Community Bulletin Board
The Well Doc Canada Community Bulletin Board is a place to share information about upcoming physician wellness related events as well as research studies currently open to recruitment.
All postings will be reviewed by Well Doc Canada Leadership for their relevancy to physician wellness and applicability to Canadian physicians, residents, and medical students. Please submit your posting early and allow at least one week for your submission to be reviewed.
For-profit events will not be posted, nor will research studies without formal Research Ethics Board approval or exemption (in the case of quality improvement work).
Once posted, event listings will remain on the website for up to one week past the event date. Research studies will be posted for a maximum of 6 weeks.
Events
For:
Physician Leaders
Designing and Leading Well-Being at the Unit Level
Stanford Medicine
March 6 – April 10, 2025
Thursdays from 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm PT
Virtual
This virtual six-week educational series equips leaders with knowledge and tools to advance well-being at the unit level in departments, divisions, practices, sites, and groups. The course is designed as a synchronous, live learning experience on Zoom, with assignments and activities to complete between sessions in a secure learning management system.
Cost:
$850 (includes 6 live, interactive virtual sessions with Stanford Medicine faculty, access to key foundational research and articles, and networking opportunities)
For:
Physicians
Canadian Women in Medicine Conference 2025
Canadian Women in Medicine
May 30 - June 1, 2025
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
Calgary, Alberta or Virtual
The purpose of the Canadian Women in Medicine (CWIM) Conference is to bring women physicians together to learn and connect, as well as improve personal and professional wellness in a fun and supportive environment. The CWIM Conference provides best-in-class education on topics aligned with the CWIM mission to help women physicians thrive in both their personal and professional lives. It has grown to be the largest gathering of women physicians in North America.
Cost:
$575 - $1,655
For:
Physicians, Residents, Medical Students
American Conference on Physician Health 2025
American Medical Association, Stanford Medicine, Mayo Clinic
September 11 – 13, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Conference on Physician Health (ACPH) is a joint scientific conference sponsored by the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic, and Stanford Medicine and is dedicated to advancing professional satisfaction and reducing burnout. This year's theme, "Inspire, Innovate, Implement: Systemic Solutions to Strengthen Physician Well-Being," focuses on creating sustainable improvements in the health care environment.
Please Note:
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Registration opens June 2, 2025.
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Call for Abstracts is currently open and is accepted until February 14, 2025.
Cost:
$295 to $1,299 USD
For:
Physician Leaders
Designing and Leading Well-Being at the Unit Level
Stanford Medicine
October 23 – December 4, 2025
Thursdays from 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm PT
Virtual
This virtual six-week educational series equips leaders with knowledge and tools to advance well-being at the unit level in departments, divisions, practices, sites, and groups. The course is designed as a synchronous, live learning experience on Zoom, with assignments and activities to complete between sessions in a secure learning management system.
Cost:
$850 (includes 6 live, interactive virtual sessions with Stanford Medicine faculty, access to key foundational research and articles, and networking opportunities)
For:
Physician Leaders
Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership 2025
Canadian Society of Physician Leaders
May 23 – 24, 2025
Vancouver, British Columbia
The 2025 Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership’s theme is “Leading with Purpose to Build a Brighter Healthcare Future”, which aims to equip leaders with the skills and mindset needed to effectively navigate uncertainty and transformation. The focus will be on fostering leadership that is driven by a strong sense of purpose and aligned with core values, ensuring that decisions and actions contribute to long-term goals that benefit healthcare organizations, employees, patients, and society as a whole.
Cost:
TBD
For:
Physician Leaders
Designing and Leading Well-Being at the System Level: Chief Wellness Officer Course and Training Program
Stanford Medicine
July 20 – 25, 2025
Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay, California, United States
The Stanford Medicine WellMD & WellPhD Chief Wellness Officer (CWO) Course and Training Program is an executive education program and learning community hosted annually for approximately 50 executive leaders with system-wide responsibilities for advancing clinician well-being. Using the Stanford WellMD Professional Fulfillment Model™ and extensive experience of program faculty, the CWO Course and Training Program includes pre-work, lectures, group activities, and faculty office hours designed to help participants cultivate expertise in the principles and applications that contribute to clinician well-being. The program teaches participants how to use influence, relationships, expertise, and data to lead the development of a shared vision for clinician well-being in large, complex organizations. The program equips participants to advance well-being and catalyze progress through data-informed strategic priorities.
Applications for the 2025 CWO Course and Training Program is now open until January 31, 2025.
Cost:
$14,300 USD
For:
Physicians, Residents, Medical Students
Canadian Conference on Physician Health 2025
Canadian Medical Association and Doctors of BC
October 17 - 18, 2025
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Canadian Conference on Physician Health (CCPH) is a biennial conference that showcases both research and innovative initiatives related to improving physicians’ health and wellness within the medical training and practice environment. We provide a forum for learners, physicians, researchers, educators, administrators and others to network and promote collaboration within the community.
In 2025, CCPH welcomes participants both in-person in Vancouver and virtually to attend from Oct. 17-18. Our focus will be conversations on how we can build trust in care, co-create a health system where physicians feel supported and strengthen patient-physician relationships, while reimagining the overall culture of medicine.
Please Note:
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Registration opens June 2025.
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Call for Abstracts is currently open and is accepted until April 2, 2025.
Cost:
TBD
Physician Well-Being Index (WBI)
Your well-being matters
Practicing medicine in today’s healthcare environment is challenging. The stress can take a toll on your well-being, particularly when dealing with medico-legal events.
CMPA is pleased to bring you the Physician Well-Being Index (WBI) in French and English.
Validated by the Mayo Clinic, this quick, user-friendly assessment tool allows you to accurately measure your well-being.
Why use the Physician Well-Being Index
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Quick and easy: The assessment takes under 2 minutes
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Monitor your progress: Track changes to your well-being over time and compare your results to peers
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Access resources: Be directed to province / territory specific wellness resources
You can access the WBI through the CMPA website (CMPA - Physician support and wellness). Your CMPA credentials will be needed to access the tool, as a way to restrict our access to physicians working in Canada so as to preserve data integrity. However, once you access the WBI site, which is completely separate from CMPA, CMPA has no visibility on individual answers. CMPA only receives aggregate data, and therefore your answers are completely anonymous.
Questions? Contact the Physician Wellness and Support Department at CMPA at wbi@cmpa.org
Research Studies/QI Projects
If you have a physician wellness research study or Quality Improvement project, submit it here.
For:
Physicians, Residents, and Medical Students
2025 National Physician Health Survey (NPHS)
Canadian Medical Association
Deadline: April 15, 2025
The Canadian Medical Association's National Physician Health Survey (NPHS) produces the most rigorous, comprehensive and widely cited pan-Canadian dataset on the well-being of physicians and medical learners.
Every four years, the survey helps identify and assess the impact and drivers of outcomes such as burnout, including workplace and system factors. This year's survey will also report on what may be driving physicians’ intention to see fewer patients; the impact of administrative burden; the use of AI tools; the role of physician leadership; as well as physician mobility; safety; bullying/harassment; and identifying unique challenges facing at-risk groups.
If you are a medical learner or practising physician, you are encouraged to complete the anonymous survey (linked below).
The information shared is critical in helping the CMA and other groups across Canada advocate for better outcomes for both physicians and their patients, as well as to improve the health care system.