Topic 3: How to do a MAiD Assessment (Hosted in Partnership with Nurse Practitioners’Association of Ontario)

Topic 3: How to do a MAiD Assessment

A systematic approach outlining how to receive a MAiD request and prepare for and conduct a MAiD assessment. Particular emphasis is placed on the MAiD eligibility criteria and safeguards underlying all assessments, with a focus on assessor wellness.

Introduction Video: https://youtu.be/7DvsUxMF75c?si=oxJfUuJzhKqjRwSV

Estimated Length: 2-hour online pre-learning + 3-hour facilitated session
Education Credits: 5 credits for CFPC, 5 hours Self-Assessment for RCPSC, 5 CNA accredited hours for nurses

This session is hosted in Partnership with Nurse Practitioners’Association of Ontario.

Please visit NPAO Pre-Conference website to learn more and register.

Facilitators:

NP Willi Kirenko & NP Julie Campbell

Willi Kirenko is a Nurse Practitioner in independent practice that has been performing MAiD assessments and provisions full time since 2017. She was a past Board member of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) and currently provides education for MAiD clinicians across Canada. She was also a member of the Health Canada Task Group which developed the MAiD Model Practice Standard, a resource for health regulators to help ensure safe and consistent MAID practice in Canada.

Julie Campbell is a Nurse Practitioner and a MAID assessor and provider. Julie holds undergraduate degrees in Health Sciences, Business and Nursing and Master Degrees in Business and Nursing. Prior to her work with MAID she worked as a nurse practitioner in primary care, addictions and mental health and travel medicine. She is a Vice President of the Board for the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers, a past member of the Dying with Dignity Clinical Advisory Committee and presented at both the Senate of Canada and House of Commons during the development of Bill C7 in 2020/2021.