Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee

Supporting the care of older people in emergency departments.

Our mission is to provide a forum for Canadian Emergency Medicine (EM) clinicians, researchers, educators, and administrators committed to optimizing the care of older people in EDs; and to define and promote standards of excellence in their care.

Our vision is to create an environment within the Canadian emergency care community that promotes best practice, education, research, advocacy, and collaboration, which will serve to improve older adult emergency care across Canada.

The objectives of this committee are to:

  1. To establish and promote a network of people working in EM with at least a partial focus on older people;
  2. To provide a forum for exchange of developments in clinical care, research, education, and policy relating to older people in the ED and in pre-hospital care;
  3. To create a centre of expertise within CAEP on the emergency department needs of Canada’s aging population;
  4. To define standards for care of older patients in Canadian EDs;
  5. To promote research that prioritizes older patients in EDs;
  6. To enable education at the UGME, PGME, and CME levels.
Terms of Reference

Brittany Ellis

Chair

Saskatchewan

Audrey-Anne Brousseau

Vice Chair

Quebec

Don Melady

Past Chair

Ontario

Debra Eagles

Past Chair

Ontario

Savannah Forrester

Secretary

British Columbia

Ian Beamish

Resident Representative

Ontario

Osama Loubani

Communications Lead

Nova Scotia

Doug Sinclair

Member at Large

Nova Scotia

Alice Gray

Member at Large

Ontario

Rebecca Schonnop

Member at Large

Quebec

Jake Sawa

Member-at-Large

Quebec

Kira Gossack Keenan

Member-at-Large

British Columbia

Carrol Ann Lapierre

Administrative Support

CAEP Head Office – Ottawa, ON

National Grand Rounds on 6 April 2022 titled: Improving Care of Older People in Canadian EDs – Why it matters and what you can do – DETAILS HERE

GeriEM CPD Course on 28 April 2022 – DETAILS HERE

Annual meeting at CAEP 2022: May 30 2022 @ 12:15pm (location to be determined)

How to Join

Interested in becoming a member of the CAEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee? Please contact the Committee Chair here.

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