Past Mental Health and Addictions Community of Practice Sessions
Catch up with recordings and resources from our past events
Past sessions are certified as part of the Mental Health and Addictions CoP Self Learning Program where participants can earn Mainpro+ credits for reviewing past session recordings (both video and audio are available) and resources on their own time. To participate in self-learning:
Step 1: Determine which past session date(s) you’d like to review.
Step 2: Review the recordings and resources.
Step 3: Complete the self learning evaluation
This Self Learning Program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 1 Mainpro+Ⓡ credits for up to a total of 50 credits. Questions? Contact practisingwell@ocfp.on.ca.Treating these conditions in an integrated way has become more demanding and complex – now more than ever. Find information to support the care you give patients – in a way that also considers your wellbeing.
Supporting Patients Amid an Opioid Epidemic
The ongoing opioid crisis has only gotten worse during the pandemic. Join your fellow family doctors to discuss strategies for managing opioid use by patients, unique issues facing practitioners, and hear about alternatives to regularly prescribed opioids.
Grief Medicine: Giving Space for Acknowledging Life’s Losses
Coping with undesired change and loss can be difficult. Join your colleagues to consider and discuss strategies for recognizing and responding to grief and loss, and to learn about support for yourself and your patients.
Letting go or living with anxiety
Learn about different anxiety disorders and hear from your colleagues about approaches to caring for patients dealing with anxiety. Panelists.
Normalize don’t Stigmatize – Let’s talk about Alcohol
Family doctors. The help they need can come from you.
When your head hurts too much...
Hear from your colleagues about strategies to manage and address different kinds of headaches. Panelists.
Navigating undifferentiated distress during the pandemic
Learn about strategies to recognize and respond to undifferentiated distress in your patients, or even in yourself as a family physician. Consider the impact of pandemic uncertainties on the mental health of patients and healthcare professionals, and some supports that are available.
Working with patient losses during the pandemic
Panelists: Download the resources: Watch the session: Listen or download the audio Self Learning Program This session is part of the Practising Well Self Learning Program.
The Chronic Pain of Fibromyalgia
Panelists: Download the resources: Watch the session: Listen or download the audio Self Learning Program This session is part of the Practising Well Self Learning Program.
Caring for people who have experienced trauma
Panelists: Download the resources: Watch the session: Listen or download the audio Self Learning Program This session is part of the Practising Well Self Learning Program.
Getting Off the Path to Burnout
Hear from Dr. Marcia Kostenuik on tips to recognize the early signs of burnout, how to identify personal risk factors and system issues that increase your risk of burnout and finally she shares strategies you can apply immediately to monitor and reduce stress, set healthier work limits, develop true resilience, and create better work-life balance to reduce the risk of burnout. Panelists.
Burnout and Balance
How are you dealing with COVID burnout and pandemic fatigue? Hear from Drs. Stephanie Klein, Liz Muggah & Caitlin Schwartz for their insights, tips, and top resources to help you and then in turn, support your patients.
School, students and substances: Adolescent mental health in the pandemic
Panelists: Download the resources: Watch the session: Listen or download the audio Self Learning Program This session is part of the Practising Well Self Learning Program.