PHYSICIAN WELLNESS LIBRARY
Physician Wellness and Resilience Resources
Stress is a serious problem with serious consequences faced by many physicians throughout their professional careers.
Recognizing that this is a critical challenge for the medical profession and the overall healthcare system, the MSSNY Committee on Physician Wellness and Resilience (see members here) addresses ways to help our colleagues understand the issues, develop skills to manage their own stress, and have a resource to turn to.
We have gathered a compendium of relevant articles that will help you understand and cope with the universal issue of physician stress and burnout. Material on this topic is abundant, and we have organized these important articles by dividing them into four sections, based on the reader’s perspective:
- Resources for Employers
- Resources for Those Responsible for Creating or Leading Wellness Programs
- Resources for Treating Physicians
- Resources for Individuals Feeling the Effects of Stress Or Burnout
Here are three articles the committee has written that cover individual and organizational interventions that will help you understand and cope with the universal issue of physician stress and burnout
- Physician Burnout – The State of the State: MSSNY Task Force on Physician Stress and Burnout Survey Findings
- Burnout Reduction for the Individual Clinician
- Burnout: Advocacy Efforts
- American College of Physicians Physician Burnout and Wellness Information and Resource
- American Medical Association Steps Forward for Improving Joy in Practice
- Collaborative for Healing and Renewal In Medicine (CHARM)
- National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience
- National Academy of Medicine Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
- American Hospital Association: Physician Alliance Be Well
- American Hospital Association: Physician Alliance Knowledge Hub (some resources require member access)
The Committee plans to continue to develop additional materials, support mechanisms, and advocacy initiatives to help MSSNY members deal with this crucial issue.
We welcome your comments, which you may send to Cayla Lauder, MPH, Public Health Associate.
Charles Rothberg, MD
Chair, MSSNY Committee on Physician Wellness and Resilience
Director, Medical Faculty and Clinician Wellness Program
