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PFSP Events

View a list of upcoming and previously held PFSP events.

This 90 minute session allows you to meet the PPIP personal development requirement while also discovering a renewed sense of joy and reduce burnout, even in a challenging healthcare system.

Research shows that develop self-compassion can lead to less burnout, depression, anxiety while increasing joy, optimism, and better coping. It promotes healthier behaviours and improves relationships. Your high standards remain, but with self-compassion, you can better handle setbacks and keep moving forward.

  • Cost: free
  • Where: online through Eventbrite 
  • Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024
  • Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. MST

Sponsored by the Physician and Family Support Program (PFSP)

Spaces are limited so sign up early.

Visit the website for more information about the PPIP CPSA requirement.

Navigating the Inner Storms of Uncertainty
  • Cost: Free
  • Where: Online through Eventbrite
  • Date: Thursday, November 28, 2024
  • Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Well Doc Canada is offering a virtual workshop on November 28, led by Dr. Ghazala Radwi MD and Alicia Polachek MA, on Navigating the Inner Storms of Uncertainty.

Uncertainty pervades our everyday lives, in both the personal and professional domains. When faced with this uncertainty, however, we often long for safety and control. This mismatch can contribute not only to uncomfortable physical sensations and emotions, but also to protective patterns of behaviour as we try to create agency.

During this interactive workshop, attendees will learn about the science of uncertainty while having opportunities for self-reflection and discussion about their experiences. Opportunities will also be provided to explore and share strategies about how to navigate times of uncertainty.

*The session is open to Canadian physicians, and space is limited.

Past PFSP events

View recordings and/or resources from past physician wellness events.

PPIP Activity- Moving From Self-Criticism to Self Compassion

Meet your PPIP Personal Development Requirement in an online facilitated session lead by Ieleen Taylor, a practicing family physician in Sylvan Lake, an Assessment Physician for the Physician and Family Support Program, a passionate speaker and group facilitator.

Resident Wellness Conference - 2024

The 2024 Resident Wellness Conference (RWC) occurred May 14 - 16 in Calgary. 

Personal boundaries ... but how?

Led by Dr. Ieleen Taylor and sponsored by PFSP

“Neuroscience research shows that the only way we can change the way we feel is to become aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going on inside of ourselves.” - Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

Caring for others without losing yourself

Kristin Neff PhD, renowned researcher and expert in self-compassion, delivered a 60-minute session on self-compassion. This session was one of the most highly attended in PFSP history! Thank you to all who joined us.

Changing your Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion

A webinar on self-compassion presented by Dr. Ieleen Taylor and sponsored by PFSP.

A Conversation - Physician wellness and mental illness in physicians and surgeons

This session included conversation about the challenges that physicians and surgeons face in maintaining their well-being, the occupational hazards and expectations of invincibility, and the stigma associated with reaching out for help, as well as strategies and resources to support well-being.

A Tale of Two Transitions: How to achieve the next shift in your medical career

A 90-minute session that looked at what executive coaching is and how, using career transitions as an example application, it can be a valuable support option for physicians.

Vulnerability, an inside job

A 90-minute session that looked at how your quality of your life improves when you connect with your emotions and vulnerability. 

Hope and Healing after Trauma - Reflections for Physicians by General Roméo Dallaire

A keynote session with General Roméo Dallaire that offered physicians in any career stage, hope, connection and inspiration for healing. Please note this session was not recorded.

Honouring and Healing our Burden of Grief and Loss

A 90-minute session that looked at grief and loss (the relevance, obstacles, sources and consequences) with discussion and guidance through one way to reduce suffering and enhance well-being.

Virtual Resident Wellness Conference 2021

RWC 2021 was an online, interactive half-day of resident-focused wellness and community building activities to help attendees re-charge their residency journey in this disruptive and disconcerting time.

Moral Dilemmas: Reflecting on Physicians' Experiences and Approaches

On June 23, 2021, the AMA’s Physician and Family Support Program and Well Doc Alberta hosted a physician wellness webinar to examine moral dilemmas.

A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope and Recovery

The Physician and Family Support program and collaborators hosted a physician wellness webinar to hear one physician’s story of addiction, depression, hope and recovery.

Understanding and processing our grief when a colleague dies

Dr. Jane Loehr (Calgary Family Physician, PFSP Assessment Physician) and Fleur Yumol (MSc., MSW, RSW, Unify Consulting Managing Director) discuss the personal impact of the tragic loss of a colleague and how your own personal grief might manifest.

Feeling Distress, Understanding Loss and Finding Meaning

PFSP collaborated with Well Doc Alberta to host a physician wellness webinar, as an opportunity for physicians to consider and better understand their distress during these times.