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Andrea N Frolic

CURRENT POSITION Director of Clinical & Organizational Ethics

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

BUSINESS ADDRESS

1F9-McMaster University Medical Centre

1200 Main St. W.

Hamilton, Ontario

Canada, L8N 3Z5

Telephone: 905-521-2100 Ext. 73446

Email: frolic@hhsc.ca

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Degrees and Diplomas

2004 PhD, Medical Anthropology, Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Texas,

United States, Supervisor: Nia Georges

1996 MA, Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,

Supervisor: Ronald Grimes

1995 BA hon, Religious Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,

Supervisor: Pamela Dickey Young

Research Training

2001 – 2003 Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Ethics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer

Center, Houston, Texas, United States, Supervisor: Dr. Martin Smith

CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2009 - 2015 Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health

Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

2005 – present Research Associate, Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster

University, Ontario, Canada

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2010-present Chair, Discovering Resilience Leadership Team, McMaster University, Faculty of

Health Sciences, Program for Faculty Development. Develop, implement and

evaluate innovative curricula for healthcare professionals and faculty to enhance

wellness, resilience and meaning in the workplace through mindfulness based

interventions. Programs are delivered by the Program for Faculty Development

through a partnership between HHS, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster

Family Health Team and Hamilton Family Health Team.

2011 - 2013 Practicing Healthcare Ethicists Exploring Professionalization (PHEEP) Steering

Group, National taskforce affiliated with the Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS),

exploring and developing professionalization initiatives for Canadian ethicists,

including practices standards. (co-chair from 2009-2011)

2011 - 2012 Member, Donation Committee: Set provincial policy and best practices for organ and

tissue donation in Ontario, Trillium Gift of Life Network.

2007 - present Clinical Ethics Summer Institute (CESI), Develop and implement innovative,

intensive programs to enhance clinical ethics capacity in Canadian healthcare

organizations: www.clinicalethics.ca.

2006 - 2011 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), Core Competencies for

Health Care Ethics Consultation Update Taskforce (Revise and update the seminal

1998 ASBH Core Competencies Report.)

2002 - 2008 Canadian Bioethics Society, Taskforce on Working Conditions for Bioethicists,

Developed tools to support working conditions for ethicists, including a Model Role

Description; conducted research on experiences of conflicts of interest for Canadian

bioethicists.

2002 - 2007 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), Clinical Ethics Task Force,

Co-authored Clinical Ethics Consultation: An Education Guide, to assist in the

development or refinement of the competencies necessary to conduct ethics

consultation.

RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST

1. Clinical Ethics Practice and Program Evaluation

2. Narrative and Ethnographic Approaches to Bioethics

3. Arts and Medicine/Narrative Medicine

4. Organizational Ethics and Resource Allocation

5. Health Policy Analysis

Research Grants (Peer Reviewed)

2011 Sep - 2013 Sep Catherine Risdon, Mary Forhan, Andrea Frolic, Dale Guenter, Patricia

Solomon, Responsiveness of care: patient experiences to shape clinical

services, Grant, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF),

Research - New Project.

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2009 May - 2011 Dec Jennifer Gibson, Andrea Frolic, Ross Upshur, Shawn Winsor, Barb Secker,

Dianne Godkin, Evaluating the effectiveness of hospital-based ethics

programs: a pilot study to identify key benchmarks, indicators, and success

factors, New Investigator Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

(CIHR).

2009 Apr - 2011 Sep Alan Taniguchi, Cynthia Cupido, Andrea Frolic, Kevin Brazil, Implementation

and Evaluation of Quality End-of-Life Care Protocol in Tertiary Care

Academic Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton Academic Health Sciences

Innovation Fund.

2011 Feb - 2011 Mar Andrea Frolic and PHEEP, Developing Canadian standards of practice for

healthcare ethics, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Conference/

Symposia grant.

2003 - 2004 Andrea Frolic, Professional Ethics: An Ethnographic Study of Clinical

Bioethicists in the USA and Canada, Wenner-Gren Foundation for

Anthropological Research, Doctoral Research Award.

PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Contributions to Books

Frolic AN, Coughlin M, Keating B. The Dominion of Bioethics: nationalism and Canadian bioethics.

Bioethics Around the Globe, C. Myser, ed. Oxford University Press, p. 190-214. 2011.

Frolic, A. N. Wear It With Pride: The Fashions of Toronto’s Pride Parade and Canadian Queer

Identities. In a Queer Country, Terry Goldie, ed. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp. 257-284. (Nominated for

2001 Lambda award.).

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Frolic AN, Jennings B, Seidlitz W, Andreychuk S, Djuric-Paulin A, Flaherty B, Peace D, Labelle-

Stimac S. From Reactive to Proactive: developing a valid Clinical Ethics Needs Assessment Survey to

support ethics program strategic planning (Part 1 of 2). HEC Forum. 25:47–60. 2013.

2. Frolic AN, Andreychuk S, Seidlitz W, Djuric-Paulin A, Flaherty B, Jennings B, Peace D, Labelle-

Stimac S. Implementing a Clinical Ethics Needs Assessment Survey: results of a pilot study (Part 2 of

2). HEC Forum. 25:61-73. 2013.

3. Brazil K, Danesh N, Taniguchi A, Cupido C, Frolic AN. Assessing Family Members’ Satisfaction with

Information Sharing and Communication during Hospital Care at the End of Life. Journal Of Palliative

Medicine. 16: 1. DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0362. 2013.

4. Frolic AN, Drolet K, Bryanton K, Caron C, Cupido C, Flaherty B, Fung S, McCall L. Opening the

Black Box of Ethics Policy Work: Evaluating a Covert Practice, The American Journal of Bioethics,

12:11, 3-15. 2012.

5. Frolic AN, Drolet K, Hamilton Health Sciences Policy Working Group (2009-2010). Ethics Policy

Review: a case study in quality improvement. Journal of Medical Ethics. 00:1–6.

doi:10.1136/medethics-2011-100461. 2012.

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6. Cline C, Frolic AN, Sibbald R. Beyond Trail Blazing: A Roadmap for New Healthcare Ethics Leaders

(And the People Who Hire Them). HEC Forum. DOI 10.1007/s10730-012-9195-8. 2012.

7. Frolic AN, Practicing Healthcare Ethicists Exploring Professionalization (PHEEP) Steering

Committee. Grassroots Origins, National Engagement: Exploring the Professionalization of Practicing

Healthcare Ethicists in Canada. HEC Forum. 24:153–164. DOI 10.1007/s10730-012-9192-y. 2012.

8. Cline C, Heesters A, Secker B, Frolic AN. Education for Ethics Practice: Tailoring Curricula to Local

Needs and Objectives. HEC Forum 24:227–243. DOI 10.1007/s10730-012-9187-8. 2012.

9. Frolic AN. Who Are We When We Are Doing What We Are Doing?: the case for mindful

embodiment in ethics case consultation. Bioethics, Volume 25 Number 7, p 370–382. 2011.

10. Frolic, A.N., Chidwick, P. A Pilot Qualitative Study of Conflicts of Interests and/or Conflicting

Interests Among Canadian Bioethicists, Part 1: Five Cases, Experiences and Lessons Learned. HEC

Forum, 22:5–17. 2010.

11. Frolic, A.N., Chidwick, P. A Pilot Qualitative Study of Conflicts of Interests and/or Conflicting

Interests Among Canadian Bioethicists, Part 2: Defining and Managing Conflicts. HEC Forum, 22:19–

29. 2010.

12. Chidwick, P., Bell, J., Connolly, E., Coughlin, M.D., Frolic, A., Hardingham, L., Zlotnik Shaul, R.

Exploring a Model Role Description for Ethicists. HEC Forum, 22: 31–40. 2010.

Non Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Frolic, A.N., Kata, A., Kraus, P. Development of a Critical Care Triage Protocol for Pandemic

Influenza: Integrating Ethics, Evidence and Effectiveness. Healthcare Quarterly, 12 (4): 56-64. 2009.

2. Frolic, A.N. and Ewer, M.S. A Case of Cultural Diversity. Internal Medicine World Report. 15 (10) 2,

28. 2000.

Performance/Artistic Commissions

1. Frolic AN, Court J. Intraoperative: This 18 minute piece explores the experiences of a patient and

family member as they navigate the emotional terrain of a healthcare crisis. This duet was

commissioned by the McMaster University Department of Family Medicine for an evening length

performance entitled: Osler’s Overtures: an Evening of Music and Movement. Hamilton Place

Studio Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario, September 19, 2013.

2. Frolic AN, Macarthur T, Taylor J, Zazulak J, Taniguchi A. Exam Room Adagio: This 25 minute

piece of choreography was commissioned by the McMaster University, Department of Family

Medicine for performance at their spring retreat. The performance arose from a collaboration

between family physicians (Zazulak and Taniguchi), a contemporary (Macarthur) and hiphop

dancer (Taylor), facilitated by an ethicist/choreographer (Frolic). This collaboration focuses on

exploring the conventions of medical history-taking and physical examinations, and how these

practices are experienced by both patients and physicians. Mar 31, 2012.

3. Frolic AN and Slager V. Body of Work: This 20 minute piece, combining choreography with

poetry and case narratives, was commissioned for performance at the International Congress on

Clinical Ethics Consultation in 2011 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The work explores the embodied

practice of ethics consultation and the impact of witnessing stories of suffering on health care

practitioners. May 20, 2011.