The EM:POWER Task Force is indebted to the many individuals and organizations who contributed to this report by way of video consultations, and/or written submissions.
Individual Consultations
Special thanks are due to Dr. Bob Bell, Dr. Jim Christiansen, Dr. Anthony Dale, Dr. Catherine Dong, Dr. Courtney Howard, Dr. Fraser Mackay, Dr. David Naylor, Dr. Jane Phillpott, Dr. Eve Purdy, Dr. Tim Rutledge, Dr. Michael Schull, Dr. Hasan Sheikh and Dr. Jason M. Sutherland who took part in video consultations.
Contributors
Riyad Abu-Laban MD, BSc, MHSc, DABEM, FRCPC
Emergency Physician, Vancouver General Hospital, Professor, UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM), Scientific Director, BC Emergency Medicine Network
Betül Akbuğa Özel, MD, EMAT-EP, MSc, PhD(c)
TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey
Elyse Berger Pelletier, MD, FRCPC
CHUM – Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
Joshua Bezanson, MD, MS, Bjourn, ACP, FP-C
Emergency Physician, Firefighter/EMT, Canmore Fire-Rescue, Planning and Technical Info Specialist, Canada Task Force 2 HUSAR, Covenant Health, University of Alberta
Nik Bobrovitz, MD, DPhil – PGY1 FRCP-EM
Resident, University of Calgary
Peter Cameron, MBBS, MD, FACEM, FIFEM, FCEM(Hon)
Director of Emergency Medicine Research & Associated Director, National Trauma Research Institute, Staff Emergency Specialist, Professor, Alfred Monash University, Australia
Shawn Carby
Executive Director, Emergency Management Unit, BC Ministry of Health
Lucas Chartier MDCM, FRCPC, DRCPSC, ABEM, MPH, MBA
Vice President, Quality & Safety, University Health Network
Sharf Chowdhury, CEM
Emergency Management Coordinator Horizon Health Network, St John, New Brunswick
Ryan Clark, MBBS
Emergency Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Trillium Health Partners, Canada & My Emergency Doctor Virtual Care, Australia
Robert Davidson
Commander/Special Operations, Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ontario
Graham Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MA(DEM)
Emergency Physician, Associate, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, Member, World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, British Columbia
Kathryn Dong, MD, MSc, FRCP, DRCSPC
Medical Director, Inner City Health and Wellness Program, Royal Alexandra Hospital, and Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta
George Douros, MBBS
Staff Emergency Specialist, Austin Health and Western Health, Australia
Brittany Ellis, MD, FRCPC, DiMM MSc(Public Health)
Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Vered Gazit, MD, B.Med.Sc
Emergency Physician & Disaster Management Liaison Associate Professor, Dalhousie University Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
Brian Geller, MD, CCFP(EM), (ESS), FCFP
Clinical Associate Family Medicine – Saskatoon, Regina & Rural; Enhanced Skills, Program Director, University of Saskatchewan
Kiran Grant, MD
RCPSC-EM Residency Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Rachel Goss, MBBS BSc(hons) FRCEM
Emergency Physician, Saint John Regional Hospital, QI Lead
Sahil Gupta, MD, FRCPC, PhD
Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario
Mathew Hacker Teper, MD, MSc
Resident, University of Toronto
Adrien Hansen-Taugher, RN BSc(N), MPA
Manager, Emergency Preparedness & Health Hazard, Kingston, Frontenac & Lennox & Addington Public Health, Ontario
Max Hayman
Emergency Management Consultant, ICU Liaison, and First Responder Toronto, Ontario
Rebecca Heath, MBChB, MRes
Staff Emergency Specialist and Geriatric Emergency Medicine Lead, Royal Hobart Hospital, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Australia
Ian Higginson, MBBS, MSc
Staff Emergency Specialist, University Hospitals Plymouth, Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Honorary Associate Professor, Plymouth University, England
Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC, UBC
Professor of Emergency Medicine & Medical Director, HealthlinkBC Emergency iDoctors in Assistance (HEiDi), British Columbia
Corinne M. Hohl, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Emergency Physician, Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Courtney Howard, MD, CCFP(EM)
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Past-President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Carmen Hrymak, MD, FRCPC
Emergency and Critical Care Physician, Health Sciences Centre, Assistant Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Carl Jarvis, MD, CCFP(EM)
Emergency Physician, QEII HSC, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, EHS, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Aimee Kernick, MD, CCFP(EM)
CAEP President Elect, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Elene Khalil
Director of Education, Emergency Measures, McGill University Health Centre, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, McGill University, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Quebec
Nour Khatib, MD, CCFP(EM), MBA
Emergency Physician, Toronto, Ontario
Lisa Kurland, MD, PhD
Staff Emergency Specialist, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden, Professor, Örebro University, Sweden
Edmund Kwok, MD, FRCP MHA Msc
Deputy Head, Quality, Safety & Performance, Department of Emergency Medicine The Ottawa Hospital
Eddy Lang, MD, CCFP(EM)
Department Head, Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Rod Lim, MD, FRCPC
Pediatric Emergency Physician and Professor, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, London, Ontario
Murdoch Leeies, MD, FRCPC
Emergency and Critical Care Physician, Health Sciences Centre, Assistant Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Sharron Lyons, RN
Vancouver Children’s Hospital, British Columbia
Tamara McColl, MD, FRCPC
Emergency Physician, Clinician Educator, Assistant Professor, Director of Education Scholarship & Faculty Development, University of Manitoba
Fraser Mackay, MD, CCFP(EM)
Chair CAEP Rural & Remote Section, Emergency Physician Horizon Health, Saint John New Brunswick
Shannon MacPhee, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director of Patient Safety, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Patrick McLane, PhD
Assistant Scientific Director Emergency SCN Alberta Health Services, Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Emergency Medicine University of Alberta
Troy McQuinn, CEM, ABCP, DBCI, PCP
Director of Education, Medical Co-Director of Emergency Measures, McGill University Health Centre, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (EM), McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Quebec
Adrian Meehan, MD, MA, PhD
Geriatric Specialist, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden, Affiliated Researcher, Örebro University, Sweden”
Judy Morris, MD, FRCPC, M.Sc.
President AMUQ, Emergency Medicine Physician at CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’île-de-Montréal, University of Montreal, Quebec
Nancy Murphy, MDCM, CCFP(EM), FACMT
Poison Centre Director, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Heather Murray, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
Michael Nolan
Renfrew County Paramedic Service, Ontario
Howard Ovens, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario
Eve Purdy, MD, FRCPC
Emergency Medicine Consultant, Gold Coast University Hospital, Research Consultant, Bond University Translational Simulation Collaborative, Robina QLD, Australia
Tania Principi, MD, MSc, FRCPC, MBA
Section Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary
David Savage, MD, PhD, CCFP(EM)
Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), Thunder Bay, Ontario
Michael Schull, MD, MSc, FRCPC
CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Toronto Ontario
Hasan Sheikh, MD, CCFP(EM) MPA
Emergency / Addictions Physician, Mental Health & Addictions Centre of Excellence, Ontario Health, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Doug Sinclair, MD, CCFP(EM), FRCPC
Vice President, Medicine, Quality & Safety, IWK Health, Halifax NS
Tania Sullivan, MD, CCFP(EM)
St Martha’s Regional Hospital, Emergency Department Site Lead, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Per-Ola Sundin, MD, PhD
Staff Internal Medicine Specialist, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden, Affiliated Researcher, Örebro University, Sweden
Ahmed Taher MD, MPH, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Clinician in Quality and Innovation, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto
John Tallon. MD, MSc FRCPC, CCPE
Co-Head (Interim) and Clinical Professor with UBC’s Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia
Peter Toth, MD, CCF, PEMFCFP
Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Ontario
Jackie Tsang, MD, MBA
Emergency Medicine Resident Physician, University of Toronto, Ontario
Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD, MSc
Clinical Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary
Michelle Welsford, MD, FACEP, CCPE, FRCPC
Emergency Physician, Hamilton Health Sciences, Professor & Interim Director, Division of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, HHS Centre for Paramedic Education & Research, Hamillton, Ontario
Andrew Willmore, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director, Emergency Management, The Ottawa Hospital / Associate Medical Director, Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario & Lecturer, Ontario
Charles Wong, MD, CCFP(EM)
Clinical Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, Calgary Zone Urgent Care Centres, AHS, Alberta
Organizational and Group Consultations and Submissions
Association des médecins d’urgence du Québec
Association des spécialistes en médecine d’urgence du Québec (ASMUQ)
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC)
CAEP:
- Academic Section
- Digital EM Committee
- Equity Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group
- Ethics Committee
- Geriatric Emergency Medicine Committee
- Global EM Committee
- Health Equity Working Group
- Membership
- Pediatric Section
- QIPS Committee
- Rural Remote and Small Urban Section
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee
- Women in Emergency Medicine Committee
Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness (CEEP)
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
Collaborative Working Group on the Future of Emergency Medicine of Canada
College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
HealthCareCAN
International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
National Emergency Nurses Association (NENA)
Paramedic Chiefs of Canada
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (UK)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
World Association of Disaster & Emergency Medicine (WADEM)