• uOttawa Faculty Wellness Program – support and resources, appointments with Assistant-Dean, Faculty Wellness Program (Dr. Mélissa Langevin) Director, Learner Wellness (Dr. Erika Tanner) or our clinical counsellors (Ms. Cynthia Abraham & Ms. Monica Dobie)
  
  Tel: 613-562-5211
  Email: [email protected]

• Resident Peer Support Program for residents impacted by negative events.
  Email: [email protected]

• TOH Peer Mentoring Program for Faculty members impacted by negative events
  Email: [email protected]

Additional Supports for Mental Health and Counselling

• uOttawa Student Affairs Office: For undergraduate medical students (UGME), access to counselling support and referrals (Dr. Kay-Anne Haykal, Assistant Dean, Student Affairs)

• Contact Information: [email protected], 613-562-5800 ext 8551

• 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
  LifeWorks 1.844.880.9142 ( for all residents and faculty except those at CHEO) Homewood: 1.800.663.1142 (for CHEO residents and faculty)

• Royal Ottawa Hospital COVID Frontline Wellness. Providing simple, fast access to mental health professional support as well as other resources and tools for your mental wellbeing Sign up for self-referral on-line

• 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

• 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)

• 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.