A message from the 2021 physician members of CPSA Council

Providing care during a pandemic has been the challenge of a lifetime. In 2021, guiding the medical profession during a public health crisis became more challenging in the face of an epidemic of misinformation, adding layers of complexity to our regulatory role. Through it all, CPSA Council remained focused on protecting patients and supporting regulated members in providing the best possible care.

To protect Albertans, we need to have their voice at CPSA’s decision-making table. Welcoming three new appointed public members to CPSA Council in 2021 was instrumental in bringing new and more diverse perspectives to our team. Hearing these fresh voices only strengthens our ability to make the most informed and well-considered decisions in the interest of patient safety. Our public member peers on Council enable us to hear and learn from Albertans, enhancing how we as a Council use a patient-first approach to the way we regulate our profession.

While CPSA Council exists to regulate the practice of medicine, at the end of the day, we are still physicians just like our more-than 11,000 colleagues across the province. To Alberta’s physicians and healthcare teams: we see you, we hear you and we appreciate you. We’d also like to thank the vast majority of Albertans who take time to remember that care professionals are people too, and that health care, at its core, is the act of people caring for people—a privilege we take seriously.