Integration:

This innovative FD in NBM is a high-level introduction to resilience-building and fatigue risk management, which are elements in CFPC’s accreditation and aligned with DFCM's launch of social accountability curriculum. We aim to provide direction and insight into future FD, including implementation tools and curated resources. We also hope to gain a deeper understanding to guide future research in generating possible theories explaining the reasons for faculty integrating NBM.

Given NBM’s versatility, this initiative has the potential for widespread impact across all DFCM residency sites. DFCM has ongoing efforts to improve its FD curriculum, and we have heard from stakeholders about their interest in program development. 
Impact:
This FD bolsters all four principles central to FM and addresses numerous CanMEDS-FM roles. It also contributes to the CFPC’s FD vision of “leading family physician well-being”. Our long-term vision for this project is to establish NBM as a core component in FD, thus enhancing the culture of reflective practice.

 

We hope to disseminate our findings at the DFCM Conference and the Creating Space Conference 16 in 2026.

Acknowledgements:
We would like to thank Dr Amita Dayal, Dr Fatima Khan, Dr Gurpreet Mand, Dr Risa Bordman, Dr Milena Forte, Dr Joyce Nyhof-Young, Dr Michael Roberts and Laura Brereton, biostatistician Chris Meaney, and Dr Melissa Nutik for their invaluable feedback, support and contributions to the research design and AOP grant application.  for research assistant hours.