Being a physician can be deeply gratifying, but it also comes with stresses and challenges that can take a toll on your health and well-being. Heavy workloads, demanding standards of training and practice, and complex practice environments are just some of the factors that can put any physician at higher risk of personal and professional dissatisfaction, burnout and depression. The impacts of this — on you, on patient care and on the performance of the overall health system — make supporting physician health an imperative for the CMA.
Recognizing the range of challenges physicians face, we advocate for a shared responsibility approach — targeting both individual and systemic factors that negatively affect physician health — as the pathway to meaningful, sustained improvements.
CMA policies on physician health and wellness
2021 CMA National Physician Health Survey findings
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