Northeast Community Health Centre Family Health Clinic

Overview

Staff consists of full-time and part-time faculty physicians, a nurse practitioner, registered nurses and full-time assistants who provide primary health care to patients within the Northeast area of Edmonton. In addition to common patient presentations, the family health clinic aims to support population groups who have specific barriers to accessing and/or utilizing health services such as:

• Low income families, especially those with young children
• Youth who may be uncomfortable seeking health from mainstream health professionals
• Aboriginal populations
• People with high risk lifestyles, including addictions
• People with significant mental health concerns and social barriers
• Socially and medically complex patients

Ongoing research participation opportunities include: 

• Case-based paper on harm reduction practice
• Evidence based medicine
• Healthcare costs
• Or, your own research project

Preceptors