Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness
Description
This will be the first of many meetings we plan to have this year on this topic. This speaker will share with us some of the basic ideas and solutions so that we will all be prepared if and when it is necessary.
Areas that will be addressed:
- What is a pandemic?
- Is all the media attention real?
- How will this reach us?
- What are the first steps we need to take to prepare?
- How do we educate our offices?
And even more questions and solutions that will need to be addressed.
Allison created and is now the Director of the Emergency Management Unit within the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She was the Ministry’s executive lead during SARS both at the Provincial Operations Centre (Health) and later at the SARS Operations Centre. Within the Ministry, Allison’s responsibilities have included: Director, Hospitals Branch; Director of Central Region and Administrator, Queen Street Mental Health Centre. Prior to entering the Ministry, Allison held senior management positions within community and academic acute care hospitals as well as teaching both clinical and management nursing. Her academic preparation includes an undergraduate degree in nursing and a graduate degree in health administration, both from the University of Toronto. She speaks extensively on matters related to emergency management, personal preparedness and pandemic planning and was recently honoured as one of the Top Ten People to Watch in 2006 by The Toronto Star.