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Patient profiles: 2021 National Physician Health Survey results — navigating a broken system

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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Equity and diversity in medicine

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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Physician profile: Dr. Sang and the 2021 National Physician Health Survey

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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Physician wellness: New 2021 National Physician Health Survey findings — burnout, short-staffing and an overburdened system take their toll

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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Physician Wellness: Burnout Among Rural and Remote Physicians is a Significant Issue We Can Help With

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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Creating a Culture of Wellness in Medicine: Medical Education Recommendations from the Royal College Physician Wellness Task Force

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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How we’re doing. Really.

"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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Compassionate Leadership: The Shortcut to Good Outcomes for Clinicians and Patients Alike

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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Caring for the Health Care Workforce

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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Reducing Burnout: Team Workshops, Neurological Hacks, and the Big Why

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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Being Indigenous in med school

“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 Wellness: A Perspective from Indigenous Medical Students

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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The benefits of team-based care

“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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DocTalks podcast: Physical and online violence - How to protect yourself

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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Suicide and Self-Harm Among Physicians in Ontario, Canada

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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Trauma-informed Medical Education

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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Unlocking the Power of Allyship: Giving Health Care Workers the Tools to Take Action Against Inequities and Racism

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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The ‘Great Resignation’ comes to medicine

“The day I knew I needed to stop was when I was operating on a patient, doing a hysterectomy, and I became so nauseous I thought, ‘Oh, my God. I'm going to throw up...

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How Life Coaching Helped Me

By Dr. Raji Menon, MD A little over 20 years ago, while working in the United Kingdom, I went through a period of abject dejection. My preceptor at the time described me...

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Health Care Expenditures Attributable to Primary Care Physician Overall and Burnout-Related Turnover: A Cross-sectional Analysis

This study from Mayo Clinic Proceedings estimates the health care expenditures attributed to primary care physician turnover. It looks at both overall turnover and...

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