Edmonton Southside PCN offers a variety of workshops for its patients and families to help you meet your health and wellness goals. These workshops will help you stay healthy, access the care you need and learn how to make the most of your ongoing relationship with your healthcare team. Topics include mental health, nutrition, exercise, healthy aging, lung health and pregnancy.
There are also a number of classes that are being offered by different PCNs in the Edmonton area. All these classes are held virtually and you do not need a referral from a physician. You will register via the PCN who is hosting the class.
A variety of classes are also available by Alberta Health Services through their Alberta Healthy Living Program and Community Adult Chronic Disease Management Program.
For Seniors’ Centre Without Walls, please check here for programs.
Advance Care Planning is a workshop that provides information, education, and guidance on the processes for completing Goals of Care (GOC), Personal Directives (PD), and Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) documents. Join an ESPCN Social Worker who can help answer your questions and provide insight from a medical perpective. During this workshop you will: Workshop…
Time: 2 hours
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network (ESPCN)
Price: No cost
Changeways is a group designed for adults to help combat stress, anxiety and depression. It was developed using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. You will learn skills to help challenge negative and distorted thinking in order to create a healthy lifestyle and build a good support network. During this workshop, you will learn ways to boost your…
Time: Six weeks. One class per week. All classes are two hours long.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network (ESPCN)
Price: No Cost
Emotional Regulation is for adults who have difficulty controlling their emotions or feel that their behaviour is causing chaos in their life. This workshop might be for you if your emotions are affecting your work and personal relationships. During this weekly workshop, you will learn to handle your responses to strong emotions like frustration, shame,…
Time: Six weeks. One class per week. All classes are 90 minutes long.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network (ESPCN)
Price: No cost
A REFERRAL FROM YOUR DOCTOR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM GLA:D Back is an evidence-based treatment program for individuals with persistent and/or recurrent back pain that negatively affects their everyday life and function. The GLA:D program consists of self-management education classes and exercise therapy. It originated in Demark with results in patient outcomes showing a…
Time: Nine weeks. Two classes per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each class is one hour long.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network
Price: No cost
A REFERRAL FROM YOUR DOCTOR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM GLA:D Hip & Knee is an evidence-based treatment program for individuals with persistent and/or recurrent hip and/or knee that negatively affects their everyday life and function. The GLA:D program consists of self-management education classes and exercise therapy. It originated in Demark with results in patient…
Time: Eight weeks. Two classes per week. Each class is one-hour long.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network
Price: No cost
To attend the Group Prenatal Class offered by the ESPCN, either you or your partner needs to be a patient of a physician or nurse practitioner who is a member of the ESPCN; a referral from the healthcare provider is not required. A list of our members is available here on our website. This is…
Time: One day, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network (ESPCN)
Price: No cost
This is a 6-week program that helps you cultivate a healthy and satisfying relationship with food, your body, and physical activity. This program challenges popular short-term and unsustainable diet rules and instead teaches you the skill of focusing on your body’s hunger and fullness cues to guide eating. Instead of someone else telling you what…
Time: This class is a six-week program and each class is two hours long.
Location: Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network
Price: No cost