The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is deeply concerned about the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon and the risk this decision poses to patient safety, as well as the impact this decision will have on our strained health care system.
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is dedicated to dismantling biases and discrimination experienced by medical students, residents, and physicians. Please join us for Uncovering Racism in Medicine: A Pathway Forward, a one-day Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Conference, on Sept. 22, 2023, at the Saskatoon Inn.
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is unveiling a new award for 2023 – the SMA Service Award. The award will recognize the physician recipient’s contributions to the SMA on committees, the board or in other activities that support the SMA and its mission.
Recordings from the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) 2023 Spring Representative Assembly and Annual General Meeting are now available.
As Canadians continue to struggle to access health care in a timely fashion, organizations representing physicians, nurses and hospitals across the country are calling on all premiers to ensure health system reform is on the agenda at their meetings next month in Winnipeg, Man.
Dr. Annette Epp, a gynecologist from Saskatoon, was elected president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) on Friday, May 5, during the 2023 Spring Representative Assembly (RA), held at Saskatoon’s Sheraton Cavalier.
On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, 20 Saskatoon physicians – along with family and friends, and SMA chief executive officer Bonnie Brossart – prepared and served more than 800 bowls of chili as part of the Friendship Inn’s annual Love Your Neighbor Chili Cook-Off, sponsored by the Saskatoon Medical Staff Association (SMSA) along with others.
By some estimates there are more than 200,000 people – or 1 in 6 Saskatchewan residents -- currently without a family physician. It is almost hard to believe. But it’s true. It’s also unacceptable.
Saskatchewan physicians have elected representatives for their local Medical Staff Associations (MSA) Executives and Representative Assembly (RA) delegates. Voting wrapped up March 12.
The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) has released a video featuring president Dr. John Gjevre as part of its advocacy for a strong primary health care system.
