Practice Here NOW

07/23/2025

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS!

Yesterday, Practice Here NOW (Health Services Foundation of the South Shore), Nova Scotia. More than Medicine+, and the Queens General Hospital Foundation had the priviledge of partnering with Dalhousie Family Medicine Residency Program to welcome our three new Family Medicine Residents. Dr. Liam Redden and Dr. Jasmine Eng will be based out of Liverpool with primary preceptor Dr. Norah Mogan, and Dr. Robin Lake will be based out of Lunenburg with primary preceptor Dr. Sarah Conrad.

Joining us at the lunch were our three second year family medicine residents (R2's), Dr. Adrienne Borrie, Dr. Maya Venkatarman and Dr. Dennis Brown. It was a great opportunity for the six Halifax-South Shore residents to connect and for the R2's to impart some wisdom about their experiences so far.

Dr. Susan Ripley, Director of the Halifax-South Shore Dalhousie Family Residency Program, along with Assistant Director Dr. Tarah Millen were also joined by Dr. Joanna Zed, Associate Department Head of Dalhousie Family Medicine, and Dr. Cheryl Pugh, Western Zone Medical Executive Director in welcoming the residents.

Shout out to the 27 South Restaurant, Lounge & Catering for a delicious lunch on their fabulous patio.

Please join us in welcoming these residents as they continue their medical education journey living, learning, practicing and playing on the South Shore!

07/22/2025

SUMMER SOCIAL SUCCESS!

What a day! Almost 100 doctors and their families from Lunenburg and Queens counties joined us at the Lunenburg Yacht Club for our annual summer social. The weather was favourable for fun afternoon of boat rides, kids activities, lawn games and a delicious BBQ.

These social events are so important for making connections and building collegiality amoung our physician population. It is also a great opportunity for some of our new doctors to meet their colleagues, and for residents and medical learners to see what a welcoming and supportive enviornment the South Shore is.

Thank you to our funding partners - Health Services Foundation of the South Shore, Queens General Hospital Foundation, Nova Scotia. More than Medicine+, Doctors Nova Scotia and the South Shore Medical Association for helping to make this event possible!

07/04/2025

SUMMER FUN!

Together with our partners at Nova Scotia. More than Medicine+ we explored the islands around Blue Rocks with our Dalhousie Medical School LIC students. It was a perfect afternoon for a guided kayaking tour with Paddling. Favourable winds and lots of sun made for a wonderful afternoon on the water. Many laughs and water fights were had!

While these third year medical students are living and learning on the South Shore we endeavor to show them some of what our amazing South Shore communities have to offer them in the hopes that they will return for their residency or maybe even to practice.

Thanks to our guides at Pleasant Paddling for a wonderful adventure! And thank you to my funding partner Andrew Steele Moore from Nova Scotia Health.

07/03/2025

WELCOME DR. ALDEN!

Please join Practice Here NOW and the Services Foundation of the South Shore in welcoming Dr. Doug Alden to the radiology team at South Shore Regional Hospital. We are so grateful that he and his family have chosen to live, work and play in our community!

If you see Dr. Alden around the hospital or in our community, please extend a warm South Shore welcome!

07/02/2025

Nova Scotia Partners with Lebanese Universities to Recruit More Family Doctors

Nova Scotia is working with two universities in Lebanon to bring more family doctors to the province.

The Province and Lebanese American University in Beirut have signed a memorandum of agreement outlining a five-year pilot program that will see 10 ready-to-practise family physicians come to Nova Scotia, two in each year of the agreement.

Read the full release here.

News release Nova Scotia Partners with Lebanese Universities to Recruit More Family Doctors 25 June 2025 | 11:38 AM Health and Wellness health workforce Action for Health Nova Scotia is working with two universities in Lebanon to bring more family doctors to the province. The Province and Lebanese A...

06/19/2025

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Health Services Foundation of the South Shore

05/24/2025

LEARNING FROM THEIR PEERS

We finished off Rural Week with an intense skills session Friday morning. Led by Dr. Sarah Tennant, SIM specialist Jasitha Eramath and nurse educator Denise Peace, the LIC students took the Med 1's through a series of stations on ultrasound, intubation, I/O insertion, casting, foley catheter insertion, suturing and peds simulation. What an incredible learning experience for the Med 1 students and a great opportunity for the LIC students to flex their knowledge. Hopefully this will inspire them to become preceptors in the future!

And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who made the South Shore Rural Week such a success - all of the preceptors, Doctors Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia. More than Medicine+, and especially Debbie Harvey for organizing it all!

05/23/2025

FIERCE COMPETITION!

The fun of Rural Week continued last night with Pizza, Pints and Puzzles at ! Our current LIC students joined the group of Med 1 students for a "friendly" race to see who could finish their puzzle first. Thank you to Doctors Nova Scotia for providing the pizza!

05/21/2025

WELCOME RURAL WEEK STUDENTS!

Last night we kicked off Rural Week in style at Lightship Brewing Company. Together with my colleagues at Nova Scotia. More than Medicine+ and Doctors Nova Scotia we hosted 11 Dalhousie Medical School first year students, here to spend the week observing a rural physician in practice as well as getting to know the area. Fueled by delisicous food from Boathouse Bites they great conversations with our third year LIC students, a couple of our residents and a few of our wonderful preceptors.

We are pleased to welcome these students to the South Shore and show them what a great place it is to live, learn, practice and play!

Health Services Foundation of the South Shore

05/08/2025

THANK YOU DR. HAIDAR!

Dr. Haidar is one of our newer family physicians but obviously she is making an impact on her patients! Thank you for choosing the South Shore for your practice!

Like this grateful patient, you can also send a kudos to your doctor by visiting yourdoctors.ca/stories. Doctors Day may have passed but it's never too late to say thank you!

Health Services Foundation of the South Shore
Lunenburg Family Health

05/07/2025

THANK YOU DR. ROBERTSON!

Sometimes a doctor's reach is outside of the patient population. Volunteers are an integral part of helping our hospitals run, and working with the physicians is important component of this. Thank you Dr. Robertson for recognizing and supporting this!

Visit yourdoctors.ca/stories to send kudos to a doctor who has made a lasting impact on your life.

Services Foundation of the South Shore