Program
Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 6, 2021 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Virtual Mental Health Wards (Virtual Reassessment and Observation Unit-vROU was created in Manitoba as a virtual psychiatric ward with community patients having access to daily psychiatric assessments and 24/7 crisis services. A Virtual Crisis Stabilization Unit-vCSU) was also created to explore patient demographics, outcomes, comment on effectiveness, and explore physician assistant (PA) roles in Psychiatry and views on virtual care.
This session will illustrate how virtual mental health wards are feasible and effective mechanisms of providing access to care for patients with significant cost savings potential. The session will also PAs play a key role in the provision of crisis care.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
- Outline the requirements for creating a successful virtual ward.
- Discuss the aspects of patient care that can be redesigned and administered in a virtual setting.
- Discuss the unique role that PAs can play in psychiatry and administering virtual care.
- Disseminate information on improved ways to increase access to crisis services through virtual care
Speakers / Panelists
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Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 6, 2021 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT -
Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 6, 2021 from 11:00am EDT to 12:00pm EDT
Katrina Pullia
CCPA
Katrina Pullia
Katrina Pullia is a Canadian Certified Physician Assistant (CCPA) with a keen interest in mental health research. She is a two-time alumnus from McMaster University, completing both her Bachelor of Health Sciences (Physician Assistant) and Bachelor of Science (Biology & Psychology) at the institution. Katrina’s passion for research started with the completion of two undergraduate thesis projects during her first degree. To enhance her research skills, Katrina worked as a Research Assistant and Clinical Study Coordinator in the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University prior to entering the McMaster PA Program in the fall of 2016. After graduation, Katrina moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to join a team of six PAs working in Crisis and Emergency Psychiatry. She had the opportunity to engage in a wide range of research opportunities with the rise of virtual care during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as support and mentor physician assistant students. Since the spring of 2021, Katrina has returned to her home province of Ontario and is practising in Pediatric Mental Health in Ottawa, Ontario where she continues to have an active role in a variety of ongoing clinical research studies.
Avery Clavio
PA-S
Avery Clavio
Avery Clavio is a recent graduate of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at the University of Manitoba Class of 2021.
"Before PA school I lived in Hamilton, Ontario where I attended McMaster University and graduated from the Bachelor of Health Sciences program in 2018. In the past I have worked as a research assistant at the St. Joseph's Research Institute in Hamilton and as a Personal Support Worker for three years in an assisted living facility. I have a wide range of interests in medicine and am particularly fond of minor procedures such as suturing. I hope to use my research experience to contribute to literature around PAs in Canada. For fun, I try to stay active through sports such as basketball (Go Raptors!), running or hiking. I also enjoy playing board games with friends. I am currently in the process of looking for a job but am enjoying some time off."
Member Price
Purchase Recording
| 2 Day (sessions only) | $125.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day (sessions only) | $175.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day Sessions + Workshops | $175.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day Sessions + Workshops | $275.00 + tax | ||
| Individual Session - Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba | $35.00 + tax | ||
| Individual Session - Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba | $45.00 + tax | ||
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Non-Member Price
Purchase Recording
| 2 Day (sessions only) | $125.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day (sessions only) | $175.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day Sessions + Workshops | $175.00 + tax | ||
| 2 Day Sessions + Workshops | $275.00 + tax | ||
| Individual Session - Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba | $35.00 + tax | ||
| Individual Session - Providing Crisis Care in a Pandemic: Virtual Based Wards and Crisis Units in Winnipeg, Manitoba | $45.00 + tax | ||
| Proceed to Checkout | |||