Resource topic: Individual Strategies
“What’s important to you?” The Use of Narratives to Promote Self-Reflection and to Understand the Experience of Medical Residents

This article in Annals of Internal Medicine explores the use of narrative journaling in medical residents. By analyzing written accounts of residents' narratives,...

Article
Burnout in Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty: An Attempt to Modify Stress Response by Journaling

The following pilot study evaluates the effect of journaling reflection after every emergency department shift on stress and burnout. The authors find no...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Clinician Well-Being at The Ohio State University: A Case Study

The following case study highlights organizational initiatives from The Ohio State University that have demonstrated success in supporting well-being and preventing...

Case Study
Review of Emotional Resiliency for the Era of Climate Change: A Clinician’s Guide by Leslie Davenport (Foreword by Lise Van Susteren)

The following book review, published in Ecopsychology, praises a practical clinical guide made to deal with the escalating environmental-caused trauma in consulting...

Book
Resilience Training in Medical School: the Solution to Doctor Burnout?

This letter to the editor of Medical Teacher argues that resilience training strategies must be implemented during medical school to properly equip students for...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Out of the Straitjacket

Michael Weinstein shares his personal narrative, in a New England Journal of Medicine Perspectives paper, of burnout, treatment, and gradual recovery. Through...

Personal Stories
Your Best Life: Resiliency Builder: Delivering Orthopedic Care Abroad

The following article in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research posits how practicing Orthopaedics abroad may intuitively enhance resilience. With less...

Article
Your Best Life: Ancient Toltec Wisdom for Resilience

Published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Kelly's article highlights wisdom and truths fostering deep and enduring peace from ancient Toltec...

Article
Shift Work and the Assessment and Management of Shift Work Disorder (SWD)

The following review reports on current literature pertaining to shift work and the assessment and management of sleepiness and sleep disruption associated with...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
What Will it Take for Physicians to Practice Mindfully?: Promoting Quality of Care, Quality of Caring, Resilience, and Well-Being

Mindful clinical practice, as described in a chapter of The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness, is associated with mindful attitudes, such as adopting multiple...

Book