COVID-19 ALERT
The Faculty Wellness Program (FWP) will be working remotely until further notice pending further directives. Should you wish to reach a member of the FWP, please send an email to wellness@uottawa.ca. Thank you for your cooperation and your understanding.
These are unprecedented times and many are experiencing heightenent anxiety and stress, especially phsycians and health care providers. There are lots of support and resources for health providers and we'd like to highlight some.
Mental Health Supports (1:1 support for physicians)
- uOttawa Faculty Wellness Program – support and resources, appointments with Assistant-Dean, Faculty Wellness Program (Dr. Elizabeth Muggah) or our clinical counsellors (Ms. Cynthia Abraham & Ms Monica Dobie)
Tel: 613-562-5800 ext 8507
Email: wellness@uottawa.ca
Additional Supports for Counselling
- uOttawa Student Affairs Office – for Undergraduate medical students, access to counselling support and referrals (Dr. Kay- Anne Haykal, Assistant-Dean, Student Affairs
Tel: 613-562-5800 x 8551
Email: medaca@uottawa.ca - Ontario Medical Association Physician Health Program – confidential support, services, referrals, Contact Information:1-800-851-6606
- PARO Help Line (for residents only) – 24/7 confidential support Contact Information Helpline: 1-866-HELP-DOC
- Employee and Family Assistance Program – counselling/supports
Morneau Sheppell: 1.844.880.9142
Homewood: 1.800.663.1142
- Royal Ottawa Hospital COVID Frontline Wellness. Providing simple, fast access to supports and tools for your mental wellbeing including access to 1:1 support. Sign up online
- uOttawa Faculty Wellness Program – support and resources, appointments with Assistant-Dean, Faculty Wellness Program (Dr. Elizabeth Muggah) or our clinical counsellors (Ms. Cynthia Abraham & Ms Monica Dobie)
Virtual Support - (Free)
- Canadian Medical Association Community
The Wellness Connection: group sessions address a range of topics (pper support, psychological firs aid, mindful parenting, compassion rounds, stress reduction practices, preventing & overcoming burnout). All sessions are delivered by trained facilitators, many of who are also physicians. - ECHO Coping with COVID - online weekly forum for health care providers to discuss and share around wellness and resilience, past presentations are available
- Pause 4 Providers - Mindfulness for Healthcare Providers Canada.
- Canadian Medical Association Community
Articles and resources on physician wellness
- Optimal Sleep Health for Frontline Healthcare workers during covid-19
- Helping Health Care Workers Cope with COVID-19- Related Trauma
- Resident Wellness Resource list from Ontario
- Psychological First Aid for Front Line Health Care Providers During Covid-19(pdf, 5,223.75 KB)
- COVID-19 Resilience Support Toolkit - Hamilton Health
- Canadian Society pf Anesthetists recorded April 05, 2020: CAS Town Hall Webinar - Physician Wellness How to Maintain Your Well being During the COVID 19 pande - YouTube with panelists: Dr Mamta GAutum, Ted Bober (OMA PHP), Dr Saroo Shardaa, Dr. Anita Chakravarti (English only)
- Dr. Brent Wolfram, a family physician with military experience, now the postgraduate program director for family medicine at Queen's University provides advice to help cope with the current COVID-19 crisis situation Crisis reflections from the front line.
- The Canadian Medical Association: resources for Maintaining your and your family’s well-being during a pandemic and How to talk to your kids about COVID-19: Considerations for health care providers.
- The Canadian Society of Physician Leaders: several articles and podcasts about managing and leading in this time.
- International experts in disaster response, crisis psychology “Support the Workers”: created a set of evidence based briefing notes as a part of a curriculum for frontline workers.
- White Coats, Black Art, a weekly CBC production focusing on topics of interest “demystifying the world of medicine.” Includes many stories surrounding COVID 19.
- CMPA - CMPA: Practically Speaking Podcast (cmpa-acpm.ca CMPA Physician Advisor Dr. Yolanda Madarnas and CMPA Director of Practice Improvement Dr. Steven Bellemare discuss important issues for physicians in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic via podcasts including moral distress, virtual care, etc
- COVID-19 Learning series | CMA Joule (joulecma.ca) COVID-19 is putting unprecedented pressures on medical professionals and health care systems. This learning series is intended to provide expert support and guidance to help physicians and medical learners cope.