www.albertadoctors.org - PFSP Perspectives: Alberta Doctors' Digest columns

2011

Keeping the igloo warm (November/December)
See personal and professional reality more clearly (September/October)
Addressing stigma: An influence and leadership opportunity for our profession (July/August)
A parent a week seeks PFSP about teenager, young adult (May/June)
Relationships: What works for physicians? (March/April)
Cultivate gratitude (January/February)

2010

The importance of being honest (November/December)
Challenge yourself: Invest in your health; Sample reliable, easy-to-use resources (September/October)
Physicians care for physicians: You are not alone (July/August)
Dealing with distress from patients' trauma (May/June)
Aggression and violence in our backyard: Cultivating an improved landscape (March/April)
Get back to basics (January/February)

2009

Break free: Read a book (November/December)
We're expecting! The pregnant physician (September/October)
What is most important in your daily work? Life-giving and benevolent aspects, perhaps (July/August)
Lessons and privilege of advocating for physician health (March/April)
Transcend adversity (January/February)

2008

Create quality time with the kids (November/December)
Appreciation, communication, ethics contribute to healthy workplaces (September/October)
Physicians for Physicians - When doctors become patients (July/August)
Physicians for Physicians - A call for action (May/June)
Metaphors we live by (March/April)
A physician-public health imperative: Respond to physician mental illness and suicide (January/February)

2007

Stories lead to deeper human connection and healing (November/December)
Get early assistance for relationship challenges (September/October)
Compassion fatigue can take a toll: Take care (July/August)
Take off and crush that hollow tin badge of honor, workaholic (May/June)
Fatigue management. Do it for your patients. Do it for yourself. (March/April)
Fifteen years into my brilliant, but unbalanced career - now what? (January/February)

2006

Hail physician: Dare to care, Part II (November/December)
Hail physician: Dare to care, Part I (September/October)
Read to live well (May/June)
Getting physical (March/April)
Finding your groove in a group: Physician support groups (January/February)

2005

Collegiality, wonder and celebration nourish growth (November/December)
Disruptive? A physician? The medicine can be simple (September/October)
Hope you are reading this on the beach . . . (July/August)

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Patient safety to drive physician health via good night's sleep (May/June)
From steps to strokes; don't forget to dance (March/April)
Mama doc, papa doc (January/February)

2004

Curious about the PFSP (November/December)
Minding the gap (September/October)

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Physicians shape workplace health and effectiveness (July/August)
Taking care of difficult patients takes emotional intelligence (May/June)
Helping to create effective workplaces (March/April)
Let the preparations begin for retirement (January/February)

2003

Finding work/life balance, Grande Cache physicians prove you can have it all (November/December)
Boundaries: Invisible but critical and worth thinking about (September/October)
Living another day, A day in the life through the Physician and Family Support Program (July/August)
Physician mistakes spouse as an employee (May/June)
Changing patterns: Doctors in 'trouble,' discipline, education, therapy or advocacy? (March/April)
Success in life, It may be determined by more than you think! (January/February)

2002

Alberta physician stress and burnout study: Preliminary findings (November/December)
The power of self-understanding (July/August)
Don't let the legal system get you down (May/June)
Addicted physicians: Dare to care (March/April)
Spending patterns and 'money personalities' clarify money conflicts (January/February)

2001

Twelve steps towards rehumanizing, Overcoming personal and professional isolation (November/December)
From conflict to resolution via mediation (September/October)
A joyful job and other modern day paradoxes (July/August)
Say Aaah! The challenges of treating physician patients (May/June)

2000

Physicians SEARCH for understanding through PFSP (May/June)
The new PFSP medical-legal network advocates a new ethos (March/April)
Introducing a PFSP service, a medical-legal peer support network (January/February)

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