Go behind the scenes with Dr. Joyce Cheung, Dr. Joan Chan, and Dr. Duncan Rozario in this candid “Thriving in Medicine” roundtable. Explore the realities of caregiving, work-life balance, system sustainability, and why medicine is a calling for communicators and storytellers, not just a profession.

This episode covers:

💬 Honest, unscripted moments about healthcare’s everyday challenges

⚖️ The value of balancing altruism and identity

🚧 Stigma around physician self-care and the struggle for better supports

🏥 A look at locum medicine and innovative solutions for coverage

🔗 Building a sustainable physician workforce for the future

👨‍⚕️Panelists:

Dr. Joyce Cheung (Family & Palliative Care Physician, Chief Medical Officer at LOCVM)

Dr. Joan Chan (Family & Palliative Care Physician, Restorative Medical Educator, Host of "The Other Human In The Room")

Dr. Duncan Rozario (General Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer at Sigma Health Tech and Sigma Life Sciences)

Title Sponsor:

🎙️ PocketMD- https://www.pocketmd.ca

Feature Sponsors:

🤝 Jeff Welsh, J&J Financial Services / Co-Operators Group- https://www.cooperators.ca

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📚 Chapters:

00:00:00 "Thriving In Medicine": Roundtable #03

00:00:52 Roundtable Mission & Physician Workforce

00:01:25 Advice for Aspiring Clinicians

00:03:19 What Makes Medicine Different

00:05:41 Balance, Altruism, and Burnout

00:09:19 Personal Strategies for Preventing Burnout

00:10:30 Locum Solutions for Physicians

00:15:44 Work-Life Balance and Practice Management

00:22:27 Challenging Stigma in Taking Time Off

00:29:41 Physician Mobility: Urban & Rural Insights

00:33:14 Healthcare Culture & System Change

00:34:12 Advice for the General Public

00:39:09 Business Realities of Medical Practice

00:44:03 Breaking Practices: Money, Management, & Wellness

00:46:31 If Not Medicine: Alternate Careers

00:50:53 Generational Patient Connections

00:52:25 Closing Thoughts & Behind the Scenes

Ontario's historic $1.8 billion investment into primary care over the next four years begun last month with the commitment of $213 million with a stated goal of attaching 300,000 additional people to a primary care provider. Community healthcare organizations across the province are submitting proposals for how they are going to utilize this funding to attach additional people to primary care.Is this a game-changing opportunity or just more of the same?In this episode, we welcome some of the people who are shaping the future of healthcare- Dr. Dominik Nowak, Past President of the Ontario Medical Association and family physician at the Women's College Hospital, Kimberley Floyd, CEO of the Well Fort Community Health Centre in Brampton, Ontario, and Sarah Hobbs, the CEO of the Alliance for Healthier Communities. Join us as the future of Canadian healthcare is shaped today.

Before Ontario’s historic $213M investment in team-based primary care, there was already a blueprint — drawn by people who believed in a better way to deliver care. In this opening episode, Dr. Ivy Oandasan, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Care at the University of Toronto, and Duff Sprague, Chief Executive Officer of the Peterborough Family Health Team reflect on how Ontario’s team-based care models were originally designed, where they’ve been strained, and what it will take to rebuild with purpose.

From compensation models to collaborative practice, this conversation honours the leaders and clinicians who shaped the foundation of primary care — and continue to act as its architects today.