Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Dr. Jane Lemaire in an internist at the University of Calgary and is national expert on the topic of physician wellness. In our conversation we talked about physician burnout, resiliency, and some strategies to help us cope during these incredibly challenging times.

1. Dr. Lemaire's interview with Canadian Society of Internal Medicine: https://cjgim.ca/index.php/csim/article/view/388/1004

2. Well Doc Alberta: https://www.welldocalberta.org/

3. Physician and Family Support Program: https://www.albertadoctors.org/services/pfsp

4. Wallace J, Lemaire J, Ghali W. "Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator". Lancet review paper: http://medicine.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/10/Physician-Wellness-A-Missing-Quality-Indicator.pdf

5. Dr. Lemaire's nutrition paper, "Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention" : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929232/

6. Paper in CJS "Mental toughness in surgeons: Is there room for
improvement?": http://canjsurg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/62-6-482.pdf

7. Paper in CJS "Surgeons and Astronauts: so close, yet so far apart": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2552938/pdf/20080800s00003p247.pdf

8. Cold Steel episode with Scott Gmora on surgical training: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e05-scott-gmora-on-surgical-training

Creators and Guests

Host
Dr. Ameer Farooq

What is Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast?

The podcast dedicated to discussing how surgeons can be the best versions of themselves, inside and outside the operating room. Hosted by surgeons Chad Ball and Ameer Farooq, Cold Steel explores the many facets of surgical life with guests at the cutting edge of surgical science. The official podcast of the Canadian Journal of Surgery.