Implementing Wellness Curriculum in Residency

Nguyet-Cam Lam and Elspeth Black

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Abstract: Transitions from medical school training to residency and then on to practice can be very challenging. An important but often overlooked aspect of medical education is the development of strategies to improve and sustain individual well-being so that trainees can successfully complete their training and transition into practice. In this chapter, we will be discussing ways in which physician and trainee well-being can be objectively assessed through the use of a burnout and work engagement index, as well as components of a wellness curriculum that can help to maintain and improve physician well-being across the continuum of training. Establishing a framework and wellness curriculum can help to prevent physician burnout and improve physician and trainee work engagement and well-being.

Keywords: resident physician well-being; wellness curriculum; wellness; residency; medicine; medical education; burnout; physician attrition; physician retention; quality improvement; medical school; education; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.81531

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