Parenting as a Physician during COVID-19: Unique Challenges and Strategies

Compassion fatigue: Signs, symptoms, and how to cope

Compassion fatigue is the cost of caring for others or their emotional pain. The symptoms that accompany compassion fatigue make it difficult to provide patient care and perform other duties. This article outlines how to spot compassion fatigue and what can be done to mitigate it.

Physician Wellness: A Perspective from Indigenous Physicians

A profile of Indigenous physicians and medical learners looking at physician wellness and burnout through lived experiences. Learn more from Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Dr. Nel Wieman and Santanna Hernandez.

Vicarious trauma: Signs and strategies for coping

This guide describes the signs of vicarious trauma and gives strategies for coping with it.

Sound Mind: Building the peer support physicians need

Building resilience in times of uncertainty

Grounding his work in academic theory, mindfulness expert Dr. Ron Epstein will explore how mindfulness practice can be used by physicians to manage stress and build resilience in times of uncertainty.

Physician families and the year that changed everything

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an immense impact on the well-being of Canada’s physicians, who have made significant and ongoing sacrifices. Physician families have made similar sacrifices, and they are feeling parallel impacts.