Moral Stress, Moral Distress, and Moral Injury in Healthcare: Three Sides of the Same Coin?
| Friday, March 28, 2025 |
| 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM |
| Lupton Hall |
Overview
Presented by: Dr. Edward Spilg
Details
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Explain the conceptual differences between moral stress, moral distress, and moral injury
- Describe the spectrum of moral suffering experienced by healthcare providers
- Recognize the value of moral resilience in mitigating against moral distress and moral injury causing individual moral suffering
- Discuss the need for systemic solutions to address moral stress and reduce healthcare provider burnout
Speaker
Edward Spilg
Geriatrician
The Ottawa Hospital
Moral Stress, Moral Distress, and Moral Injury in Healthcare: Three Sides of the Same Coin?
Biography and COI Disclosure
Dr. Spilg graduated from the University of Glasgow Medical School and completed his geriatric medicine training in the West of Scotland. He completed a master’s degree in clinical leadership at the University of Glasgow Business School before moving to the University of Ottawa in 2015 to join the Division of Geriatric Medicine. He held the position of Vice Chair for Physician Wellness in the Dept of Medicine from 2015-2018 and then Dept of Medicine Research Chair in Physician Wellness from 2018-2024. During the past 10 years in Canada, he has successfully built a research program studying physician wellness. Since 2020, Dr. Spilg has developed a specialist interest in the field of moral suffering in healthcare professionals, reflected through his research and many publications and presentations in this area. In 2023 he received the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine Award for Leadership in Wellness and in 2024, his contribution as a national leader and expert in this field was recognized through his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor.
