‘In Dialogue’ Episode 5: Drs. Karen Saperson and Sarah Reid
In episode five of “In Dialogue,” CPSO Policy Director Craig Roxborough speaks to Dr. Karen Saperson, a psychiatrist specializing in geriatric psychiatry, and Dr. Sarah Reid, a paediatric emergency physician, about virtual care and the College’s new policy approved at its June 2022 Council meeting, as well as physician burnout and maintaining the delivery of quality health care.
Dr. Saperson is the academic representative for McMaster University on CPSO’s Council. She’s also a professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster, as well its Academic Head of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, and the current chair-elect of the Royal College Geriatric Psychiatry Specialty Committee. Her research focuses on medical education, particularly in the area of assessment and education policy development.
Dr. Reid is an elected professional member for district 7 on CPSO’s Council. She is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a Clinical Investigator at the CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) Research Institute. Her main academic interest lies in improving the care of children seen in general emergency departments across Canada.
Related eDialogue Articles
Virtual care:
- Virtual Care Expectations
- Virtual Care
- Virtual Care and Post-Pandemic Practice
- Privacy and the Virtual Care Visit
- COVID-19 Raises Profile of Virtual Care
- Post-Pandemic Care
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
CPSO Resources
Additional Resources
- Dr. Sarah Reid’s Council Award feature
- Canadian Medical Association (CMA), College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC): Virtual Care Playbook (updated Mar. 2021)
- CMA, CFPC, and RCPSC: Virtual Care Guide for Patients (Jun. 2020)
- Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA): Telehealth and virtual care (webpage w/CMPA resources; updated Mar. 2022)
- Thinking of working with virtual clinics? Consider these medical-legal issues (revised Apr. 2021)
- Practising telehealth (reviewed Sep. 2021)
- Protecting patient privacy when delivering care virtually (revised Dec. 2021)
- Virtual care: What about consent? (microlearning activity)
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC): Privacy and security considerations for virtual health care visits (2021)
- Ontario Health: Verified Virtual Visit Solutions – Vendor List
- OntarioMD: Privacy & Security Training and Resources