Phenomenal Docs

“The program not only affects your clinical performance, but infiltrates all aspects of life to help you be your best – sun up to sundown. ”

– Dr. Ryan Sustrik, MD, FRCPC-EM

Emergency Medicine Physician

“With the escalating performance pressures and expectations in a high stress ER environment, the efficient mental preparation strategies have helped to improve my focus, confidence, and emotional preparedness.”

– Dr. Chau Pham, MD, FRCPC (EM), MBA

Emergency Room Physician

St. Boniface Hospital

“The program has allowed me to develop different coping skills to maintain the calm and focus that can save lives in a crisis.”

– Dr. Stephanie A. Johnston BSc., MD, FRCSC

Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician

“We deliver high risk interventions to our patients in the context of fatigue, cognitive overload, high task complexity and personal stressors. We need to train not only to be able to function under stressful moments, but to reappraise these situations as a challenge as opposed to a threat. We are very good at creating work-arounds and getting by from one crisis to the next. We need to shrink these crises and learn to decompress and recover.”

- Jesse Spurr, Clinical Nurse Consultant

Intensive Care

“Emergency Medicine is a constant stress environment, but it is often our own emotions and foibles that sink us when the things get intense. Performance psychology is directly applicable to my daily work as a Physician. It doesn't try to override my emotions and flaws, but rather it has taught me to better recognize them, and to develop effective personal strategies to manage them.”

- Dr. Hareishun Shanmuganathan, MBBS, FRCPC-EM, & FRCPC-PEM

Articles, Podcasts and Videos

Our resources are loaded with tools and insight on how to deal more effectively with the pressures, demands and challenges that physicians must contend with. Check out an article, video or podcast to learn more.

Video

How Emotion Clouds Perception: Strategies for Staying Focused and Present in Performance

Article

Self-awareness and performance

Video

Physiological reset in the moment

Podcast

Loren Peto: Supportive frameworks for a physician spouse/partner

Discussion points include:

Benefit vs cost analysis: Do what you like, offload the rest
Helping your physician spouse/partner decompress
Value of geographical distance to enhance psychological distance

Podcast

Fighter Pilot, Maj. Jameel Janjua on situation awareness, focus, and optimal performance

Major Jameel Janjua, experimental test pilot with the Canadian Armed Forces shares ideas on how he stays appropriately "switched on" given the needs of any performance situation.

Podcast

"You can't pour from an empty cup": Strength and conditioning strategies for physicians

Strength and conditioning specialist Gavin McHale shares his strategies for helping physician clients engage in, and stay committed to, a personalised fitness program

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Phenonmenal Resources

Articles, Podcasts and Videos

How Emotion Clouds Perception: Strategies for Staying Focused and Present in Performance

Self-awareness and performance

Physiological reset in the moment

Loren Peto: Supportive frameworks for a physician spouse/partner

Fighter Pilot, Maj. Jameel Janjua on situation awareness, focus, and optimal performance

"You can't pour from an empty cup": Strength and conditioning strategies for physicians

Physician mentors at your fingertips

3 great reasons to listen to our podcasts

Performance focused

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