Research Guides: Family Medicine Resident Academic Support Resources: Support Resources

Support Resources

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Sandra McKeown

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Subjects: Medicine, Public Health Sciences

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This library guide is your gateway to library resources and information in support of patient care, education and research.

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Introduction

This library guide is a curated list of resources to support family medicine residents with the more personal side of practicing medicine. As you can see from the long list of resources below, many professional associations are trying to address the personal struggles of practicing medicine that many physicians grapple with. Please feel free to recommend a category or resource that you would like to see added.

The Queen's Postgraduate Wellness Office also lists support resources and contacts on their Health and Wellness page.

Communication and Relationships

Challenging patient encounters: How to safely manage and de-escalate
Article from the Canadian Medical Protective Association.
Safe to speak: Fostering a culture of psychological safety in healthcare teams
Building psychological safety in healthcare teams. From the Canadian Medical Protective Association's collection of free, self-guided eLearning activities designed to provide you with an engaging and interactive learning experience.
Speaking Up
Fostering speaking up within a team environment (accredited activity). From the Canadian Medical Protective Association's collection of free, self-guided eLearning activities designed to provide you with an engaging and interactive learning experience.

Clinical Reasoning

Learning Clinical Reasoning by Jerome P. Kassirer; John B. Wong; Richard I. Kopelman
Call Number: Bracken Health Sciences Library W61 .K19L 2010
Publication Date: 2009-09-19
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Call Number: To be provided (print and ebook edition ordered for Bracken)
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
The Patient History: Evidence-Based Approach
ISBN: 9780071624947
Detailed approaches to the history of various presenting complaints. Chapter 2 “Subtleties of Medical History Taking” explicitly outlines aspects of history taking.

Clinical Problem-Solving
Set of articles from NEJM presenting clinical cases where the clinical reasoning of expert clinicians is explicitly laid out with respect to the history, exam, differential diagnosis, and management.
Clinical Reasoning
Article from the University of Washington with a brief overview of clinical reasoning. Explains both type 1 and type 2 thinking.
Clinical Reasoning: The Impact of Bias
Exploring the impact of cognitive bias on patient safety (accredited activity). From the Canadian Medical Protective Association's collection of free, self-guided eLearning activities designed to provide you with an engaging and interactive learning experience.
DX Schemas - Cardiac - Clinical Problem Solving
Set of videos outlining schemas for a huge variety of clinical presentations.
The Rational Clinical Examination
Series of articles on the JAMA website.
A Universal Model of Diagnostic Reasoning
Journal article from Academic Medicine.

Time/Practice Management

Acute Problem Focused Visits
Outlines how to go about acute problem-focussed visits from the book The Foundations of Clinical Medicine.
Assessment Objectivesfor Certificationin Family Medicine
Full list of 105 topics and specific learning objectives around them, as well as detailed descriptions on all of the “observable behaviours” on which learners are assessed.
Chronic Disease Management Visits
Outlines how to go about visits for chronic disease management from the book The Foundations of Clinical Medicine.
How to Study During Your Residency
Blog post about how to study/create a study schedule during residency.
Outpatient SOAP Notes
Description of SOAP note for outpatient visits from the book The Foundations of Clinical Medicine.
Reflective Practice Toolkit
From the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges and COPMeD.
Setting the Agenda
Effective agenda setting from the book The Foundations of Clinical Medicine.
Ten EHR Strategies for Efficient Documentation
Journal article with 10 Tips for Efficient Documentation from Family Practice Management.

If you're a resident in Kingston, you can speak with Terry or Kent in IT at the DFM about how to create and use EHR templates.

Wellness/Mental Health

Connection and Meaning: Resident Leadership to Combat Burnout
Blog post from NEJM Resident 360.
It's OK to not Be OK
Blog post from NEJM Resident 360.
Physician health: Putting yourself first
Article from the Canadian Medical Protective Association.
Physician Health Program: Well-being
Resources from OMA.
Physician Well-being
Tools and resources will help you navigate the journey of physician wellness by providing you the support you need in areas including burnout, leadership, and joy in practice from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Physician Wellness
A list of programs and resources to support physicians struggling with aspects of their physical or mental health from the College of Physicians & Surgeons Canada.
Physician wellness: Coping with the stress of medical practice
Browse article on various topics from the Canadian Medical Protective Association.
Physician Wellness Hub Resource Centre
The Canadian Medical Association provides up-to-date, high-quality physician wellness resources and information, selected and reviewed by experts.
Recognizing and Surviving Burnout
Blog post from NEJM Resident 360.
Residents and resiliency
Article from the Canadian Medical Protective Association.

Work and Life

Balint groups: A tool for personal and professional resilience
Commentary from Canadian Family Physician.
Conflict Management and Resolution as a Resident
Blog post from NEJM Resident 360.
Financial
Selected articles from Physician Family magazine.
Five Steps to Improve Your Financial Health in Residency
Blog post from NEJM Resident 360.
Physician Family
Physician Family, a magazine published quarterly by the American Medical Association Alliance offers support, solutions and strategies for physicians' families at all stages of a medical career. It provides articles, tips sheets and more on a wide range of topics that can help improve the wellness of physicians and their families.
Relationship
Selected articles from Physician Family magazine.
Thriving in Residency
AMA Series. Get resources and tips about navigating the fast-paced demands of training, getting scientific research published, maintaining health and well-being, and handling medical school student loan debt.

Family Medicine Resident Academic Support Resources