Hello and welcome to our 2nd quarterly report for 2021. I wish there were lots of things to report but given the current lockdown that we are in, we are forced to work at a slower pace.
I would like to announce that it is going to be business as normal with a conference this fall, but I am reluctant to do so. We have been attending virtual conferences of late and are currently contemplating just how we could put on a small virtual conference this fall. We will have a board meeting by mid-May to discuss the makeup and execution of such a conference. Will will keep you informed.
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Hello to all members,
Another academic year is about to finish at MDRAO; our online course registrations for year 2020-21 closed on January 31st and the last students had until April 30th to finish their course and exam. This left us one month to perform updates and finish business before we start another academic year on June 1st!
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This report provides an overview of communications, engagement activities and a summary of planned activities across the organization.
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Hello MDRAO members
We at Sigma have been busy preparing our next virtual meeting. We are excited to share that we will be opening up the invitation to participate to all MDRAO members across the province. We are looking forward to the opening stages of Ontario following the pandemic outbreak we have all been challenged with this past 15 months. Sigma board members will also be gathering ideas from members with suggestions on more educational opportunity subjects as well as future meeting dates. Our Facebook page has so far been a success for communication as well as links for members to register in online webinars.
Stay tuned!
Stacey Marshal
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For more than a year now, we have been in an extremely very challenging and stressful situation in our daily activities through the pandemic. As part of the healthcare community, we are doing our part to make ourselves, our colleagues and most importantly our patients safe and healthy. We experienced first, second and third waves of lockdowns, loosening up, again lockdowns and staying home orders. To most of us, it has been a challenge, from babysitting to going work, in addition to wearing a mask all day. Our resourcefulness and creativity were also challenged when the Ontario government asked us to reprocess N95 masks, thinking that we were going to run out. Luckily, companies were able to ramp up their production, so the reprocessing of single use masks has stopped.
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Greetings to all MDRAO Members!
Finally, spring is almost here with warmer weather and the flowers blooming! The past year has been challenging for MDRD technicians in our area. Many of them were redeployed to other areas because of the lack of work in our department due to elective surgery cancellations. It is never easy to work in an unknown area with people you do not know, but we want to thank you for your hard work, courage and dedication. You were and are still appreciated!
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Harvard Business Review
Demonstrating and promoting kindness in the workplace can lead to a number of benefits, according to researchers.
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By Pablo Ramiro
Infections like COVID-19 have so many unknowns that health officials don’t really know when or if the illness will be eliminated — similar to what happened during the SARS outbreak in 2003. More than a year after the start of the pandemic, with new variants continuing to emerge, people from around the world continue to be affected, from daily activities at home and at work to limited ability to travel.
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