‘In Dialogue’ Episode 2: Dr. Janet van Vlymen
In episode two of “In Dialogue,” CPSO’s Senior Communications Advisor Joshua McLarnon speaks to anesthesiologist and 2022 CPSO Council President Dr. Janet van Vlymen about her road to leadership and goals for her one-year term, the importance of quality improvement, ongoing efforts to ease physician burnout, and the College’s role in medical education.
Dr. van Vlymen is an Associate Professor and previous Deputy Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Queen’s University, and has been their academic representative on CPSO Council since 2016. She’s also served as chair on the College’s Quality Assurance and Education Advisory committees. At the Kingston Health Science Centre (KHSC), her clinical interests include preoperative assessment, ambulatory anesthesia and perioperative medicine, and she is currently the Program Medical Director for the Perioperative Services program.
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Physician wellness:
- Reclaiming Herself
- Reaching Out for Help
- Pandemic and Mental Health
- Physician Burnout and COVID-19
- Patient Bias, Physician Burnout
- Pandemic-induced Mental Health Distress
Quality Improvement:
- Quality Improvement in Groups
- Quality Improvement Program — One Year Later
- Practice Through a New Lens
- Q&A: Quality Improvement Program
- A Modern Approach to Lifelong Learning
Bias:
- What Do Disability Biases Look Like in Practice?
- Examining the Root Causes of Ableism
- Caring for your Trans Patients
- Weight Bias and its Clinical Consequences
- Treating Root Causes, Not Symptoms
- Implicit Bias in Health Care
- Black Patients Matter
Medical education:
As President:
- Supporting Physicians in Extraordinary Times — Q&A with Dr. van Vlymen
- President’s Letters
CPSO Resources
- Quality Improvement Program
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Medical Students
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Additional Resources