Professional Coaching as a Continuing Professional Development Intervention to Address the Physician Distress

Sylvain Boet1, Cole Etherington, Cecile Andreas

  • 1Dr. Boet: Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Assistant Dean, Francophone Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . Dr: Etherington: Senior Research Associate, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Andreas: Associate Faculty, Crux Coaching, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Denis-LeBlanc: Vice Dean, Francophone Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, Hôpital Montfort, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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