Many physicians seem to think they possess otherworldly strength, at least with respect to their resilience to stress and burnout. This article describes a study...
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This resource center provides a searchable database for research, toolkits, educational materials, and other resources relevant to clinician well-being and resilience.
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Red Capes and Physician Resilience.
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Relationship of a Physician’s Well-Being to Interactions with Patients: Practices of the Highest Performing Physicians on the Art of Medicine Patient Survey
The following study seeks to understand what physicians do to most satisfy their patients, and how they maintain a state of well-being in their clinical practices....
Personal Stories
When Your Favorite Patient Relapses: Physician Grief and Well-Being in the Practice of Oncology
The following article details one physician's personal experience seeing his patient relapse, and discusses the grieving process of physicians. The experience...
Article
Well-being Programs for Physicians and the Role of the “Doctors’ Mess”
The following article demonstrates the clinical effectiveness of a variety of physician well-being courses, and discusses the concept of the "doctors' mess". The...
Article
The Unique Environmental Influences of Acute Care Settings on Patient and Physician Well-Being: A Call to Action
This letter to the editor of The Journal of Emergency Medicine discusses the prevalence of clinician burnout due to crowding and workflow congestion. Future...
Opinion Piece/Short Communication
A Physician’s Suffering – Facing Depression as a Trainee
Published in JAMA, this perspective piece by Colleen M. Farrell details her own experience with depression during her fourth year of medical school. Despite...
Personal Stories
What’s Missing in the Physician Burnout Dialogue? Equity
In the following video from the 2018 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Jane van Dis, MD, discusses the research she's done about how gender inequity in the...
Video
Multiple-Institution Comparison of Resident and Faculty Perceptions of Burnout and Depression during Surgical Training
The following review evaluates both the prevalence of burnout and depression, as well as the perception of such conditions, through a cross-sectional survey of 92...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Burnout Prevention: A Review of Intervention Programs
The following review evaluates the effectiveness of intervention programs aimed at preventing burnout. Studies reviewed encompass person-directed,...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Interventions to Reduce the Consequences of Stress in Physicians: A Review and Meta-Analysis
The following review is a meta-analysis study conducted to examine the effectiveness of interventions addressing stress, anxiety, and burnout in medicine. The...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
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