Resources for Physician Parents
- The Canadian Medical Association provides resources on their Wellness Hub “to help physicians and their families manage and overcome the challenges that arise throughout a career in medicine and build better relationships”: https://www.cma.ca/physician-wellness-hub/topics/physicians-and-their-families
- Resident Doctors of BC has a comprehensive collection of resources for parenting before, during and after leave: https://residentdoctorsbc.ca/resources/parenting/.
- Medicine and Motherhood: Can We Talk? Written by the Task Force on the Accommodation of the Pregnant Physician, and published by the Physician Health Program of British Columbia: https://www.physicianhealth.com/sites/default/files/images/MedicineAndMotherhood2010.pdf
- Mothers in Medicine, a group blog by physician-mothers, writing about the unique challenges and joys of tending to two distinct patient populations, both of whom can be quite demanding:
http://www.mothersinmedicine.com/
Physician parents may also find these podcasts interesting:
- EM-RAP: https://www.emrap.org/
- Peds-RAP: https://www.hippoed.com/peds/rap/
- Primary care RAP: https://www.hippoed.com/pc/rap/
General Parenting Websites
Check out these parenting websites for help and resources:
- Scary Mommy: http://www.scarymommy.com
- Mothers In Medicine: http://www.mothersinmedicine.com
- Fatherly: https://www.fatherly.com/
- Well Family: https://www.nytimes.com/section/well/family
General Parenting Podcasts
Search for these podcasts on parenting-related ideas:
- Good Inside with Dr. Becky: https://www.goodinside.com/podcast/
- Motherhood in Black and White: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1239269
- The Longest Shortest Time: http://longestshortesttime.com/
- Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids: https://grownupsreadthingstheywroteaskids.com/podcast/
- Motherhood Sessions: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ltqdX9Em1RtnJNqR3UxrS
- Mom and Dad Are Fighting: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/mom_and_dad_are_fighting.html