Resource Toolkit for Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being Report

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released a new report, Taking Action Against Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, on October 23, 2019.

The report examines the scientific evidence regarding the causes of clinician burnout as well as the consequences for both clinicians and patients, and interventions to support clinician well-being and resilience. For a free downloadable copy of the report and related resources, please visit nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy.

This toolkit is intended to help you share the report across your networks. It includes sample Twitter posts, Facebook posts, social media graphics, and newsletter/press release text. All of the resources are free to download. We encourage you to use these materials on your website, in newsletters, and across social media.

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Social Media

The following social media posts and graphics have been developed to help individuals and organizations easily share the report. All resources below are free to download and use. Download the graphics individually or all at once.

Twitter

New @theNAMedicine report! Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being. Read now: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout #ClinicianWellBeing
Clinician burnout, a workplace syndrome resulting from chronic job stress, is a major problem in the US. Current understanding suggests burnout is a growing public health concern among all types of clinicians & learners. Read more: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout
Addressing clinician burnout and supporting professional well-being is essential to achieving the goals of better care, improved population health, and lower costs. Read new #ClinicianWellBeing report: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout
Clinician burnout is a complex problem. Solutions should focus largely on system-level change, rather than only on individual clinicians and learners. Read the new #ClinicianWellBeing report from @theNAMedicine: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout

Mounting system pressures contribute to an imbalance where the demands of the clinician’s job are greater than the resources available to them, which can lead to burnout. Improvements should include clinician & patient input. Visit nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout
Negative attitudes and discrimination against seeking emotional and mental health help are widespread in the health professions. Take action #AgainstClinicianBurnout: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #ClincianWellBeing
Strong studies, dedicated funding, and collaboration are needed to move clinician well-being research forward and realize sustainable solutions to burnout. Learn more: nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy #AgainstClinicianBurnout #ClinicianWellBeing

Check out #ClinicianWellBeingStudy on Twitter.

Facebook

Clinician burnout – a workplace syndrome resulting from chronic job stress – is a major problem in the United States. Substantial symptoms are present in 35 to 54 percent of nurses and physicians, and 45 to 60 percent of medical students and residents. Current understanding suggests that burnout is a growing public health concern among all types of clinicians and learners. Read the new National Academy of Medicine report, Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, at nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy.
Addressing clinician burnout and supporting professional well-being are essential to achieving the goals of better care, improved population health, and lower costs within the U.S. health care system. Action against the complex problem of burnout should focus largely at the system-level, rather than only on individual clinicians and learners. Read the new National Academy of Medicine report, Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, at nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy.

Graphics

Mounting system pressures contribute to an imbalance where the demands of the clinician’s job are greater than the resources available to them, which can lead to burnout. Mitigating clinician burnout and supporting professional well-being are essential to providing high-quality patient care. Read the new report, Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, at nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy.
Strong studies, dedicated funding, and collaboration are needed to move clinician well-being research forward and realize sustainable solutions to burnout. Read the new report, Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being, at nam.edu/ClinicianWellBeingStudy.