Clinic 3504-A 137Ave NW, T5Y 1Y7 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   This is your chance to live in a Canadian city ranked among the best places to live in North America. It is a city with education and arts as the center of its cultural life, an outstanding place to raise a family, […]

Canadian Study finds for-profit seniors’ care deficient.

Study finds for-profit seniors’ care deficient   Serious concerns about the state of elder care in Alberta have been raised in a report from the Parkland Institute in Edmonton. It found a significant gap in staffing levels between facilities, a situation that is “far more dire in for-profit facilities.” The report said that based on […]

Alberta Health Services Fires 5 Top Executives, Plus 70 More Could Follow!

The provincial government fired five senior Alberta Health Services executives today as part of a shake-up that could see 80 vice-president positions whittled down to ten. The move follows a review that found the system is top-heavy with managers and should focus more on supporting health-care providers. “We’ve heard a lot of criticism over the […]