Resource topic: Effects on Clinician Health and Well-Being
A Narrative Review on Burnout Experience by Medical Students and Residents

This narrative review, published in Medical Education, summarizes articles reporting on burnout among medical students and residents (trainees) published between...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Medical Student Mental Health: Culture, Environment, and the Need for Change

This editorial, published in JAMA, highlights the poor mental health of medical students. The author discusses several aspects of the culture of medicine and...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Residents Don’t Just Look Miserable…They Really Are

This editorial, published in Neurology, makes the case that burnout starts in residency and warns that the next generation of neurologists is at risk....

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
The Moral Distress Education Project

The Moral Distress Education Project is a media project at the University of Kentucky in which core multidisciplinary experts on moral distress from across the...

Toolkit
The Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders Among American Surgeons

The following study, published in JAMA Surgery, examined the prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence among practicing surgeons. Members of the American College...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
This is Why

The following article, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is a personal narrative from a fourth year medical student about the stigma surrounding mental...

Personal Stories
The Personal Toll of Practicing Medicine

In the following narrative, published by Health Affairs, the author, who is a physician, researcher, and lifelong patient, reflects on her truncated career and why...

Personal Stories