Upcoming Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds - Thursday November 27, 2025 (0900-1000)

Speaker: Dr. Teresa Killam / Dr. Cassandra Felske-Durksen / Dr. Stephanie VandenBerg

Teresa is a Family Physician in Calgary with a clinical practice focusing on Low Risk Obstetrics and Perinatal Mental Health with the Foothills Maternity Group.  She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and is the Director of Student Affairs and Wellness for Undergraduate Medical Education.  

Cass is an Otipemisiwak Family Physician and Citizen of the Métis Nation within Alberta.  Her clinical practice focuses on reproductive and sexual health with genocide survivors, based out of the Indigenous Wellness Clinic in Edmonton. She is also Section Lead for Indigenous Health for Edmonton Zone. 

Dr. Stephanie VandenBerg is an emergency physician and substance use researcher. Her work with people who use drugs has highlighted the need to integrate trauma informed care principles into the care of the emergency medicine patient.

Title: Transforming Emergency Care: Enhancing Indigenous Health Outcomes and Cultural Safety via Trauma-Informed Approaches
Description: We are trained for emergencies but born for empathy. Using a case-based reflection, Dr. Cassandra Felske-Durksen and Dr. Teresa Killam will facilitate an intentional conversation about trauma informed care and how we can use this approach to improve the care of our emergency department patients.

  • Understand Trauma Informed Care as a mechanism to help mitigate the burden of neurobiological trauma experienced by patients
  • Apply Trauma Informed communication skills in the Emergency Department
  • Connecting the dots on how systemic oppression translates to the individual patient health outcomes via neurobiological trauma pathways
  • Connecting the dots on how specific historical Alberta colonial health policies translates to today's health outcomes for Indigenous patients

RSVP ***  https://forms.gle/rezWdbBbk1wevcx57 to RSVP by 1 December. 

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