Wellness Subcommittee

Dr. Chris Wu, MD Wellness Subcommittee Co-Lead

It’sbeenourprivilegetoleadtheMSAwellnesssubcommitteesince Jan2022.

Oursubcommittee’sstrengthisinits12members.Wehave amazinglydifferentbackgroundsandexperiencesfromearlyto late ca cialties including hospital, internal, emergency and nuclear medic ral surgery.

We ar complishments over the past fiscal year. Our successes are numerous including peer support, meditation training, and social events like a post-pandemic healing concert and a New Year’s Eve skating party.

I’d like to highlight peer support training spearheaded by Dr Anna O’Malley. We’re grateful to receive teaching from experts like Drs Mayhew, Ruffo and Ayi-Bonte in both level one and more recently additional training with level two. Many Burnaby physicians are now in a position to provide peer support to our MSA members.

Another success story is the financial masterclass series. Through several zoom sessions with Alphil Guilaran and the Financial Literacy Council, we received financial advice for early, mid, late career physicians.

We envision more peer support training in the coming year. We’ll also be promoting and advertising peer support via a poster and updating the wellness section of the MSA website. Wehaveapproved kickstartfundingforaproject for de-stigmatizing mental illness for health care workers. Weplanto organizeasummerpicnicforMSAmembersandtheirfamiliesandpromotehealthandexercise withactivitiessuchasa10Krunandhikesthroughoutsummer.

Thanks for your ongoing interest and support!

Drs Jack Jay and Chris Wu