Wellness Resources
- Chris Callac
A new suite of resources designed to promote well-being among residents, fellows, faculty members, and others in the GME community is now available on demand. This initial set of AWARE resources focuses on individual strategies for cognitive skill building, and includes a video workshop, podcasts, and the ACGME AWARE app. Institution and program leaders, as well as faculty members, residents, and fellows, are encouraged to download these educational resources for use or integration into local curricula to mitigate the effects of stress, prevent burnout, and foster well-being among members of the GME community.
Combating Burnout, Promoting Physician Well-Being Building Blocks for a Healthy Learning Environment in GME
In this webinar developed from the popular session at the 2016 Annual Educational Conference, Drs. Carol Bernstein and Lyuba Konopasek provide a hands-on approach on how to conduct a needs assessment for developing a resident well-being plan. This allows designated institutional officials, program directors, and program coordinators to identify stressors and supports, along with curricular innovations, coaching strategies, and faculty development activities to use in the clinical learning environment.
The mission of the LSUHSC Campus Assistance Program (CAP) is to support the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of students, faculty, staff, and immediate family members in order to promote the overall health and effectiveness of the LSUHSC-NO community.
The Campus Assistance Program is a free service provided by LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans to assist faculty, staff, residents, students and their immediate family members in resolving personal, academic or work related problems. Faculty, staff or residents who are enrolled or employed with LSUHSC-NO programs in other cities are also eligible for CAP services.
LSUHSC-NO recognizes that everyone, at sometime, needs a “helping hand” or assistance. Whether you have a simple or a complex problem, the Campus Assistance Program can help.
A counselor is on call 24 hours a day to assist in time of crisis. If you feel you have an emergency or need immediate assistance at any time, contact the counselor on call by following the instructions on the main line (504) 568-8888.
The ACGME has created a page to share with programs, institutions, residents, and fellows, resources that promote a culture of physician well-being and provide support in the case of burnout, depression, or suicide.
The initial set of resources grew out of a collaboration with the ACGME, Mayo Clinic, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
LSU Wellness Krewe: Self-Care for Healthcare
Mission Statement
The goal of the LSUHSC Wellness Committee is to promote a healthy learning and working environment, building resiliency, and personal well-being among faculty, staff, residents, and students in LSUHSC School of Medicine and the Health Sciences Center.
Healthcare professionals are exposed to high levels of distress in the course of their profession and are particularly susceptible to experiencing burnout, which is a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your work. Burnout is not the only consequence of high levels of distress. Other related conditions include depression, substance abuse and suicide.
Healthcare professionals experiencing prolonged and high levels of distress are reported to be at a higher risk of making poor decisions, displaying hostile attitudes toward patients, making more medical errors, and having difficult relationships with co-workers. All of this impacts our own emotional health and well-being as well as the people around us.
Remember, you’re an individual, not just a healthcare professional. As individuals, we are happiest when making healthy lifestyle choices. Taking care of ourselves will in turn improve patient care, our own relationships and the LSUHSC community. When we take care of ourselves our communication is better, we make better decisions, errors are decreased and we have a better attitude.
The content within the wellness committee website offers information on well-being, stress, depression, alcohol use, suicide, mindfulness, PTSD, work-life balance and other resources that are helpful for our working community. Take a look at the information, think about areas within your daily routines that may be beneficial to change, and consider implementing these strategies.
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