Psychological First Aid and Self Care for Faculty and Health Care Providers

Join us on Wednesday, May 6 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (ET) for a free webinar on providing Psychological First Aid (PFA) and managing your own self care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A severe mass event can cause the general public and those affected by COVID-19 to be mentally impacted. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an intervention method that can help people in distress during these challenging times.

Topics of discussion include:

• Administering Psychological First Aid (PFA) core actions to various groups
• Inherent risks to providing PFA
• Determining an approach to managing self care

Presenter

Jodi Lofchy MD FRCPC
Interim Chief and Medical Program Director
Service Head, Adult Acute Care Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
St. Joseph’s Unity Health Toronto
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Accreditation Information

Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada – Section 1 – 1 hour
College of Family Physicians Canada – 1 Mainpro+ credit

Join us on Wednesday evenings for Faculty of Medicine COVID-19 Wellness Series Webinars. Upcoming topics include: nutrition, exercise, crisis leadership, and healing moral distress.