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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): A Community Simulation

  • Course Type: eLearning Course
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Category: Clinical

This video is a presentation of a community simulation which occurred in Victoria, BC in May of 2018. This enactment or simulation of a Medical Assistance in Dying [MAiD] event is being shared in an intentional way to convey information, increase understanding and stimulate dialogue.

This is an evolving topic, as this recording was made in May of 2018. Resources and circumstances may have changed.

The objective of this video is to portray an accurate depiction of the current state of MAiD on Vancouver Island. To meet this objective, the video follows a patient and her husband as they experience an initial exploration with their family physician, through the process of qualify for and then working with a MAID provider to have a medically assisted death. The video concludes with excerpts from a group debriefing.

Healthcare clinicians, patient partners, students, members of the community
1 hour
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Thank you for your interest in viewing this Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): A Community Simulation video. This enactment or simulation of a MAiD is being shared in an intentional way to convey information, increase understanding and stimulate dialogue.

Given the import of this topic, in advance of your participation, we would like to share the following thoughts for your consideration.

  • This presentation focused on MAiD which we view as compatible with a fulsome palliative care approach (not an either / or).
  • We do not privilege any means of death as superior.
  • For some the language of death and dying is uncomfortable, please be mindful.
  • Independent of individual or organizational beliefs and values about death and dying, the current Canadian medical-legal context allows for MAiD.
  • We believe that what may be acceptable for one may not necessarily acceptable for another; this is the nature of choice and autonomy.
  • While there may be those who have disagreement with portions of the current laws, or have a fundamental disagreement with the legislation, this video considers MAiD as an enactment of choice and expression of free will.
  • This event was co-facilitated by the partners of the Centre for Clinical Simulation Learning, which include: Island Health, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine’s Island Medical Program, and the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Human and Social Development’s School of Nursing. In addition the Victoria Chapter of Dying With Dignity and The BC Patient Voices Network have both been engaged stakeholders.

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Contact Information

Darin Abbey, Rosanne Beuthin

CLKS@islandhealth.ca