ZONE NEWS

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Wellness

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Online events, webinars, courses and conferences:

  • Nov. 19, 10:45am – 2:30pm MT: The Canadian Race Relations Foundation and The Globe and Mail present Finding Common Ground: Addressing hate and racism in Canada, a virtual event focused on anti-racism and anti-hate strategies in society, health care, public institutions, and online spaces .

  • Nov. 21, 1:00 – 4:00pm MT: The University of Alberta’s John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre is presenting a free virtual symposium on Disability Ethics: Within and Beyond a Canadian Context.

  • Nov. 21 – 22:  The Community-Based Research Centre’s (CBRC) 2024 Summit conference: Vigilance and Vision takes place in Vancouver. This annual knowledge exchange and capacity building conference on 2S/LGBTQIA+ health research, programming, and advocacy in Canada will offer a diverse and engaging lineup of keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops, and poster presentations.

    Articles and resources:

  • The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project uses poetry, storytelling, visual arts, and other creative tools to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities, to confront oppressive healthcare biases, to understand patient experiences, and to humanize healthcare systems and cultures. The no-cost and open-access learning modules are organized to allow learners to explore the associated curricula based on different biases.

  • Stanford University School of Medicine has two free online courses available on demand:  Microaggressions have Macro-consequences and Unveiling Unconscious Bias.

  • A recent article in Medical Education analyzed hundreds of instances of gendered/sexed language used in first year medical training at a Canadian medical school to better understand how sex and gender are deployed in medical training. Read Beyond Inclusion Politics: A Critical discourse Analysis of Sex and Gender in Medical Education

Recordings of recent webinars, podcasts and presentations:

  • The Docs With Disabilities Initiative released a recent video on Disability Inclusion is a Shared Responsibility, discussing the he responsibilities of the institution, administration, and resident in the US PGME accommodation process.

  • The Health Data Research Network Canada presents a speaker series on Big IDEAS about Health Data. For recordings of past presentations, check out their YouTube channel to watch recordings related to Use and Governance of Sociodemographic Data, Guidance on Using Race & Ethnicity Data, and Using Sex & Gender Data.

  • A recent edition of Voices from the Field, a podcast series produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), discussed Racialized Incivility: Identity as a Determinant of Health.

Physician Wellness

Resources available to support you in your wellness:

Well Doc Alberta
Well Doc Alberta is an initiative aimed at advancing a collaborative, co-operative, pan-provincial approach to physician wellness. Their work, focused on education and prevention, is supported by the science of physician wellness and driven by need. Well Doc works with physicians at the grassroots level and with leadership to grow capacity, empower change, shift culture, and achieve their vision of “Shaping the future of physician wellness, together.”

Alberta Medical Association Physician & Family Support Program
The AMA's Physician and Family Support Program provides confidential support and help with personal health issues and enhances the quality of patient care and public safety by promoting health and well-being for the medical profession that cares for all Albertans. More resources are posted on the AMA website link above.

Their phone line is available for you at any time:
1.877.SOS.4MDS (767.4637)
International: 403.930.0529 (you may call collect)
CONFIDENTIAL 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year

Canadian Medical Association Physician Wellness Hub
This Hub provides reliable wellness tools and resources to empower physicians, medical learners and leaders to create change in the culture of medicine.

Community Collect YYC
Community Connect YYC is a collaborative of Calgary-based agencies committed to helping community members quickly and easily access mental health and other social support services.

Vital Signs

Vital Signs began in 1996 as a black-and-white stapled newsletter. It evolved over the years, eventually becoming a sleek and modern digital magazine until it was discontinued in 2020. To learn more about the history of Vital Signs and those who helped create it over the years, take a look at the final issue.

Archives
Click on links below to view each year's issues in pdf format.