Background: Teaching is recognized as a highly challenging profession. Experience of
chronic stress is a risk factor for poor mental and physical well-being, and burnout. There is …

… Dr Brett-MacLean and Ms McCaffrey conducted the focus groups. All the authors worked on
the analysis. Dr Scott and Dr Brett-MacLean wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and all the …

Method: Following participation in a continuing medical education program using interactive
small groups, physicians were asked to identify changes that they planned to make in their …

Purpose of the Study Artistic engagement has been identified as a promising way to improve
older adults’ quality of life (QoL) and health. This has resulted in a growing, yet diverse, …

Background In order to examine the impact of disasters on adolescent mental health, this study
compared population mental health survey data from two communities in Alberta, Canada…

The field of arts and health is rapidly gaining momentum in Canada despite the challenges
of integration across a vast geography, two official languages and multiple interdisciplinary …

… Dr Varnhagen, Ms Brett-MacLean, and Dr Ausford assisted with conception and design of
the study, development of questionnaires, analysis and interpretation of data, and writing the …

Background: The May 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada forced evacuation of
the population of 88,000 individuals and destroyed 10% of the homes. Youth are particularly …

Patient care frequently focuses on physical aspects of disease management, with variable
attention given to spiritual needs. And yet, patients indicate that spiritual suffering adds to …

Background The articulation of learning goals, processes and outcomes related to health
humanities teaching currently lacks comparability of curricula and outcomes, and requires …