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Health & Wellness: NOSM U Taskforce on Wellness

Documents and News of Importance

International Conference on Health Promoting Universities & Colleges (7th : 2015 : Kelowna, (B.C.)). (2015). Okanagan Charter : An international

          charter for health promoting universities & colleges. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0132754

Lakehead University formally adopts the Okanagan Charter. (n.d.). Lakehead University. Retrieved January 15, 2020,

          from https://www.lakeheadu.ca/about/news-and-events/news/archive/2019/node/50814

Laurentian University Campus Mental Working Group. (2019). Recommendations for improved wellness and mental healthhttps://laurentian-

           ca.proxy.lib.nosm.ca/assets/files/Wellness-Document-EN.pdf

Review Articles of Interest

Keller, E. J. (2014). Philosophy in medical education: A means of protecting mental health. Academic Psychiatry, 38(4), 409-13. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0033-y

Klassen, R. M., & Klassen, J. R. L. (2018). Self-efficacy beliefs of medical students: A critical review. Perspectives on Medical Education, 7(2), 76-82. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-018-0411-3

Kötter, T., Fuchs, S., Heise, M., Riemenschneider, H., Sanftenberg, L., Vajda, C., et al. (2019). What keeps medical students healthy and well? A systematic review of observational studies on protective factors for health and well-being during medical education. BMC Medical Education, 19(1), 94. doi:10.1186/s12909-019-1532-z

Mihailescu, M., & Neiterman, E. (2019). A scoping review of the literature on the current mental health status of physicians and physicians-in-training in North America. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1363. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7661-9

Wasson, L. T., Cusmano, A., Meli, L., Louh, I., Falzon, L., Hampsey, M., et al. (2016). Association between learning environment interventions and medical student well-being: A systematic review. JAMA, 316(21), 2237-2252. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.17573

Witt, K., Boland, A., Lamblin, M., McGorry, P. D., Veness, B., Cipriani, A., et al. (2019). Effectiveness of universal programmes for the prevention of suicidal ideation, behaviour and mental ill health in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 22(2), 84-90. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebmental-2019-30008