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| Dr. **Karen Saperson** is a psychiatrist in Hamilton, Ontario. | Dr. **Karen Saperson** is a psychiatrist in Hamilton, Ontario. |
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| ===== Affiliations ===== | ===== Affiliations ===== |
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| ==== McMaster University ==== | ==== McMaster University ==== |
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| She is employed as a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at [[McMaster University]], and is head of that department.((Saperson, K. [@karensaperson]. //Professor, McMaster University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences physician, mom, grandma, medical educator. she/her. Tweets my own [Profile].// Accessed December 3, 2021. Twitter. https://archive.ph/bfecv)) | She is employed as a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at [[McMaster University]], and is head of that department.((Saperson, K. [@karensaperson]. //Professor, McMaster University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences physician, mom, grandma, medical educator. she/her. Tweets my own [Profile].// Accessed December 3, 2021. Twitter. https://archive.ph/bfecv)) She is also the Program Director for Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Academic Head for the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry.((Nisbett, M. (2017). //Dr. Karen Saperson — 2017 AMS/Donald Wilson award recipient.// Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. https://archive.ph/PKMmP)) |
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| ==== Psychiatric Practice ==== | ==== Psychiatric Practice ==== |
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| Saperson practices psychiatry through [[St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton]]. and has hospital privileges at [[McMaster Children’s Hospital]], [[St. Peter’s Hospital]] ([[Hamilton Health Sciences]]), [[Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre]], and [[St. Joseph's Centre for Mountain Health Services]].((College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. //Karen Saperson - Doctor Details.// Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/0d7nU)) | Saperson practices psychiatry through [[St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton]] and has hospital privileges at [[McMaster Children’s Hospital]], [[St. Peter’s Hospital]] ([[Hamilton Health Sciences]]), [[Juravinski Hospital|Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre]], and [[St. Joseph's Centre for Mountain Health Services]].((College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. //Karen Saperson - Doctor Details.// Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/0d7nU)) |
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| ==== Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ==== | ==== Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ==== |
| Saperson was a recipient of the 2017 Royal College’s AMS/Donald R. Wilson Award from the [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada]]. "Dr. Saperson is unquestionably a pioneer in the field of mentorship.”((Nisbett, M. (2017). //Dr. Karen Saperson — 2017 AMS/Donald Wilson award recipient.// Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. https://archive.ph/PKMmP)) She was selected for the reward "for inspiring and developing novel teaching methodologies that have raised the quality and quantity of research and scholarship emanating from her department at [[McMaster University]]." | Saperson was a recipient of the 2017 Royal College’s AMS/Donald R. Wilson Award from the [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada]]. "Dr. Saperson is unquestionably a pioneer in the field of mentorship.”((Nisbett, M. (2017). //Dr. Karen Saperson — 2017 AMS/Donald Wilson award recipient.// Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. https://archive.ph/PKMmP)) She was selected for the reward "for inspiring and developing novel teaching methodologies that have raised the quality and quantity of research and scholarship emanating from her department at [[McMaster University]]." |
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| | ==== World Psychiatric Association ==== |
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| | Saperson’s publication history includes studies funded by the [[World Psychiatric Association]] (WPA), associated with the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)((Bogie, B. J. M., Colbourne, A., Menezes, N., Saperson, K., & McConnell, M. M. (2017). //The Doctor Is In: Media Portrayals of Psychiatrists and Their Influence on Canadian Medical Students’ Recruitment into Psychiatry.// Academic Psychiatry, 42(3), 386–393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0798-x)) ((World Health Organization & World Psychiatric Organization. (2005). //Atlas Psychiatric Education and Training Across the World 2005.// World Health Organization. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/Atlas_training_final.pdf)) and the [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH).((Dham, P., Colman, S., Saperson, K., McAiney, C., Lourenco, L., Kates, N., & Rajji, T. K. (2017). //Collaborative Care for Psychiatric Disorders in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.// The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 62(11), 761–771. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743717720869)) |
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| | ===== COVID-19 ===== |
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| | Saperson retweeted a [[Globe and Mail]] article blaming the “roughly 1.5 million eligible Ontarians [who are aged 12 or older] without a single jab” as being “the people responsible for keeping the pandemic alive.”((Picard, A. [@picardonhealth]. (2021, November 10). //Every Canadian wants the #COVID19 pandemic to be over. The way to achieve that is not by acting like it... [Tweet].// Twitter. https://archive.ph/4QqMR)) The article cites data from the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] claiming that “being unvaccinated makes you more than five times more likely to catch [[COVID-19]], and 26 times more likely to wind up in intensive care.” Further, the article insists that mandatory masking, vaccine passports, improved ventilation, capacity limits and complete vaccination are required.((The Editorial Board. (2021, November 10). //Globe editorial: For Ontario, a few small steps today can prevent a big fourth pandemic wave tomorrow.// The Globe and Mail. https://archive.ph/yweG2)) |
