MySMA Member Portal enables direct deposit reimbursements
Complete a form in the MySMA Member Portal to sign up for direct deposit reimbursements of SMA benefit programs, including CMPA, CME, Parental Leave and Retention Fund programs.
Joint SMA/CPSS survey of physicians aims to address racism in medicine
Physicians are urged to lend their voices as the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) take an important step in combating racism in medicine. The SMA’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee and the CPSS’s Diversity and Bias Committee are conducting a joint survey on racism in the medical profession.
Update: SMA EDI conference registration full
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.
SMA to recognize outstanding contributions to SMA with new Service Award
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 2023 Spring RA and AGM now available
Recordings from the Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) 2023 Spring Representative Assembly and Annual General Meeting are now available.
Canada’s health care providers urge premiers to ensure health care remains a priority
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 becomes president of SMA in ‘time of impending change’ in health care
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.
Saskatoon physician Dr. Annette Epp elected SMA president
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.
News release: Government and SMA announce changes designed to improve patient access and alleviate pressure on emergency rooms
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.
Executives, RA delegates elected for Medical Staff Associations
Saskatchewan physicians have elected representatives for their local Medical Staff Associations (MSA) Executives and Representative Assembly (RA) delegates. Voting wrapped up March 12.