This program contains 30 minutes of EDI Professionalism content and 1 hour and 30 minutes of Substantive content.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Online via Zoom
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Emily Jones, General Internal Medicine specialist at the London Health Sciences Centre
Chair: Jennifer Wall, Harrison Pensa Lawyers LLP
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is a relatively new option that allows qualifying Canadians to end their lives with the assistance of a physician or nurse practitioner. Recent amendments to the Criminal Code have expanded the eligibility criteria for MAiD. In this program, participants will learn about the MAiD process including:
- Eligibility criteria (including potential upcoming changes);
- Consent, capacity, and ethical dilemmas from the legal and medical points of view;
- Legal considerations and complications that may arise due to MAiD; and
- The process and experience of MAiD, including the referral process and how and where medically assisted death can take place.
Our Speaker:
Dr. Jones is a General Internal Medicine specialist, currently working at London Health Sciences Centre. She obtained her medical degree from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and completed her residency at Western University and her General Internal Medicine subspecialty training at McMaster University. Dr. Jones has also completed her Masters of Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, with a dissertation focused on the scope, nature, and utility of tools and their outcomes used to detect changes in physician wellbeing. She has received further wellbeing training as a Wellbeing Champion in Philadelphia through the American College of Physicians, is a member of the CSIM Health and Wellbeing Promotion committee, and is an advocate and practitioner of Medical Assistance in Dying.
If you have any questions about this program, please email Jennifer Foster, Executive Director of the Middlesex Law Association at cle@middlaw.on.ca.
Terms & Conditions: By registering for this program, I acknowledge that my email address will be used to invite me to this Zoom CPD and will be facilitated by the Middlesex Law Association. We will take reasonable steps to ensure the security of the CPD program on Zoom (see Zoom’s terms & conditions.)
Refund Policy: The Middlesex Law Association will refund the registration fee + HST if cancellation is received FIVE business days before the CPD program.
Registration: Register online then payment can be made online, via e-transfer, or by cheque. If paying by e-transfer, please e-transfer the total amount above to library@middlaw.on.ca using the security code: CPD2022MAID (case sensitive). If you have trouble with the e-transfer, please email us.
Accessibility: If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know and we will accommodate you.
This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
