Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Jon Novick, MDCM, FRCPC about his work in physician health and his own lived experience as a physician with a chronic illness.

In this conversation, he reflects on what it means to be both a physician and a patient, the cultural forces within medicine that make it difficult to seek and receive care, and the unique challenges of treating, or being treated by, a colleague. Drawing on decades of experience and his own journey with inflammatory bowel disease, Dr. Novick speaks candidly about minimization, self-compassion, and why the standard we apply to our patients deserves to be the same standard we apply to ourselves.

Dr. Jon S. Novick, MDCM, FRCPC is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and addiction medicine specialist with a private practice in Oakville, Ontario. He serves as Medical Director of the OMA Physician Health Program in Toronto, where his work focuses on physician health and well-being through education, advocacy, assessment, and connecting physicians with the support and resources they need.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Nancy Olivieri, MD, FRCPC. The discussion highlights the importance of advocacy in medicine, particularly in support of patients, and exploring how fear can prevent some from speaking out. They also discuss what someone can do to support a colleague taking a risk if they are not comfortable speaking up for themselves. Royal College members: you can earn MOC Section 2 - Individual Learning credits for watching this video.

A Hematologist, Dr. Nancy Olivieri is a professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is a Senior Scientist with the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and the Cancer Care Research Unit with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. Olivieri's research focuses on blood disorders: sickle cell disease and thalassemia.