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Suicide Prevention:
- The Suicide Information & Education Centre (SIEC) is a special library and resource
centre providing information on suicide prevention and suicidal behaviour http://www.suicideinfo.ca/siec.htm
Physician and Medical Student Support Programs in Canada:
- Sponsored by Provincial Medical Organizations:
- British Columbia Medical Association: Physician Support Program http://www.physiciansupportprogram.ca/
- Alberta Medical Association: Physician and Family Support Program http://www.albertadoctors.org/benefits/support/index.html
- Sponsored by Faculties of Medicine:
- Dalhousie University: PIETA (Medical Student Program) http://www.medicine.dal.ca/pieta/
- University of Alberta: Office of Equity and Faculty Development http://www.med.ualberta.ca/equity/index.cfm
- University of British Columbia: Dean of Equity http://www.med.ubc.ca/equity.htm
For Students:
- University of Manitoba for Students: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/
faces_places/counselling/index.html
For Faculty Members:
- University of Manitoby For Faculty Members:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/
faces_places/counselling/facultycouncil.html
- Other Useful Links:
The CMA Centre for Physician Health and Well-Being
- The CMA Centre for Physician Health and Well-being, created to
provide a trusted information resource to physicians, physicians in
training and their families, to help them maintain health and prevent
illness, and to provide national leadership and advocacy on issues
affecting the health and morale of Canadian physicians.
http://www.cma.ca/cma/menu/displayMenu.do?skin=130&pageId=/
staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/PhysicianHealth/index.htmThe Canadian Health Network
- Have a good collection of links on Workplace health http://www.canadian-health-network.ca
The Canadian Physician Health Network
- Founded in 2001, the Canadian Physician Health Network (CPHN) has
representation from each of the provincial and territorial support programs,
the CMA and its divisions, the Canadian Association of Internes and
Residents and the Canadian Federation of Medical Students. The aim of
the network is to provide an environment for mutual support, the sharing
and promotion of ideas and innovation in the area of physician health and
well-being.http://www.cma.ca/cma/menu/displayMenu.do?skin=130&pageId=/
staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/ PhysicianHealth/resources/CPHN.htmMedical Student
Medical Student Society:
- Canadian Federation of Medical Students http://www.cfms.org
- American Medical Student Association http://www.amsa.org/well/
Resident
- Canadian Association of Interns and Residents http://www.cair.ca
(Policies on Resident Well-being, as well as Intimidation and Harassment
in Residency are on their site)
- Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario
http://www.pairo.orgWomen in Medicine
- Federation of Medical Women of Canada http://www.fmwc.ca/
Gay and Lesbian Physicians and Medical Students
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association http://www.glma.org
- Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists http://www.aglp.org
Rural Physicians and Medical Students
- Society of Rural Physicians of Canada http://www.srpc.ca
- Health Canada - Office of Rural Health http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/ruralhealth/index.html
Physicians with Disabilities
- Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities http://www.capd.ca
- Literature - From the Western Journal of Medicine's 2001
Special Edition on Physician Health (Canadian Physicians,
Women Physicians, Medical Marriages, and other reviews in Physician Health) http://www.ewjm.com/content/vol174/issue1/index.shtml- Literature - The Canadian Psychiatric Association's Policy on
Treating the Mentally Ill Physician http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Position_Papers/Physician.asp- CMA Guide to Physician Health and Well-Being (requires Adobe Reader) http://www.cma.ca/staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/PhysicianHealth/resources/guide-PHWB.pdf
- Links from the Physicians Guide to the Internet - Physician Health
and Well Being Section http://physiciansguide.com/dochlth.html
