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{{short description|is an organization of physicians in Alberta, Canada}}
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The '''Alberta Medical Association''' is a provincial affiliate of the [[Canadian Medical Association]], established in 1889 in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Alberta]].<ref name="CMA_2006"/> It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".<ref name="AMA_2009_mission"/>
The '''Alberta Medical Association''' ('''AMA''') is a provincial affiliate of the [[Canadian Medical Association]], established in 1889 in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Alberta]].<ref name="CMA_2006"/> It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".<ref name="AMA_2009_mission"/>


The Alberta Medical Association was formed in 1906, as the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division and serves as the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta]]. It was predated by the North West Territories Medical Association founded in 1889 at a [[Canadian Medical Association]] meeting at [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]].<ref name="Jamieson_1947"/> The association supported prepaid health insurance in the 1940s, and its advocacy helped bring about the government-created [[Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated]]. The group's name was formally changed to the Alberta Medical Association in the 1960s.<ref name="AMA_2009_history"/>
The Alberta Medical Association was formed in 1906, as the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division and serves as the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta]]. It was predated by the North West Territories Medical Association founded in 1889 at a [[Canadian Medical Association]] meeting at [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]].<ref name="Jamieson_1947"/> The association supported prepaid health insurance in the 1940s, and its advocacy helped bring about the government-created [[Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated]]. The group's name was formally changed to the Alberta Medical Association in the 1960s.<ref name="AMA_2009_history"/>


==Mandate and mission==
==Mandate and mission==

It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".<ref name="AMA_2009_mission">[http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/E0869FE0D1B95AC987256E1C0056C308?OpenDocument Inside AMA - Who We Are - Mission and Vision] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323065113/http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/E0869FE0D1B95AC987256E1C0056C308?OpenDocument |date=2010-03-23 }}, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.</ref>
It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".<ref name="AMA_2009_mission">[http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/E0869FE0D1B95AC987256E1C0056C308?OpenDocument Inside AMA - Who We Are - Mission and Vision] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323065113/http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/E0869FE0D1B95AC987256E1C0056C308?OpenDocument |date=2010-03-23 }}, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.</ref>


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==Background==
==Background==
At an 1889 [[Canadian Medical Association]] meeting held in [[Banff, Alberta]] the North West Territories Medical Association was founded.<ref name="Jamieson_1947">{{cite book|last=Jamieson|first=Heber Carss|title=Early Medicine in Alberta : The First Seventy-Five Years|year=1947|publisher=Canadian Medical Association - Alberta Division|location=Edmonton, Alberta|page=61|url=http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/hstns/id/91763/}}</ref>
At an 1889 [[Canadian Medical Association]] meeting held in [[Banff, Alberta]] the North West Territories Medical Association was founded.<ref name="Jamieson_1947">{{cite book|last=Jamieson|first=Heber Carss|title=Early Medicine in Alberta : The First Seventy-Five Years|year=1947|publisher=Canadian Medical Association - Alberta Division|location=Edmonton, Alberta|page=61|url=http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/hstns/id/91763/|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721172447/http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/hstns/id/91763/|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 1906, the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division was formed, as the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta]].<ref name="Jamieson_1947"/>
In 1906, the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division was formed, as the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta]].<ref name="Jamieson_1947"/>


In the 1960s, the organization changed its name to the Alberta Medical Association (AMA).<ref name="AMA_2009_history">[http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/72D6C5EEBCA2CA9787256E1C0056E7A8?OpenDocument Inside AMA - Who we are - History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323065316/http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/72D6C5EEBCA2CA9787256E1C0056E7A8?OpenDocument |date=2010-03-23 }}, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.</ref>
In the 1960s, the organization changed its name to the Alberta Medical Association (AMA).<ref name="AMA_2009_history">[http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/72D6C5EEBCA2CA9787256E1C0056E7A8?OpenDocument Inside AMA - Who we are - History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323065316/http://www.albertadoctors.org/bcm/ama/ama-website.nsf/AllDoc/72D6C5EEBCA2CA9787256E1C0056E7A8?OpenDocument |date=2010-03-23 }}, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.</ref>

==Medical history==
===Pioneering Alberta doctors===

[[William Morrison MacKay]], (1836–1917) maintained a private practice in Edmonton, Alberta from 1898 until he died in 1917.<ref name="AMA_pioneer_Mackay">{{Cite web| title = Dr. William Morrison MacKay, 1836-1917| format = text/xml| access-date = 21 July 2020| date = 25 June 2013| url = https://www.albertadoctors.org/about/medical-history/pioneering-alberta-doctors/mackay}}</ref> He served in what was then the North-Western Territory, as a [[Hudson’s Bay Company]] (HBC) clerk and surgeon and spent over three decades there—from 1864 to 1898, eventually becoming the HBC Factor in [[Fort Chipewyan]].<ref name="AMA_pioneer_Mackay"/> He was one of several physicians from Scotland who practiced medicine in Alberta.

Early pioneers in AMA's history include Dr. [[D. Lorne Tyrrell|Lorne Tyrrell]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|AOE|FRSC}} b. 1943-, who was awarded with the [[Alberta Order of Excellence]] in 2000, became an officer in the [[Order of Canada]] in 2002, a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] in 2004,<ref name=gairdner>{{cite web |url=http://www.gairdner.org/content/d-lorne-tyrrell |title=D. Lorne Tyrrell |publisher=Gairdner Foundation}}</ref> and was inducted into the [[Canadian Medical Hall of Fame]] in 2011,<ref name=fame>{{cite web |url=http://cdnmedhall.org/dr-alan-c-burton |title=Dr. Alan C. Burton |work=Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103093709/http://cdnmedhall.org/dr-alan-c-burton |archivedate=2014-11-03 }}</ref> and was a [[The Killam Trusts|Killam Prize]] winner in 2015.<ref name=KillamPrize>{{cite web |url=http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prize-winners-2015/d-lorne-tyrrell |title=D. Lorne Tyrrell |work=Canada Council for the Arts |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526051007/http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prize-winners-2015/d-lorne-tyrrell |archivedate=2015-05-26 }}</ref> His research into viral hepatitis and the subsequent development of the oral antiviral drug [[lamivudine]],<ref name=gairdner/> enabled the use of [[liver transplant]]s for persons infected with [[Hepatitis B]],<ref name=fame/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mercer|first1=David F.|last2=Schiller|first2=Daniel E.|last3=Elliott|first3=John F.|last4=Douglas|first4=Donna N.|last5=Hao|first5=Chunhai|last6=Rinfret|first6=Aline|last7=Addison|first7=William R.|last8=Fischer|first8=Karl P.|last9=Churchill|first9=Thomas A.|last10=Lakey|first10=Jonathan R.T.|last11=Tyrrell|first11=David L.J.|last12=Kneteman|first12=Norman M.|title=Hepatitis C virus replication in mice with chimeric human livers|journal=Nature Medicine|volume=7|issue=8|pages=927–933|doi=10.1038/90968}}</ref> saved thousands of lives.<ref name="AMA_20190808">{{Cite web| series = The AMA in Alberta's medical history |title=Pioneering Alberta doctors| access-date = 21 July 2020| date = 8 August 2019| url = https://www.albertadoctors.org/about/medical-history}}</ref> Tyrrell<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/AOE/education/lorne-tyrrell/index.html |title=Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell |publisher=Alberta Order of Excellence}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Medical associations based in Canada]]
[[Category:Medical associations based in Canada]]
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[[Category:1889 establishments in Alberta]]
[[Category:Medical and health organizations based in Alberta]]
[[Category:Medical and health organizations based in Alberta]]
[[Category:Professional associations based in Alberta]]
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[[Category:1889 establishments in Alberta]]

Latest revision as of 01:27, 20 October 2024

Alberta Medical Association
AbbreviationAMA
Predecessor
  • North West Territories Medical Association (1889)
  • Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division (1906)
  • Alberta Medical Association (1960s-present)
Formation1906; 119 years ago (1906)
Founded atAlberta, Canada
TypeOrganizations based in Alberta
Legal statusactive
PurposeAdvocacy on provincial health and medical matters
Region
Alberta, Canada
President
Dr. Shelley Duggan[1]
Websitehttps://www.albertadoctors.org/

The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) is a provincial affiliate of the Canadian Medical Association, established in 1889 in the Canadian province of Alberta.[2] It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".[3]

The Alberta Medical Association was formed in 1906, as the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division and serves as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. It was predated by the North West Territories Medical Association founded in 1889 at a Canadian Medical Association meeting at Banff.[4] The association supported prepaid health insurance in the 1940s, and its advocacy helped bring about the government-created Medical Services (Alberta) Incorporated. The group's name was formally changed to the Alberta Medical Association in the 1960s.[5]

Mandate and mission

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It describes itself as an "advocate for its physician members, providing leadership and support for their role in the provision of quality health care".[3]

Affiliations

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It is a provincial affiliate of the Canadian Medical Association,[2] is a national, voluntary association of physicians that advocates on behalf of physicians and their patients on key health issues.[6]

Background

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At an 1889 Canadian Medical Association meeting held in Banff, Alberta the North West Territories Medical Association was founded.[4]

In 1906, the Canadian Medical Association, Alberta Division was formed, as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.[4]

In the 1960s, the organization changed its name to the Alberta Medical Association (AMA).[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Shelley Duggan | AMA". www.albertadoctors.org. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Provincial and Territorial Divisions of the CMA Archived 2006-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b Inside AMA - Who We Are - Mission and Vision Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Jamieson, Heber Carss (1947). Early Medicine in Alberta : The First Seventy-Five Years. Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Medical Association - Alberta Division. p. 61. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Inside AMA - Who we are - History Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Alberta Medical Association, retrieved 28 August 2009.
  6. ^ "CMA 2020". Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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