Refresh, Recharge: Practical Low-Cost Tools for Faculty to Restore and Strengthen Well-being
In the realm of well-being, physician educators find themselves in the position of double stewardship: their own professional and personal well-being and the same for their trainees. It is an unintended "side effect" of the physician well-being movement that the emphasis on well-being adds another responsibility to a job replete with responsibilities. Among the individual and environmental promotors of well-being and antidotes to burnout have been proposed, many seem unrealistic. Infeasibility in the context of overload undermines self-efficacy and paradoxically fuels the physical, cognitive, and emotional exhaustion of physician educators. It may even compound the negative effects of existing problem mindsets. The purpose of this workshop is to propose practical, low cost and burden (time and money) activities for faculty that can be implemented in our day-to-day work lives. These straightforward activities can restore and strengthen well-being. The session first names common problematic mindsets that impede our ability to pursue well-being. It then describes activities designed to lighten the physical, cognitive, and emotional load of training physicians without compounding responsibilities. It introduces the ARC model (activities, recognitions, and collaboration) as a conceptual framework integrating individual and environmental approaches to well-being in physician educators. The workshop will be interactive and will engage attendees in problem-solving of a case scenario where the wisdom of the group will be sought to provide practical examples of low-burden activities to enhance well-being and mitigate burnout in our day-to-day professional lives and to make our double stewardship a realistic and rewarding pursuit.
Speakers
- Paul ChelminskI, MD, MPH, FACP
- Diana McNeill, MD, MACP
- Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP
- Suzanne Bentley, MD
Additional Information
Year Published: 2023 - APDIM Fall Meeting