Commitment

Learn more about how to enhance your coping skills using concrete strategies and evidenced-based tools

iStock-599709862 (4x1).jpgReflecting on your commitment as a practitioner, why you were drawn to the profession, and the value and purpose of what you do can reconnect you with a sense of meaning and be an effective way of managing stress.

Guidance for Frontline Healthcare Workers PDF link icon

Evidence-based tools to support health and well-being in the short- and long-term. Topics include taking care of yourself and dealing with unwanted memories.

Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma

Coping After a Traumatic Event External link icon

Tips for understanding how you feel after a traumatic experience, including what to expect as time goes on and how to come to terms with what has happened.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

CMPA: Managing Difficult Patients External link icon

An article that features strategies on how to helping physicians deal with conflict and aggression in the workplace.

Canadian Medical Protective Association

Stress, Anxiety and Substance Use During COVID-19 PDF link icon

This one-page handout for health-care providers includes concrete strategies to help you cope as well as a square breathing exercise.

Mental Health Commission of Canada

MindShift CBT App External link icon

This free app uses evidence-based methods to help you relieve anxiety, learn to relax and develop more effective ways of thinking.

Anxiety Canada

Three Steps to Coping with Anything Video link icon

A seven-minute video that addresses the stress health-care workers may experience during COVID-19.

Drs. Robert Maunder and Jon Hunter

Balancing Career with Family and Personal Life Video link icon

Dr. Kevin Reavis talks about his personal experience balancing career and family life.

SAGES

A Physician’s Guide to Coping with Death and Dying External link icon

This book discusses ways physicians can reduce their own stress levels and avoid the risk of burnout. 

Alan Cooper, Jan Swanson

Resilience in the Era of Sustainable Physicians External link icon

An e-learning activity designed to teach residents and trainees strategies to enhance personal resilience and wellness as well as mitigate the risk of burnout.

McMaster University