Overview
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) is highlighting the work of physicians during COVID-19 and how the pandemic is impacting them personally.
The OMA has published a series of four “graphic novellas” – short stories told through a combination of text and art, in a comic-strip or comic-book form – to highlight the fears, emotions and frustrations of real Ontario physicians throughout the pandemic. The goal of these novellas is to help other physicians recognize and deal with their own feelings during the pandemic.
Dr. Jillian Horton, an author and general internist at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg, was commissioned by the OMA’s Physician Health Program to produce the novellas.
Read the series
Sketches From the Frontlines is a four-part series featuring unique experiences from four different physicians throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sketches From the Frontlines #1
The first graphic novella features Dr. Sohail Gandhi, a family physician and former OMA president.
Sketches From the Frontlines #2
The second instalment features Dr. Carolyn Snyder, chief of emergency medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital.
Sketches From the Frontlines #3
This novella features Dr. Ben Fung, a resident in general surgery at the University of Ottawa.
Sketches From the Frontlines #4
The fourth part features Dr. Michelle Hladunewich, chief of medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.