Resource topic: Society and Culture
Factors Affecting Clinician Well-Being and Resilience – Conceptual Model

This conceptual model was developed by the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being. This conceptual model depicts the factors...

Briefs and Summaries
The Impact of Stigma and Personal Experiences on the Help-Seeking Behaviors of Medical Students with Burnout

The following article, published in Academic Medicine, evaluates the help-seeking behaviors of medical students with burnout and compared their stigma perceptions...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Breaking the Stigma — A Physician’s Perspective on Self-Care and Recovery

In this Perspective, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, one physician shares his experience with depression, suicidal ideation, and alcoholism....

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
The Role of the Physician in Society

This Summer 2007 edition of the Stanford Medical Student Clinical Journal addresses the role of the physician in society. One featured article includes an analysis...

Article
Letter to a Young Female Physician

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the following Perspective offers insights from a now-practicing physician to herself as a young intern. These...

Personal Stories
A Journey to Construct an All-Encompassing Conceptual Model of Factors Affecting Clinician Well-Being and Resilience

Why are so many clinicians experiencing burnout? The answer is complex but this discussion paper from the National Academy of Medicine aims to shed light on the...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Breaking Silence, Breaking Stigma

In the following commentary from the National Academy of Medicine, a young physician chronicles how leadership at a medical student is studying ways to enhance...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
I Felt Alone but I Wasn’t: Depression is Rampant Among Doctors in Training

The following discussion paper from the National Academy of Medicine offers a personal reflection from Dr. Elisabeth Poorman, a primary care physician and former...

Personal Stories
How Sick Is Too Sick to Work? Presenteeism in Healthcare

Published in Medscape, the following expert interview with Dr. Michael B. Edmond, aims to provide insight about presenteeism and some potential approaches to...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
PULSE

Pulse publishes personal narratives of healing and illness through a humanities lens, thereby fostering humanistic care and practice and encouraging...

Personal Stories
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