Grits for Grieving Guys provides recipe for success Spring 2017 | VOLUME 57 ISSUE 1 SMA Digest is the official member magazine of the Saskatchewan Medical Association. It is published twice per year and is distributed to nearly 90 per cent of practising physicians in Saskatchewan.
Every Saturday for five weeks they gathered – widowers who were taught how to cook basic recipes by medical students Jacqueline Carverhill and Thea Hedemann. The pair, who developed their Grits for Grieving Guys class under the SMA program FLIP, provided the men with a recipe on how to move forward in life at a difficult time.
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SMA staff: Editor: Maria Ryhorski Girard Hengen Ivan Muzychka Physician representatives: Dr. Jim Cross Dr. Werner Oberholzer Dr. Susan Shaw
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The Story Keeper The connection between Dr. Joel Schindel and the First Nations communities he serves is palpable and is something that has been carefully nurtured since he arrived almost four years ago. Indigenous communities across Canada face greater health challenges than many others, but Dr. Schindel is working to alleviate some of these challenges through Comprehensive Indigenous Community Care Clinics.