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The general public’s perception of and experiences with the health care system have shifted substantially and arguably deteriorated over the past several years. With...

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How to support the health and wellness of female physicians  A recent CMA study found that 54% of physicians in Canada under the age of 40 are women. By 2030, women are...

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As the medical community continues to adapt to seismic change, signs of respite and relief remain elusive. The 2021 National Physician Health Survey (NPHS) conducted by...

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Life has changed dramatically since a global pandemic was declared in March 2020. As a result, an already overburdened health care system has been pushed to new extremes...

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The medical community is feeling the burn of being stretched to the brink. Rates of physician burnout nearly doubled between the two most recent National Physician Health...

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Physicians are at high risk of burnout , depression and suicidal ideation , outcomes that affect not only individual physicians but also their patients and the health...

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"I've never seen so many physicians feeling so demoralized by the system and so deeply burnt out. I think we are in dark times, but I still have optimism because my...

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Rather than fixing the worker, we should focus on fixing the workplace. In this talk from the New England Journal of Medicine , learn how compassionate leadership can...

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This talk from the New England Journal of Medicine discusses how to care for the health care workforce and improve overall well-being. The participants provide strategies...

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In this talk from the New England Journal of Medicine , learn effective strategies organizations can employ to reduce clinician burnout. During the pandemic, the onus was...

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“A lot of the time, the stereotypes they’ve grown up with, their internal bias, the racism they don’t realize is there, comes to the surface, and it can be very...

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Physician burnout and attrition rates have hit unprecedented levels over the past three years. In 2017 the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) conducted the National...

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“Working in a team makes me feel valued. I feel like I have a team that supports me just as much as I support the physician… There's no worrying about rushing to...

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In this podcast from Doctors of BC, learn how to optimize your physical and online safety. Guests Carl Prophet and Julie Jones, who are experts in personal and online...

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This study from the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry assesses the prevalence of suicide and self-harm among physicians and compares it with the risk among nonphysicians in...

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By Dr. Ghazala Radwi, MD, FRCPC Trauma-informed medical education * (TIME) is a much-needed framework recently proposed by a group of medical students and physicians...

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In this commentary from the New England Journal of Medicine, learn the importance of allyship skills to promote inclusion in health care. The authors discuss how the...

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