Powering your wellness
As a physician, when you’re well, everyone benefits. Healthy and fulfilled physicians perform at a higher level and have better patient outcomes.
Are you in distress? Find support programs and counselling.
Do you have a colleague who’s struggling? Review our peer support resources.
Featured resources
Take control of your health and general well-being with our collection of relevant, reliable and up-to-date self-help tools, practice models and resources.
Physician wellness: New 2021 National Physician Health Survey findings — burnout, short-staffing and an overburdened system take their toll
A summary of key physician health and wellness indicators covered in the 2021 National Physician Health Survey conducted by the Canadian Medical Association
The silent stigma around physician suicide
A guide to the signs, risk factors and influences of physician suicide, and an overview of the systemic and individual efforts needed to prevent it.
Empathy in medicine
Effective communication is an important skill for all physicians. Communicating with empathy is a powerful tool for creating a better medical culture.
Wellness stories
2021 CMA National Physician Health Survey
National dataset to help inform recommendations for system-level changes to improve physician and medical learner health and wellness
Physician Wellness Support Services
The pandemic and the health care system crisis continue to impact the well-being of physicians and medical learners.
It’s okay to ask for support.
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