Episode 4: Doctors Manitoba

Welcome to Physicians First – a podcast series that explores unique and home-grown wellness initiatives that are impacting the lives and livelihoods of Canada’s physicians.

In our fourth and final episode, Director of Planning and Physician Health at Doctors Manitoba, Trina Larsen, discusses their three-year Communities of Practice Pilot Program. Trina and her team have developed physician-led, evidence-informed action plans for systemic change. The program addresses the broad, institutional issues that drive physician burnout and distress. Small pilot hubs give doctors a voice and provide them with avenues for informal peer support in otherwise isolated, remote communities.