Dec 6, 2021
In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in Physician Wellness at the University of Ottawa and an AMS Phoenix Fellow and Cynda Rushton, a Nurse and Professor of Bioethics and Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University discuss moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic.
If you would like more information on Ed and Cynda and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started.
Ed Spilg
Geriatrician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Ottawa
Hospital, Assistant Professor and
Research Chair in Physician Wellness in the Department of Medicine
at the University of Ottawa,
Senior Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Epidemiology Program
at the Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute, and an AMS Phoenix Fellow
Cynda Rushton
Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of
Bioethics and the School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the
School of Medicine’s
Department of Pediatrics
Book
Rushton, C. H. (Author & Ed) (2018) Moral Resilience:
Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare. New York: Oxford
University Press. (American Journal of Nursing/Elsevier Book of
the Year First Place Award in the category of professional issues
2020).
https://tinyurl.com/2h6ez5bu
Resources for clinicians
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w
https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub
https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Moral-Distress-E.pdf
AACN Facebook Live: I’m not ok—Dealing with the baggage of a prolonged pandemic
Rushton Moral Resilience
Scale
Moral Stress Amongst Healthcare Workers DURING COVID-19: A Guide to
Moral Injury. Centre of Excellence on PTSD, 2020.
https://www.moralinjuryguide.ca/