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The Mindful Medical Learner initiative interviews physicians across the field about mindfulness and how it relates to their practice. Unique experts, course leaders, and mindfulness advocates - we’re bringing them all to our circle! We are a team of medical learners who have come together to offer meditation and mindfulness-based resources to our colleagues – created by learners, for learners. This initiative is being done in collaboration with the McGill WELL Office, which seeks to support learners throughout their training by creating, promoting and sustaining a culture of wellness and resilience. Research shows that mindfulness-based practices can be hugely beneficial for mental well-being. This is particularly pertinent for medical trainees who are consistently operating in high-stress environments. We hope to create a community around mindfulness and meditation and promote awareness about the role that it can play on both a personal and professional level.
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Dr. Mark Smilovitch is a Cardiologist and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. His involvements in medical education at McGill are not limited to contributions to the physicianship program, professionalism, Whole Person Care and Mindful Medical Practice (MMP).
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss:
00:50 Introduction – Dr. Smilovitch’s professional life
2:10 How Dr. Smilovitch became interested in mindfulness
3:20 Dr. Smilovitch’s definition of mindfulness
4:40 Informal and formal meditation practices that Dr. Smilovitch engages in such as morning pages by Julia Cameron and improv
8:00 Improvisation and mindfulness
11:10 Mindfulness and mcgill medicine
14:05 The Mindful Medical Practice Course and how it has been adapted to the pandemic
18:18 Mindfulness as a clinical competence
22:20 Exercises done in the MMP course
25:15 Whole person care and mindfulness
28:00 Healing and the experience of illness in medicine
30:00 Examples of when mindfulness in patient interactions
34:00 Dr. Smilovitch’s personal practice during the pandemic
38:80 Final thoughts from The House of God by Samuel Shem
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