The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers resources and programs to enhance suicide prevention efforts. These include resources and programs developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and other suicide prevention organizations.
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The Well Doc Alberta podcast entitled Physician Wellness offers evidence-based episodes aiming to improve literacy and awareness about physician wellness. Episode topics include physician suicide, empathy, compassion, COVID-19 and emotional connection.
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The National Academy of Medicine’s Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub is a repository providing clinicians with resources relating to well-being and burnout, the impact that it can have on patients and their families, and the practices organizations can implement to promote well-being. The resources include toolkits, blog posts, reports, research articles and briefs.
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This article, “COVID-19 and Moral Distress,” defines the issue of moral distress among physicians and how it can occur more frequently in times of crisis. The article underlines the causes of moral distress, why it is important to acknowledge it and how to recognize and manage moral distress.
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COVID-19 wellness resources Stress Peer support Burnout Self-care Depression
With the COVID-19 pandemic, women physicians are facing unprecedented times. The American Medical Association provides examples of the challenges that women physicians are facing during the pandemic and how to overcome these challenges. The topics include addressing licensure questions, considering a faculty developer, recognizing behind-the-scenes efforts and establishing peer support.
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Equity and diversity in medicine COVID-19 wellness resources
According to the American Medical Association, there are 12 external factors that can affect physician burnout. With the major stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and a call for action to combat physician burnout, it is important to address these 12 factors to improve professional well-being. The 12 factors include the health care industry, health care reform and payment policies, quality measurement and reporting, maintaining privacy and security, professional licensure and professional liability.
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The American Medical Association’s article on caring for health professionals during a crisis and beyond offers leaders strategies to create a resilient culture before, during and after a crisis. The article highlights the importance of establishing a plan before a crisis, providing support to health professionals during a crisis and learning from a crisis afterwards.
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This article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the psychological effects of COVID-19 outlines how both SARS and COVID-19 have led to significant psychological distress in health care workers, including anxiety, stress and fear. To mitigate these effects, the article recommends supports such as clear, rapid and frequent communication, psychiatric support and maintenance of social relationships.
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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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Physicians provide the invaluable and essential service of delivering health care to Canadians. They also provide a range of economic contributions to society. This report from the Conference Board of Canada outlines the expansion of the economic footprint of physicians’ offices over time and discusses the economic impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on physicians.