Canadian Medical Association
 
   

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Time (all times are ET)

7:00 - 8:00

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00 - 8:45

Welcome and opening remarks

Livestreaming available for virtual participants

8:45 – 9:45

Opening plenary

Livestreaming available for virtual participants

 

Physician wellness: Reality, reflection, and renaissance


Dr. Jane Lemaire, clinical professor and Vice-Chair of Physician wellness and Vitality, Department of Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and co-director of Well Doc Alberta

9:45 – 10:00

Health break

10:00 – 11:00

Concurrent sessions

Livestreaming option for virtual participants to be confirmed 

 

Workshop

Developing and fostering health promoting learning environments: Practical steps for implementing the Okanagan Charter

 

Dr. Victor Do; Dr. Melanie Lewis; Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg


Panel

Addressing physician and medical learner suicide and postvention in Canada: Current landscape and future roadmaps from Ontario and Quebec

 

Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie (Moderator); Dr. Chantale Brien; Dr. Matthew Dumas; Dr. Olivia Lee


Workshop

Self-compassion for physician leaders: Promoting balance, resilience and fortitude in the midst of challenging times

 

Dr. Adrienne Gaudet


Panel

A Canadian physician peer support program - Peer for Peers


Dr. Laura Foxcroft; Dr. Rod Lim; Dr. Andrea Lum


CMA engagement session

Healthy providers, healthy future: Exploring the relationship between health workforce health and planning

 

Dr. Ivy Bourgeault

11:00 - 11:15

Health break

11:15 – 12:45

Experiential wellness sessions

In-person only


An opportunity to choose from a range of experiential sessions, whether focused on gentle movement, acquiring new skills, or expanding your wellness practices.

12:45 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 15:45

Oral presentations

Livestreaming option for virtual participants to be confirmed

 

Series of short (15 minute) presentations on various topics under each of these themes:

 

Practice and workplace efficiencies

 

Muriel Brackstone; Dr. Grant Coome; Samantha Graham; Nancy MacCready; Catherine Moravac


Health and wellness innovations

 

Dr. Caroline Bowman; Dr. Victor Do; Dr. Kerri Ritchie; Dr. Rajiv Samant; Dr. Gino Somers


Safe learning and practice environments


Dr. Laura Foxcroft; Dr. Keleigh James; Dr. Miriam Maes; Dr. Maureen Mayhew; Dr. Susan McNair


Solution focused research and system-level initiatives


Dr. Kerstin de Wit; Gabriel LaPlante; Dr. Daniel Myran; Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos; Kiana Yau


Wellness in practice and workplace environments


Dr. Marie-Chantale Brien; Claude Johnson; Dr. Sandra Roman

15:45 - 16:15

Health break

16:15 - 17:15 

Day 1 closing plenary

Livestreaming available for virtual participants

 

#TimeBack: Discussing international strategies to reduce physician admin burden

 

Dr. Kathleen Ross, Canadian Medical Association president, in conversation with Dr. Marie Brown, Director of Practice Redesign at the American Medical Association 

17:30 - 19:00

Networking reception

In-person only


Saturday, November 4, 2023

Time (all times are ET)

7:00 – 8:00

Registration and continental breakfast

8:00 – 9:30

Concurrent sessions

Livestreaming option for virtual participants to be confirmed


Series of short (15 minute) presentations on various topics under each of these themes: 

 

Health and wellness innovations

 

Amanda Condon; Dr. Laura Foxcroft; Marie-Hélène Gilbert; Dr. Rasna Gupta; Dr. Virginie Lehoux; Dr. Dawn Lim; Karen Palmer; Meaghan Sibbett; Dr. Sara Trincao-Batra


Safe learning and practice environments

 

Dr. Melanie Lewis; Karen Pyra; Michael Quon; Dr. Louise Rang; Edward Spilg


Solution focused research and system-level initiatives

 

Dr. Oksana Babenko; Farhad Ghaseminejad; Samina Idrees; Dr. Aaron Jattan; Dr. Sarah Kim; Moiz Lakhani; Dr. Allan McDougall; Dr. Adam Neufeld; Dr. Christopher Simon; Dr. Doris Yuen

9:30 - 9:45

Health break

9:45 - 10:45

Plenary session

Livestreaming available for virtual participants


Self-Compassion: How to Effectively Motivate Yourself with Encouragement Rather Than Criticism

 

Dr. Kristin Neff, associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself.

10:45 - 11:15

Health break

11:15 - 12:15

Concurrent sessions

Livestreaming option for virtual participants to be confirmed

 

Workshop

Looking beyond self-care in health care: How to build and implement an organizational wellness program for your institution

 

Dr. Nathalie Fleming; Dr. Kerri Ritchie


Workshop

Initiating strategic change as a woman in medicine (Presented in French)

 

Dr. Claudia Blais; Nadia Bonenfant; Dr. Marie-Pier Côté


Panel

Indigenous physician wellness and joy in work: Calls to action

 

Dr. Joy Albuquerque; Dr. Ashley Blais; Dr. Michael Dumont; Dr. Chase McMurren


CMA engagement session

Wellness through safety: Leading a thriving workforce through physical, psychological, and cultural safety

 

Sonia Kumar; Dr. Michael Quon


CMA engagement session

Assessing solutions to reducing administrative burden

 

Dr. Caroline Gérin-Lajoie; Kate Woolhouse

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:15

Concurrent sessions

Livestreaming option for virtual participants to be confirmed

 

Panel

Measurement in physician wellness: Current trends and issues, best practices, and future opportunities -- from local assessment, to original research, to Big Data

 

Dr. Christopher Simon (Moderator); Garielle Brown; Dr. Denis Chênevert; Dr. Manish Sood; Dr. Ed Spilg


Workshop

Wellness leadership program: Empirically supported leadership training to improve individual well-being and make system level changes

 

Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley


Workshop

How to guide for designing and implementing meaningful and innovative skills-based groups for physicians

 

Roxanne Joyce


Workshop

Re-framing burnout through the trauma-informed and restorative lenses: Understanding the roots to co-create new routes forward, together

 

Dr. Jennifer Williams

14:15 - 14:45

Health break

14:45 - 16:00

Plenary session

Livestreaming available for virtual participants

 

The great debate: Should I stay or should I go?


Resolution: Be it resolved that despite the healthcare crisis and challenging working conditions/environments, there are compelling reasons to keep practicing medicine.

 

Moderator: Dr. Jillian Horton
Debaters: Dr. Andrew Ajisebutu; Dr. Marie-Ève Goyer; Dr. Julie MaggiDr. Saleem Razack

16:00 - 16:30

Closing remarks

Livestreaming available for virtual participants

*Program subject to change


Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada credits:
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 10.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

College of Family Physicians of Canada credits:
This 1-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Collège québécois des médecins de famille for up to 10.25 Mainpro+ credits.