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We are looking to invite Albertans 25 years old+ to participate in small Focus Group discussions:

GOAL: To improve AHS education videos that patients can watch before their Colonoscopy or Colposcopy procedures. Alberta Health Services (AHS) hopes to ensure patients know what to expect from these procedures, and how they can best prepare. We would like to gather your thoughts and opinions to better develop new educational materials for each of these procedures.

  • Colonoscopy is a medical procedure where a tube goes into your bottom to look at your colon. The "colon" is also known as the large intestine or bowel.
  • Colposcopy is a medical procedure where a specialist uses a high-powered microscope to look at your cervix following an abnormal pap test result. The "cervix" is the canal that connects the uterus to the vagina.

The Focus Groups will be done via Online Meetings (using a platform like Zoom) and each group will include no more than 8-10 persons. Sessions will be held late February throughout March 2023 on evenings and weekends.

For more information or to register to participate please email either: lisa.cleveley@albertahealthservices.ca OR community.engagment@albertahealthservices.ca

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Thank you for your invaluable input in the development of the new colonoscopy and colposcopy video series between between September 2022 and November 2023. 

The two new patient education video series aim to provide patients with a comprehensive understanding of their upcoming procedure, why they have been referred, how to prepare, what to expect during and after, and potential results and/or next steps. In Alberta, there are 50 sites that perform adult colonoscopies and 28 sites that perform colposcopy - each with their own unique patient education processes, if offered. The colonoscopy patient education video series can be found at myhealth.alberta.ca/colonoscopy. The colposcopy video series can be found at myhealth.alberta.ca/colposcopy.

If you have any questions about the colonoscopy series, please email acrcsp@ahs.ca. For the colposcopy series, please email accsp@ahs.ca.