Stronger Together
Empowering Residents
Empowering residents to be effective advocates for system change to create the positive medical culture we want today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
RDoC empowers residents to be agents for change by equipping them with practical, evidence-based training, professional development opportunities and resources. These empowerment opportunities are designed to provide skills that will transcend their time in training and create future leaders who:
- problem-solve effectively;
- advocate with impact;
- champion healthier ways to learn and work; and
- prioritize continuous improvement in medical education.
Empowerment Opportunities
Leadership training – problem solving & advocacy with impact
Professional development training in problem solving and advocating with impact offered by a professional strategist.
Optimal self workshops
By resident-for-resident workshops to equip residents with evidence-based skills to manage stress and improve performance.
Focused on:
- Championing healthier ways to learn and work;
- Normalizing mental health and seeking treatment; and
- Empowering residents to be advocates for positive systemic change.
If you are interested in booking a workshop for your institution or program or if you are a resident interested in becoming a workshop facilitator please reach out to optimalself@residentdoctors.ca for more information.
Accreditation workshops
RDoC plays a pivotal role empowering residents to contribute to continuous quality improvement of their programs while holding their institutions accountable to accreditation standards.
By engaging residents as part of the national CanRAC accreditation teams, and by running for-resident-by resident workshops that prepare residents for their involvement in their institutions accreditation reviews, RDoC empowers residents to be system changemakers within their programs.
RDoC has been empowering residents with accreditation workshops since 2020 working with PHOs and PGMEs to ensure that every resident has the opportunity to lend their voice in the accreditation of their institutions and programs.
Click here for more information about RDoC’s role in accreditation.