What's Your Ikigai? Purpose in Your Practice and Your Team (Part Two)
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Dr. Kim Yu broadens the concept of ikigai to apply it to team-based care and health systems - what are the components of effective, purpose-driven health care?  She also brings a family favourite to our PFD potluck! If you'd like to read more, here are additional resources featuring Dr. Yu: An AAFP interview with Dr. Yu about Ikigei and the "joy stealers" that take away from the joy of family medicine A presentation on the role community connections play in fostering joy in the family medicine workplace A brief AAFP article describing five ways to cultivate resilience in your work    
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