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Evaluating the Toronto Region Hospitals COVID-19 Visitor Policy Using an Accountability for Reasonableness Framework

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Speaker: Vivian Tam, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM) candidate, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa About this Seminar: In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the introduction of visitor restrictions to acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada, which remain in evolution as we navigate successive phases of the pandemic. In response, the Toronto Region COVID-19 Hospital […]

WHO Pandemic Ethics & Policy Summit

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Equitable access, solidarity, and global health justice: Bridging the gap between ethics and decision-making in pandemics From resource allocation and priority-setting, access to vaccines, vaccine mandates, lockdowns, travel restrictions, public health surveillance, and obligations to conduct clinical trials, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised profound ethical challenges on an unprecedented global scale. At the same time, and […]

Moral Distress in Health Care: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us

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Dr. Abi Sriharan, D.Phil, MSc (Oxon) Program Director, Systems Leadership and Innovation Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Description: This presentation will explore moral distress and burnout experienced by health professionals during COVID-19; lessons learned from research, practical tools and relevant ethical issues […]