‘In Dialogue’ Episode 10: Dr. Jillian Horton

In episode 10 of “In Dialogue,” 2022 CPSO Council President Dr. Janet van Vlymen speaks to Dr. Jillian Horton, a general internist, and award-winning medical educator, writer, musician and podcaster, about her personal struggles with burnout and how it manifested in her life, resources and strategies for coping and self-care, and treating one’s self with compassion.

Dr. Horton completed a residency and fellowship in internal medicine at the University of Toronto, and held associate dean and associate chair positions in that department. She is currently an associate chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and director at the Alan Klass Medical Humanities Program at the Max Rady College of Medicine in Winnipeg, MB. Her 2021 bestselling biography, We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing, follows her journey during a meditation retreat for burned out doctors and explores how a flawed system shapes medical professionals.

Related eDialogue Articles

• Reclaiming Herself (interview with Dr. Horton)
• Reaching Out for Help
• Pandemic and Mental Health
• Physician Burnout and COVID-19
• Patient Bias, Physician Burnout
• Pandemic-induced Mental Health Distress
• Being a True Ally
• The Cost of Working in a Culturally Unsafe Environment
• ‘In Dialogue’ Episode 2: Dr. Janet van Vlymen
• ‘In Dialogue’ Episode 8: Dr. Jon Novick, OMA PHP Program

CPSO Resources

• Physician Wellness

Additional Resources

• OMA PHP Program
•  Canadian Medical Association’s Physician Wellness Hub

  • Wellness Support Line

• A profession under pressure: results from the CMA’s 2021 National Physician Health Survey (August, 2022)
• Watch: Four physicians describe the causes and effects of burnout and ways to cope
• CMAJ podcast: “Med Life with Dr. Horton”