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The personal cost of leading Canadas public health response to COVID-19

Published: Nov. 25, 2021, 9 a.m.

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For most physicians, the fight against COVID-19 took place away from public scrutiny. But for public health physicians, their words, their work, and sometimes their raw emotions, have taken centre stage. Two of Canada\\u2019s chief medical officers of health \\u2013 Dr. Saqib Shahab from Saskatchewan and Dr. Catherine Elliott from the Yukon \\u2013 share the toll the pandemic has taken on them and their colleagues.\\xa0

\\u201cIt was only a few months in where I thought, no human can really keep this pace: new evidence coming in every day...the pace of meetings and press conferences, and evidence-based decisions, and the weight of these types of decisions.\\u201d \\u2013 Dr. Catherine Elliott

In this episode, host Dr. Caroline G\\xe9rin-Lajoie speaks with Dr. Elliott about what causes moral distress among public health physicians and recent survey results from the Public Health Physicians of Canada showing high rates of burnout among its members.\\xa0

On Dec. 8, join Dr. G\\xe9rin-Lajoie and other physicians to discuss this topic in a CMA Wellness Connection peer support session. Register by clicking here:

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