Physician Wellness Resource Library

Catherine Garcia, MD, Lynn Palmieri, MD and Shelley Singh, DO present the following information for their 2019 Physician Leadership Academy Project Happy Doctor Happy Patients: Improving Physician Well-Being, Self-Care, Efficiency and Resiliency

Organization and Society Websites for Physician Wellness

AMA website
My Wellbeing Index – A resource where you can measure your burnout periodically and see the improvement over time
Physiciansworkingtogether.org – An online community of doctors caring for doctors
workingwiselygroup.com – A resource for counselling for physicians experiencing burnout
TheHappyMD.Com – A Balanced Approach to Burnout Prevention, Physician Wellness and living
National Academy of Medicine
PBCMS Physician Wellness Program
Travis (Austin) County Medical Society Physician Wellness:
Stanford University Podcasts
Sacramento Medical Society Joy of Medicine
Focus on: Physician Burnout
Cleveland Clinic’s doctor peer coaches build physician resiliency

TED Talks, Podcasts, Webinars, and YouTube presentations links:

Physician Burnout
Why Doctors Kill Themselves
Brene Brown: Listening to Shame
Atul Gawande: How We Heal Medicine
Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes
Suzie Brown: Concert of melody & medicine
“Souls on Fire: Narratives that Inspire” produced by McMaster Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Finding Joy in Medicine. Cheng C and Greenhalgh S.
Mindfulness in Medicine. Horwitch C.
Negotiating Skills. Aiyer, M. and S. Rusch
Sustainable Leadership. O’Malley C, Hingle S.
Time Management for Leaders. Jokela, J.
Just Show Up, Sheryl Sandberg on how to help someone who is grieving:
ACP Leadership Academy - Building Your Resilient Self. Wardrop III, R.
Physician Burnout: Stop Blaming the Individual

ACP Toolkits:

The Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) provides education and support for health professionals who aspire to practice a medicine of service, human connection, and compassionate healing.

EPhysician Health – The world’s first comprehensive, online physician health and wellness resource that helps physicians, residents, and medical students be resilient in their professional and personal lives.

Canadian Physician Health Institute – Description of the Canadian Physician Health Institute with links to many resources related to physician health and wellness

Kaiser – Kaiser program for Physician Wellness

Center for Mind-Body Medicine – access to evidence-based strategies for relieving stress and promoting wellness

https://www.bhwellness.org/toolkits/Work-and-Well-Being-Toolkit-for-Physicians.pdf

DIMENSIONS: Work & Well-Being Toolkit for Physicians. Morris CW, Richey, RM, Martin LF, Morris CD.

Stanford School of Medicine website to promote physician health and resiliency.

The Happy MD – Dike Drummond MD’s website about physician burnout and solutions

Compendium of Mind-Body Resources and Tools

Licensing Websites