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Psychologically safe learning Establishing a wellness mindset
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This website from the Mental Health Commission of Canada summarizes the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students. It also includes a copy of the standard and a starter kit to help post-secondary institutions implement it.
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Establishing a wellness mindset Psychologically safe learning Policies, standards and best practices
The physician well-being module of Health Force Ontario’s Transition into Practice Services (TiPS) program highlights well-being resources available to physicians in Ontario. Resources include the Ontario Medical Association’s physician health program, the Canadian Medical Protective Association’s physician wellness resources, and the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario’s resident wellness events and assistance.
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The Black Physicians of Canada’s guide For Allies provides concrete examples of how you can help black physicians, learners, patients, colleagues, peers and trainees as an ally, through standing up when injustices occur, initiating dialogue and educating yourself. The resource provides further examples specifically for program directors of black residents and fellows on how to be an ally.
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The Mental Health Foundation’s guide entitled How to Support Mental Health at Work highlights the importance and value of addressing mental health at work, as for many of us, our work is a major component of our lives, and workplaces that report high levels of well-being tend to be more productive. This resource provides steps to manage your mental health at work and explains how to assist a colleague who may be in distress and how to work with your colleagues to foster a mentally healthy workplace.
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The guide Allyship and Inclusion at the Faculty of Medicine, produced by the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, summarizes what it means to be an ally, focusing on being self-reflective, standing up for others and how allyship helps to foster more inclusive organizations. It also describes the qualities of an ally and how to be allies to one another. In addition, it defines key allyship terms, including culture, diversity, equity, equity-seeking groups, inclusion, learners and underrepresented minorities.
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Both positive (reinforcing) and negative (corrective) feedback are central to a physician’s professional development, helping to build competence and confidence at all stages of a person’s career.
Feedback helps people acknowledge discrepancies between actual and desired performance and identify ways to improve and narrow those gaps.
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How to discourage bullying and harassment
While most physicians are caring, collaborative people who go into medicine to help others, that care is not always extended to trainees, colleagues and subordinates. The result: a profession in which bullying is a major problem.
In the Resident Doctors of Canada’s national survey, more than three-quarters of medical residents said they had experienced harassment or intimidation in the past year.
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Conflict management and prevention Stress Burnout Relationships Suicide Depression
What is empathetic communication?
Effective, empathetic communication is one of the most important skills to have as a physician — and is key to creating a better medical culture. But empathy can erode over time as you struggle to balance distance and connection in your relationships with patients. As a result, you may start to devote more time and energy to medical explanations and less to building trust with your patients.