In this conversation Ed Spilg, Geriatrician at the Ottawa Hospital and Research Chair in Physician Wellness at the University of Ottawa and an AMS Phoenix Fellow and Cynda Rushton, a Nurse and Professor of Bioethics and Nursing and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University discuss moral distress, moral resilience, and mental health in healthcare workers amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic.

If you would like more information on Ed and Cynda and the important work that they are doing here are some links to get you started.

Ed Spilg Geriatrician in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Physician Wellness in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Senior Clinical Investigator in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and an AMS Phoenix Fellow

Cynda Rushton Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics

Book Rushton, C. H. (Author & Ed) (2018) Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare. New York: Oxford University Press. (American Journal of Nursing/Elsevier Book of the Year First Place Award in the category of professional issues 2020). https://tinyurl.com/2h6ez5bu

Resources for clinicians

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-021-03637-w

https://tinyurl.com/bde6uuu9

https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub

https://www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Moral-Distress-E.pdf

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Rushton Moral Resilience Scale Moral Stress Amongst Healthcare Workers DURING COVID-19: A Guide to Moral Injury. Centre of Excellence on PTSD, 2020. https://www.moralinjuryguide.ca/