Behavioral Medicine (Bmed)

Behavioural Medicine is an umbrella that covers three facets of residency training:

• Communication Skills

• Mental Health Teaching

• Resilience Training and Physician Wellness

Five Behavioural Medicine workshops are scheduled into the first year block-time rotation, which focus on teaching advanced communication skills.

The five Behavioural Medicine workshops are:

• • 1. Introduction to the patient-centred interview and finding common ground

    2. Approach to difficult conversations

    3. Pearls for difficult encounters (including ending the doctor-patient relationship, approach to college complaints) and wellness activity

    4. Breaking bad news and harm disclosure

    5. Review of the patient-centred interview and Approach to Patient Experiencing Emotional Dysregulation

REQUIREMENTS 

• Attendance at all Bmed sessions is mandatory in person and required for program completion. 

• Residents must be freed from any clinical duties to attend this mandatory activity, this includes being post-call. 

• Any unexcused absences may be kept on a resident’s permanent file and will require an explanation in writing to the program. 

• The Program may require completion of an additional assignment or supplemental activity in lieu of an absence from a mandatory activity.