E19 Jane Lemaire on Burnout, Resiliency and Coping during COVID by Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Dr. Jane Lemaire in an internist at the University of Calgary and is national expert on the topic of physician wellness. In our conversation we talked about physician burnout, resiliency, and some strategies to help us cope during these incredibly challenging times.

1. Dr. Lemaire's interview with Canadian Society of Internal Medicine: https://cjgim.ca/index.php/csim/article/view/388/1004

2. Well Doc Alberta: https://www.welldocalberta.org/

3. Physician and Family Support Program: https://www.albertadoctors.org/services/pfsp

4. Wallace J, Lemaire J, Ghali W. "Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator". Lancet review paper: http://medicine.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/10/Physician-Wellness-A-Missing-Quality-Indicator.pdf

5. Dr. Lemaire's nutrition paper, "Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention" : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929232/

6. Paper in CJS "Mental toughness in surgeons: Is there room for
improvement?": http://canjsurg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/62-6-482.pdf

7. Paper in CJS "Surgeons and Astronauts: so close, yet so far apart": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2552938/pdf/20080800s00003p247.pdf

8. Cold Steel episode with Scott Gmora on surgical training: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e05-scott-gmora-on-surgical-training