Advancing compassionate practices in virtual long COVID care
‘Long COVID’ (LC) is an episodic condition that impacts up to 35% of COVID patients. Many people with LC (PWLC) have failed to receive compassionate care from healthcare professionals (HCPs) who did not acknowledge their condition and/or respond to their suffering. A recent systematic review demonstrates that virtual care is the second most common LC…
Read MoreWorking with South-Asian immigrants to make virtual care compassionate and more relevant to their needs
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing at Western University. Immigrants experience inequities in their access to and use of healthcare, specifically virtual care (VC). In this project, Saleema will first explore what compassion, equity, trust, and a productive patient-provider relationship means for South Asian (SA) immigrants, in the context of VC. She will then collaborate with…
Read MoreExploring how individuals with limb loss perceive and experience compassionate care in virtual rehabilitation
Crystal’s research will increase her team’s knowledge of how to improve compassionate care within a digital environment by exploring patients’ perceptions and experiences of virtual rehabilitation consultations for people with limb loss
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