Dr. Puddester is the Director of Physician Health at the Canadian Medical Association and provides support to the Canadian Physician Health Institute. He also is a clinical associate with the Ontario Medical Association's Physician Workplace Support Program. He is the Special Project Lead for Innovation/Evaluation in the Postgraduate Medical Education Office at uOttawa where he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Puddester specializes in paediatric telepsychiatry. Previously, he was the Director of the Behavioural Neurosciences and Consultation-Liaison team at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He is also a certified executive coach and exclusively coaches physicians and other health care leaders. Dr. Puddester obtained his B.A., B. Med. Sc., and M.D. from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He completed a residency in Psychiatry at McMaster University, and a fellowship in child/adolescent psychiatry at University of Ottawa. In 2008, he completed a M. Ed. at uOttawa. In 2011, he completed the Graduate Program in Executive Coaching at Royal Roads University. Dr. Puddester is the lead editor of the RCPSC's CanMEDS Physician Health Guide and co-author of the RCPSC's Time Management Guide. He also produced Carpe Diem (a physician resiliency documentary), and was the project lead for ePhysicianHealth.com and eWorkplaceHealth.com. Specialties: Physician health, workplace health, generation X and Y in the health workplace, time management, conflict management, e-learning, professional speaking