These last ten months of the pandemic have been exhausting and overwhelming. As we move into this new year, 2021, it is especially important for us to consider a new years’ resolution that will focus on our personal wellness routines. Our N4 e-learning collection has many resources about strategies to help you to maintain your health and well-being. You can view the full list under the “Self Care” category. Here are some examples.
- Physician Wellness, Engagement, and Excellence and Psychological First Aid and Mental Health Self-Care for Faculty and Health Care Providers: Explore strategies and opportunities to improve physician wellness, decrease burnout, and support professional practice.
- Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on your Mental Health: A webinar presented by Homewood Health and explores anxiety and depression, typical reactions, and provides strategies, tips and tools for regulating and managing your own emotions as well as tips for supporting others who may be experiencing difficulties.
- It’s Ok not to be Ok: Part of a video series on hope and resilience in pediatric care developed by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHE) Patient Experience and Spiritual Care. In this video, Lisa O'Kane, CHEO Child Life Specialist, discusses a coping strategy in providing end-of-care support for children and their families.
- Burnout to Balance: Self-Care in the Settlement Sector: A webinar hosted by the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA) provides an overview of the unique occupational hazards of high stress, high care work including burnout, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.