Votre bien-être pendant la pandémie

Votre bien-être pendant la pandémie

S’il y a un moment où les médecins doivent prendre leur santé physique et mentale au sérieux, c’est bien maintenant.

Cette situation pourrait durer des semaines et probablement des mois. Comme nous le rappelle l’OMS, « il s’agit d’un marathon et non d’un sprint ».

Nous serons confrontés à des décisions difficiles qui peuvent causer de la détresse. Combien de temps nos patients peuvent-ils attendre en toute sécurité avec des problèmes « non urgents »? Comment allons-nous composer avec les retards dans les consultations de patients et les chirurgies une fois que les choses seront revenues à la « normale »? Devrons-nous mettre à pied des techniciens et du personnel de bureau pendant le ralentissement et comment ces personnes vont-elles s’en sortir financièrement sans emploi?

Les stagiaires font face à l’incertitude et à la perturbation de leur formation médicale et de leur emploi futur, en particulier ceux et celles qui se préparent aux examens du Collège royal. (Voir ici pour des renseignements supplémentaires : https://residentdoctors.ca/fr)

Nous sommes aussi aux prises, bien sûr, avec la crainte constante de contracter le virus nous-mêmes ou qu’un membre de notre famille soit infecté ou encore, que nous puissions, à notre insu, être un vecteur de transmission.

Alors, n’oubliez pas de prendre les mesures énoncées ci-après.

Prenez les précautions appropriées au travail

Prenez les précautions appropriées en dehors du travail pour ne pas infecter les autres

 Favorisez la santé et le bien-être de votre famille

  Prenez soin de votre santé et de votre bien-être

N’oubliez pas qu’il existe des programmes provinciaux de ressources pour les médecins qui peuvent vous aider au besoin. N’hésitez pas à demander de l’aide si vous en avez besoin.

Quelques références et ressources supplémentaires :

Webinaire vidéo : Coping with Uncertainty about the Coronavirus, Compsych, mars 2020 (en anglais)
https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/uw-carelink/webinar-coping-with-uncertainty-coronavirus-covid-19

Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak, OMS, 12 mars 2020 (en anglais)
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/mental-health-considerations.pdf?sfvrsn=6d3578af_10

Keeping yourself healthy: resilience and stress inoculation during COVID-19, Association médicale de l’Ontario (en anglais)
https://dfcm.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/physician_resilience_and_stress_incoculation.pdf

Conseils d’une clinicienne pour réduire l’anxiété et le stress causés par la COVID-19, Association médicale canadienne
https://boldly.jouleamc.ca/blogue/reduire-l-anxiete-et-le-stress-causes-par-la-covid-19

Ressources des CDC (en anglais)

  1. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html 
  2. https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/responders.asp   

Doctors Manitoba (en anglais)
https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-PHW-Guide-FINAL.pdf

Headspace (en anglais)
https://www.headspace.com/ 
(accès gratuit pour les professionnels de la santé à l’heure actuelle)


Comité du bien-être des médecins de la SCO
Dre Lisa Gould, Chair
Dr Rishi Gupta
Dr Lorne Bellan
Dr Colin Mann

27 mars 2020

Physician Wellness: Offer of Support to All Canadian physicians during the COVID-19 Crisis

Dr. Mamta Gautam, is an Ottawa-based psychiatrist, known as the Doctors’ Doctor, with expertise in physician health and physician leadership.  She is hosting a free daily Zoom call to offer mutual peer support to colleagues as we deal with COVID19.

-Zoom call, at 4 pm EST for 1 hour, 7 days/week

-Please feel free to drop in, as often as you want, for as long as you want. No commitment.

-This is not therapy or psychiatric care, just peer support.

-While unable to guarantee confidentiality, Dr. Gautam is doing her best to ensure privacy.

-It will not be recorded in any way.

Please email her at [email protected]  for the link and password for access to the Zoom calls.

Retina Connect: Weekly Live Webinar Management of retina patients during the COVID-19 crisis

utoronto | Jonah Babins

« Management of retina patients during the COVID-19 crisis » David T Wong, MD FRCSC : Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, St Michael’s Hospital

Panelists: 

Access Details:

Please log in for calendar reminder and CME credits Managing Retina Patients During COVID Crisis.

Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

ZOOM LINK: Please click this URL to join. 

https://zoom.us/j/182582140?pwd=cEdvaTN5NXNuSThTODRUcmJmaGpJUT09
Password: 2T6sjp


Or join by Phone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location) US: +1 312 626 6799  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 301 715 8592


    Webinar ID: 182 582 140
    Password: 046310
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ajtEU6EBV

Any technical difficulties, please contact Sandra Gauci [email protected]

Ensuring our Own Well-being as we Care for Others During the COVID-19 Crisis as Individual Physicians

As individual physicians, we can practice strategies to increase and maintain our personal resilience. Feeling stress does not mean we are not coping well or not able to do our job. In fact, it is a normal human response, and may be useful in allowing us to function during this difficult time. The important thing is to manage it effectively so that stress does not become distress. Using the 5 C’s of Resilience framework (1), there are tangible things we can do to remain well.

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Read the full article here.

Virtual Care for Canadian Physicians

This playbook was written to help Canadian physicians introduce virtual patient encounters into their daily practices. It is intended to be virtual care platform and vendor agnostic. It focuses on video visits, though phone calls and patient messaging are also categorized as virtual care.

While not exhaustive, the playbook covers all key considerations to succeed at providing safe, effective and efficient care:


• Fitting virtual care into your practice workflow

• Technology requirements

• Scope of practice — what problems can be safely assessed and treated

• “Webside” manner

• The virtual visit from beginning to end

Access Details

Read the full Canadian Medical Association’s Virtual Care Playbook

Cas Totaux du COVID-19 au Canada : données actuelle

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https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies/2019-nouveau-coronavirus.html

The Wills Eye Knowledge Portal

The Wills Eye Knowledge Portal provides free online learning for ophthalmologists.

Featured Content Includes

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To access the courses on the Wills Eye Knowledge Portal please visit: www.willseyeonline.org.


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COVID-19 support measures: At a glance

March 27, 2020

MD financial management has put together a roundup of the new measures, organized by their relevance to medical students and residents, practicing physicians, retired physicians, and family members.

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The international agency for the prevention of blindness (IAPB) COVID-19 Resources

26 March, 2020

The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly changing the way the health and development communities are working. With the proximity of eye health professionals to patients during eye examinations and reports that the virus can cause conjunctivitis, COVID-19 has implications for eye health and eye health professionals.  

IAPB is collating and sharing information and resources specific to eye health and international development in relation to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Resources: https://www.iapb.org/news/covid-19-resources-here-is-what-we-know/