Physician Peer Support Program
The North Shore Division of Family Practice's Physician Peer Support program offers brief non-clinical support to physicians dealing with work or life-related stressors through trained physician peer supporters.
To submit a confidential request to access peer support, please click here.
Our peer supporters offer non-judgemental listening and non-clinical emotional support with life, work, and other issues. We aim to facilitate these confidential, non-clinical empathetic conversations between colleagues, where physicians feel safe to share issues they are experiencing with someone trained to listen. This program is not a replacement for clinical therapy and/or mentorship.
When might someone benefit from peer support?
Peer support might be helpful for physicians who experience work or life stressors and require emotional, non-judgemental support. Examples of these scenarios might be:
- Adverse clinical events
- Patient or college complaint
- Interpersonal/relational conflicts
- Acute life stressors impacting career
- Experience of discrimination or alienation/othering at work
- Struggles with burnout/moral injury
- Imposter syndrome
This service is not intended for crisis response. The Doctors of BC Physician Health Program is available 24/7 at 1 (800) 663-6729
If you have any other questions about the program, please e-mail peersupport@nsdivision.ca.
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Referral FormPlease click here or the image to the left to access the referral form. Use this form to request a match with a trained physician peer supporter. Please note that this form is confidential. |
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What is Peer Support?Program offers brief, confidential, and non-clinical support to physicians dealing with work or life-related stressors through trained physician peer supporters. Click here to learn more. |
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ConfidentialityConfidentiality is an integral part of our program. Only the peer support program administrator and your peer supporters have access to your name and contact information for the purpose of facilitating a match and contacting you. More information about confidentiality if you click here. |
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FAQClick here for frequently asked questions about the North Shore Physician Peer Support Program. |
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Meet the Peer Support TeamClick here to meet the North Shore physician peer supporters. |
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Additional ResourcesClick here for instant wellness resources. |
