Wellbeing Matters
Explore the CAMi Wellbeing Matters webinar series—an engaging platform fostering discussions, sharing insights, and advancing a culture of health and wellbeing in academic medicine.
Webinar #1: From Awareness to Action: Practical Steps to a Health Promoting Academic Medicine Community
Webinar #2: What’s Going On? Diagnosing and Treating Issues of Psychological Safety in the Learning and Working Environment
Webinar #3: Culture Change in Academic Medicine : Building a Theory of Change
Academic Publications
*Some of the following resources are only available in English.
The case for a Canadian standard for 2SLGBTQIA+ medical education
A Pragmatic Approach for Organizations to Measure Health Care Professional Well-Being
“There is a high prevalence of burnout, depression, and suicide among health care professionals (HCPs). Compromised well-being among HCPs is associated with medical errors, medical malpractice suits, health care associated infections, patient mortality, lower interpersonal teamwork, lower patient satisfaction, job dissatisfaction, reduction in professional eff ort, and turnover of staff.”
In this paper, the authors provide a list of considerations for individuals charged with measuring HCP well-being at their institutions to guide them in selecting the most appropriate measurement instrument.
Fostering a Health-Promoting Learning Environment in Medical Education: Adapting the Okanagan Charter for Administrators and Medical Educators
If Kindness Were a Drug, the FDA Would Approve It
Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going
What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures
Interventions to cultivate physician empathy: a systematic review
Relationship between increased personal well-being and enhanced empathy among internal medicine residents.
Effect of gender, age, and relevant course work on attitudes toward empathy, patient spirituality, and physician wellness.
How do distress and well-being relate to medical student empathy? A multicenter study.
Harassment in the Field of Medicine: Cultural Barriers to Psychological Safety
Psychological safety, the hidden curriculum, and ambiguity in medicine.
Does Psychological Safety Impact the Clinical Learning Environment for Resident Physicians? Results From the VA’s Learners’ Perceptions Survey
“Psychological safety (PS) is the perception that it is safe to take interpersonal risks in the work environment. In teaching hospitals, PS may influence the clinical learning environment for trainees.”
In this study, the authors assessed whether resident physicians believe they are psychologically safe, and if PS is associated with how they rate satisfaction with their clinical learning experience.
Exploring the meaning of respect in medical student education: an analysis of student narratives
Perspective: a culture of respect, part 1: the nature and causes of disrespectful behavior by physicians.
A Road Map for Advancing the Practice of Respect in Health Care: The Results of an Interdisciplinary Modified Delphi Consensus Study
“Most health care organizations’ efforts to reduce harm focus on physical harm, but other forms of harm are both prevalent and important.”
In this study, a diverse, interdisciplinary panel of experts was convened to discuss strategies to guide health care systems to embrace an expanded definition of patient harm that includes nonphysical harm. Five rounds of surveys were required to reach predefined metrics of consensus.