Dr. Vivian Tam
Dr. Vivian Tam
DEM Physician
Lecturer

MD, MSc

Room
EM206 - 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4E9


Biography

Residency

University of Toronto - Family Medicine, Integrated 3 Year Program with MSc in System Leadership and Innovation and Global Health Education Initiative Certificate Program

Personal interests

  • Hiking
  • Outdoor cycling
  • Pilates
  • Writing and consuming narrative medicine

Publications

  • Tam V, Forte M. (2020). As income is lost, chronic illness could rise. Policy Options.; Tam V, Targonsky E. (2020). Social emergency medicine: a way forward for training. CJEM: 22(4): 450-453.; Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC). (2020). Inside the Lives of Canada’s Resident Doctors. RDoC publishing.; Tam V, You J, Bernacki R. (2019). Enhancing medical learners’ knowledge of, comfort and confidence in holding serious illness conversations. Am J Hosp and Pall Med: 36(12): 1096-1104.; Tam, V. Remembering Stanley. The Globe and Mail. 2018.

Awards

  • University of Toronto, 2020 Social Responsibility Award in Postgraduate Medical Education
  • 2020 Resident Doctors of Canada (RDoC) Outstanding Volunteers of the Year Award​​​​​​

Research interests

  • Public Policy
  • Health Equity
  • Designing Patient-Centered Interventions to Improve the ED Care Experience