Kate Hayman MD MPH FRCPC

Biography

Dr. Kate Hayman is an attending emergency physician at the University Health Network. She completed her emergency medicine training at the University of Western Ontario in 2015. During residency, she also completed a Masters of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, with a concentration in Health in Crisis and Humanitarian Emergencies.
Dr. Hayman is currently a co-investigator in an ongoing study using simulated resuscitation scenarios to trial a cognitive aid in resuscitation. Other academic interests include the management of non-communicable disease in humanitarian emergencies and the implementation of harm reduction strategies in emergency departments. She is an active member of Health Providers Against Poverty, and is interested in improving medical education on the social determinants of health and opportunities for health advocacy.

Quote from the Winner

The practice of medicine is a means to achieving justice.

About the Award

Dr. David Fear exemplified the role that may be played by active clinicians and educators in the development, coordination and promotion of CPD at the level of departments, hospitals, communities and across the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Fear was an anesthetist at the Hospital for Sick Children, active in the University´s Department of Anaesthesia, where he served as Director of Continuing Education, and the Chair of the Faculty Council Committee on Continuing Education. Until his untimely death in June 1997, his leadership in clinical, educational and administrative roles was instrumental in raising awareness of, and competence in, CPD.

The David Fear Fellowship is intended to support faculty members who wish to develop or enhance their competence or skills in CPD, their scholarship or their professional development.