TORONTO, May 30, 2022
/CNW/ - Scotiabank and MD Financial Management Inc. (MD), in
collaboration with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
today announced an initiative with the Fountain of Health™ to
address the growing need for physician wellness support.
The Fountain of Health is a unique national non-profit
initiative created to share the science of wellbeing and to
translate that knowledge into practical action. The new initiative,
Thrive MD Physician Wellness Program, developed by the
Fountain of Health, will be shared with physicians in partnership
with Doctors Nova Scotia. The Thrive
MD program aims to improve physician wellness through access to
customized physician wellbeing resources in the Thrive Learning
Centre and using the Fountain of Health Wellness App designed to
encourage changes in health behaviours and attitudes.
"The Fountain of Health is the first nationally scaled wellness
and resilience program of its kind, developed by physicians to
offer a scientific, evidence-based approach to improving health and
wellness," said Dr. Katharine Smart,
CMA President. "We are proud to support and enhance this unique
program, especially at this time where wellness of health workers
is critical."
The Fountain of Health solution includes the 3-step
THRIVE© Approach to Wellbeing developed by Dr.
Keri-Leigh Cassidy and her team.
Related behaviour change tools focus on six key THRIVE areas:
Thoughts, Health Habits, Relationships, Interests, Valued Goals,
and Emotions.
"We are thrilled to be able to expand the Fountain of Health's
unique approach to promote self-care for physicians through this
relationship," said Dr. Cassidy. "Nova
Scotia physicians will be able to access free, accredited
behaviour activation tools and training to promote their personal
wellbeing. Offering this program to colleagues in the midst of this
pandemic is particularly timely and meaningful. The initiative also
offers a meaningful opportunity to shift our medical culture toward
inclusion of self-care practices in physicians' daily lives.
Through our Thrive MD Physician Wellness Hub, physicians can access
a range of customized self-care resources and use proven cognitive
behaviour techniques for effective behaviour change."
Funding for the Fountain of Health is part of a 10-year,
$115 million pledge by the Canadian
Medical Association, MD and Scotiabank to support physicians,
medical learners and the communities they serve across Canada. The collaboration has committed more
than $39.2 million to date,
supporting a wide range of professional development activities,
scholarships, and health and wellness initiatives for physicians
across the country.
About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our
purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families
and their communities achieve success through a broad range of
advice, products and services, including personal and commercial
banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and
investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of over 90,000
employees and assets of approximately $1.3
trillion (as at April 30,
2022), Scotiabank trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:
BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For more information,
please visit http://www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter
@ScotiabankViews.
About MD Financial Management
Inc.
With more than 50 years of physician-focused experience, MD
Financial Management Inc. (MD) is dedicated to providing financial
peace of mind to Canada's
physicians and their families, so they can enjoy what matters most
to them while achieving their career and life goals. MD had more
than $56 billion in assets under
management as of February 28, 2022.
MD Management Limited was the first of the MD Group of Companies to
be founded, in 1969. MD Financial Management Inc. wholly owns MD
Management Limited. MD Financial Management provides financial
products and services, the MD Family of Funds and investment
counselling services through the MD Group of Companies. For a
detailed list of these companies, visit md.ca.
About the Canadian Medical
Association
The Canadian Medical Association leads a national movement with
physicians who believe in a better future of health. Our ambition
is a sustainable, accessible health system where patients are
partners, a culture of medicine that elevates equity, diversity and
wellbeing, and supportive communities where everyone has the chance
to be healthy. We drive change through advocacy, giving and
knowledge sharing – guided by values of collaboration and
inclusion.
About the Fountain of
Health
The Fountain of Health™ is a national non-profit initiative
founded in 2011 by Dr. Keri-Leigh
Cassidy at Dalhousie University
Department of Psychiatry. This association is dedicated to
translating wellbeing science into practical action, with a main
website (www.fountainofhealth.ca), and two other web-based
resources: The Wellness App (www.wellnessapp.ca) and the Thrive
Learning Centre (www.fohthrivelearningcentre.ca) The Fountain
of Health is also involved in ongoing quality assurance evaluation
to ensure our tools are useful across multiple health care settings
and for diverse populations. Among the 1500 people who have
used the Fountain of Health approach, 80% have reported improved
health behaviours and outcomes in 4 weeks.
SOURCE Scotiabank