4. Mental health and addictions
- Date: 2024-10-25
- Concurrent Session: Concurrent Session F
- Time: 11:15 am- 12 pm
- Room:
- Style: Presentation (information provided to audience, with opportunity for audience to ask question)
- Focus: Practical (e.g. Presentation on how to implement programs and/or practices in the team environment)
- Target Audience: Leadership (ED, clinical lead, board chair, board member, etc.) Clinical providers Administrative staff Representatives of stakeholder/partner organizations
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn:
- Through this presentation, participants will learn about an exciting pilot project launched by CMHA Ontario to help shift workplace culture in primary care and hospital settings. Improved physician well-being can be influenced by empowering organizational leaders and decision-makers.
- Orientation to the Roadmap for Physician Well-Being.
- Explore challenges related to supporting physician well-being in the context of Ontario's health sector.
- Describe pilot successes and opportunities to engage with program.
Summary/Abstract:
This presentation will explore findings from a pilot project launched by CMHA Ontario to support physician well-being in primary care and hospital settings. By exploring the development and launch of this pilot, its positive results, and opportunities for improvement, participants will learn about the physician leader experience with this new curriculum pilot project. CMHA Ontario’s Your Health Space has delivered workplace mental health training to Ontario’s health care workers since May 2022. However, physicians functionally occupy a unique position in Ontario's health care workforce. Recognizing the limitations of existing programs that focus on individual physician wellness, CMHA Ontario’s project emphasizes organizational strategies to cultivate a culture that prioritizes physician well-being. The "Fostering Physician Well-Being Through Leadership" pilot project, rolled out from February to March 2024, involved over 30 senior healthcare leaders and physicians from 11 hospitals and family health teams across Ontario. The curriculum, segmented into three modules, focuses on recognizing unique stressors affecting physicians, adopting strategies to support them, and fostering a conducive work environment for their well-being and retention. The pilot was co-facilitated by an Ontario physician. This project generated positive participant feedback, embracing a clearly-defined roadmap needed to help leaders support physician well-being in the workplace.
Presenter:
- Ashley Kim Senior Manager of Operations, Your Health Space program Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division
- Nancy Hood Senior Manager of Training and Learning Development, Your Health Space program Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division
- Dr. Marilyn Crabtree Clinical Lead, Great River OHT; Chair, Ontario Primary Care Council