Date & Time
- 2024 DATES: FEB 7 | MAR 6 | APR 3 | MAY 1 | JUNE 5 | JULY 3 | OCT 2 | NOV 6
- 2023 DATES: JUL 5 | AUG 2 | SEP 6 | OCT 4 | NOV 1 | DEC 6
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
- Location: VIRTUAL (ZOOM WEBINAR)
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Participants at a minimum of 50% of sessions will receive a certificate of attendance from CIFAL York
BACKGROUND
Emergency management (EM) is often taught in the context of community, provincial, national, and international emergencies. There is currently a gap in disaster and emergency management (DEM) education and training when transitioning from a generic and public emergency management context to a hospital and health care setting. Emergencies affect hospitals differently and require unique approaches to EM efforts. Hospitals and healthcare facilities also experience very specific emergencies of their own. This speaker series aims to address some of these topics through knowledge transferring and sharing and to inform professionals in the DEM field who are working in these settings and those who are transitioning to the healthcare field or studying DEM from a healthcare context.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The key goals and objectives of the speaker series are to:
- Discuss and exchange knowledge about emergency management from a hospital and healthcare context.
- Facilitate the transition from public community DEM to EM in hospital and healthcare settings.
- Explore various management and response structures that exist in hospital and healthcare settings and how they differ from traditional DEM structures.
- Identify the main challenges associated with business continuity in hospitals and how to maintain operations as part of a community’s critical infrastructure.
- Identify and provide insights into practical job elements that are unique to hospitals and healthcare settings.
- Discuss the standards needed and challenges surrounding accreditation of emergency management for hospitals.
- Explore themes surrounding workflow and the inter-dependency of hospital departments.
- Identify and discuss security challenges that are unique to hospital settings.
- Learn ho to translate DEM principles to C-level executives and Board of Directors.
TARGET AUDIENCES
- Hospital and Healthcare Emergency Managers
- Disaster & Emergency Management Professionals
- Disaster & Emergency Management Students
- Disaster & Emergency Management Researchers
- Healthcare Researchers
- Hospital Executives and Managers
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Caregivers
- Hospital Policy Makers
2024 Sessions
SESSION 1 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7 12:00PM-1:00PM (EST)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Panelist: Karen-Denise Cyr
Provincial Director, Emergency and Continuity Management, Emergency Response Services, Shared Health, Manitoba
Topic: Network Outage / Infrastructure Failure (Code Grey)
Panelist: Andrea McCormick
Senior Manager, Quality Management and Emergency Preparedness, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario
Topic: Network Outage / Infrastructure Failure (Code Grey)
Panelist: Yvonne Howard
Quality Improvement Specialist, Emergency Preparedness, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario
Topic: Network Outage / Infrastructure Failure (Code Grey)
SESSION 2 WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 12:00PM-1:00PM (EST)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Keith Hansen
Co-Director, Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals; Director, Center for Preparedness & Emergency Response Solutions; Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Emergency Preparedness, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Topic: Moving Preparedness Forward: Healthcare Emergency Management Professional Standards & Certification
SESSION 3 WEDNESDAY APRIL 3 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Simon Bridgland, RN
Emergency Management Specialist, Risk, Niagara Health
Topic: Code Maroon: The Evolution of A Severe Weather COOP
Speaker: Joshua Marshall, ABCP
Emergency Management Specialist, Risk, Niagara Health
Topic: Code Maroon: The Evolution of A Severe Weather COOP
SESSION 4 WEDNESDAY MAY 1 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Andrew Moull
Manager, Disaster and Emergency Management, Hamilton Health Sciences
Topic: Mass Notification Systems and Fan-Out Processes
Speaker: Eileen Benedictus
Manager of Risk, Privacy, and Emergency Preparedness, North Bay Regional Health Centre
Topic: Mass Notification Systems and Fan-Out Processes
Speaker: Grayson Cockett
Emergency Management Officer, Alberta Health Services
Topic: Mass Notification Systems and Fan-Out Processes
Speaker: Katie Subbotina
Senior Advisor for Emergency Preparedness, Enterprise Risk, Trillium Health Partners
Topic: Mass Notification Systems and Fan-Out Processes
Speaker: Shannan Saunders
Director of Emergency Management, Mount Sinai, New York
Topic: Mass Notification Systems and Fan-Out Processes
SESSION 5 WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Rick Caddick
Deputy Chief, Quinte West Fire Department
Topic: Hazmat Response for Rural Hospitals – A Focus on Partnerships
Speaker: Dave Pym
Manager of Occupational Health, Safety, and Security, Quinte Health
Topic: Hazmat Response for Rural Hospitals – A Focus on Partnerships
SESSION 6 WEDNESDAY JULY 3 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Shaun O’Mara
Manager, Facilities Emergency Management, Island Health
Topic: Water Resiliency and Water Outage Planning for Hospitals
Speaker: Paul Wechselberger
Critical Infrastructure, Emergency, and Business Continuity Management Specialist, Facilities Maintenance and Operations, Island Health
Topic: Water Resiliency and Water Outage Planning for Hospitals
SESSION 7 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Matthew Woodall
Lead Emergency Management Advisor – St. John Area, Horizon Health Network
Topic: How Horizon Health Network is Preparing for Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Doiron
Emergency Physician & Disaster Management Lead, Saint John Regional Hospital
Topic: How Horizon Health Network is Preparing for Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies
SESSION 8 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Natasha Bloomberg
Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, University Health Network
Topic: Creating University Health Network’s COVID-19 Pandemic After Action Report
Speaker: Lisa Colangelo
Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, University Health Network
Topic: Creating University Health Network’s COVID-19 Pandemic After Action Report
Speaker: Katie Thomson
Emergency Preparedness Analyst, University Health Network
Topic: Creating University Health Network’s COVID-19 Pandemic After Action Report
2023 Sessions
SESSION 1 WEDNESDAY JULY 5 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Kassondra Stockman
Emergency Preparedness Advisor, Halton Healthcare
Topic: Application of the Ontario IMS in Healthcare Settings
SESSION 2 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Amanda Kaczmarek
Director of Quality and Risk, Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital
Topic: Red Lake Hospital Evacuation
SESSION 3 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Speaker: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Mike Dickie
Acting Western Zone Manager of Emergency Preparedness – Corporate Services, Nova Scotia Health
Topic: Wildfire Impacts: Adapting Healthcare Delivery in South West Nova Scotia
SESSION 4 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Andrew Moull
Manager, Disaster and Emergency Management, Hamilton Health Sciences
Topic: Temporary Patient Housing
SESSION 5 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 12:00PM-1:00PM (EDT)
Moderator: Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Tammy Ryan
Quality Specialist, Sault Area Hospital
Topic: Code Silver – Weapons Threat/Active Killer
SESSION 6 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6 12:00PM-1:00PM (EST)
Speaker : Mesha Richard
Emergency Preparedness Lead, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Speaker : Moira Hennebury
Manager of Emergency Preparedness, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Topic: Mass Casualty Incidents: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Maintaining Preparedness for Infrequent Emergencies
Speaker : Jayme Paterson
Emergency Preparedness Specialist and Co-Chair of the Code Orange Steering Committee, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Topic: Mass Casualty Incidents: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Maintaining Preparedness for Infrequent Emergencies
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Organizers
CIFAL York is part of UNITAR’s global network of training centres for knowledge-sharing, training, and capacity-building for public and private leaders, local authorities, and civil society. CIFAL Centres are local and regional hubs for innovative, participatory and co-creative knowledge exchange opportunities to support decision-making processes, build capacity, and accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. Established in 2020, CIFAL York started its operation in June 2021 as the first CIFAL Centre in Canada. Health and Development training and knowledge sharing is among the key focusing areas of CIFAL York.
For more information or questions please contact: cifaldirector@yorku.ca
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC), a 425-bed academic specialized acute care facility, is a national leader in Patient and Family Centred Care. As the only tertiary care provider in Northwestern Ontario, we provide comprehensive services to a population of over 250,000 residents in a region the size of France. Effectively addressing the health care needs of patients and families has earned us both Innovation Awards and Leading Practice Designations. As an academic health sciences centre, we teach the next generation of health care providers and advance medical research. Patients benefit from interprofessional teams of dedicated health care providers and access to leading-edge medical technology and clinical trials. To fulfill its teaching and research strategic goals, TBRHSC is supported by Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute (TBRHRI) as a not-for-profit and independent research corporation. TBRHRI is the research arm of TBRHSC and seeks to lead research to improve the health outcome of the people of Northwestern Ontario and beyond.