A Grassroots Approach to Protecting Physicians Against Burnout and Building an Engaging Practice Environment
November 17, 2021 New England Journal of Medicine
This article discusses what happened at Weill Cornell Medicine when they worked to address burnout among attending physicians by fostering an environment that supports clinical care teams. The approach focused on action, transparency and learning across clinical care teams by using a list of tenets established through surveys and focus groups. Since the approach was implemented, the overall distress score among physicians has improved. Weill Cornell believes that its approach is sustainable and can be reproduced by other organizations.
Note: there is a fee to access this article.
Topics
Related resources
STEPS Forward program
AMA's STEPS Forward program offers strategies to address physician burnout, engage leadership and develop a supportive culture.
View resource STEPS Forward programBurnout 101: Signs and Strategies
How to recognize physician burnout, address its systemic causes and its human and economic costs, and manage and prevent its mental and physical impacts.
View resource Burnout 101: Signs and StrategiesPhysician burnout: A global crisis
This editorial piece from The Lancet argues that systemic action is required to solve the global crisis of physician burnout.
View resource Physician burnout: A global crisisClinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
The Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub is a repository providing clinicians with resources on well-being, burnout and other topics.
View resource Clinician Well-Being Knowledge HubInterventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout: A systematic review and meta-analysis
This literature review looks at how burnout among physicians has changed over the years and what interventions have been effective.
View resource Interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout: A systematic review and meta-analysisCFMS wellness page
This list from CFMS offers a set of school-specific wellness resources for medical students.
View resource CFMS wellness pageAre you in distress? Get help now.
Call 911 or access physician health and wellness supports.
Are you in distress? Get help now.