Virtual Care
Sometimes you may not see your physician in person for a variety of reasons. A visit may be conducted over the telephone or online with a service like Zoom. This page contains information to help you prepare and better understand this new type of care.
Virtual Care Information
This section contains links to documents to help you better understand and prepare for virtual care visits.
A handout from the Richmond Road Clinic explaining the details of a zoom or phone meeting specific to Rheumatology patients.
A nice PDF from Alberta Health Services detailing how to use zoom.
A PDF from Alberta Health Services outlining what virtual care is.
This is a sheet that is issued by AHS that details video based virtual visits.
Inflammatory Arthritis Virtual Exam
This video covers exam maneuvers you can do at home, on the phone or over video conference with your physician to help better assess your disease activity when doing virtual visits.
Inflammatory Arthritis
Steven Thomson - AlbertaRhematology YouTube Channel
Inflammatory Back Virtual Exam
This video goes over some physical exam maneuvers you can do at home, on the phone or on video conference with your physician to help assess your ankylosing spondylitis.
AS Virtual Exam
Dr. Stuart Wiber & Steven Thomson, AlbertaRheumatology YouTube Channel