Physician Wellbeing Archives
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Physicians for a Healthy California, a Physicians Foundation grant-supported partner, identified wellbeing factors for women physicians of color and developed recommendations to address systematically.
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Travis County Medical Society Foundation, a Physicians Foundation grant-supported partner, developed and released a toolkit to help health organizations establish their own physician wellbeing program.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics, a Physicians Foundation grant-supported partner, in collaboration with five other health care organizations, explores the challenges to improving gender equity and strategies for advancing women in medicine in a multi-specialty supplement on “Women in Medicine.”
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The Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society (SSVMS), a Physicians Foundation grant-supported partner, recently released a report on the results from the Joy of Medicine – Sacramento Region Physician Joy Assessment Survey. The Joy of Medicine Program aimed to address physician...
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The Physicians Foundation’s campaign, Vital Signs, helps raise greater awareness about the physician suicide epidemic and provides physicians the tools to attend to their own wellbeing.
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The Physicians Foundation and the American Medical Association’s perspective on improving physician wellbeing reinforces the importance of redesigning systems through the Practice Transformation Initiative.
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Gary Price, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation, discusses why the current health care system is causing high rates of dissatisfaction among physicians, and more terribly, high rates of suicide.
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Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPH, et al., a Physicians Foundation grant-supported partner, published a study from a pilot randomized clinical trial among 88 physicians, finding those who receive professional coaching had significant reduction in emotional exhaustion and symptoms of burnout.
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Russell Libby, MD, board member of The Physicians Foundation, discusses how burnout affects every aspect of care and physicians’ careers.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Hospital Association’s collaboration to support female physicians and tackle persistent challenges that can lead to burnout.