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Wellness References: Inspiring and Educational Media and Scientific Literature

Watch/Listen to These Talks 

  • David Foster Wallace: “This Is Water”
  • J. Bryan Sexton: “Three Good Things”
  • Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant talking about their book, “Option B”
  • TED (Jane McGonigal): The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
  • TEDMED (Pamela Wible): Why Doctors Kill Themselves

Try these Apps! 

  • Headspace: guided meditation (free)
  • Mindshift: meditative guide through anxiety and stressful situations (free)
  • Pocket Yoga: 300 poses with 5 sequences, each with 3 durations (free, subscription available)
  • Waterminder: reminders to drink water, tracks intake (free)
  • RelationUp: Anonymous texting with professional therapists ($12/15 minutes)

Read these Books and Articles

Understanding Physician Wellness and Resilience

  • Beckman, H. (2015). The role of medical culture in the journey to resilience. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 90, 710–2.
  • Bynum, W. E., & Goodie, J. L. (2014). Shame, guilt, and the medical learner: Ignored connections and why we should care. Medical Education, 48, 1045–1054.
  • Bynum, W. E., & Haque, T. M. (2016). Risky Business: Psychological Safety and the Risks of Learning Medicine. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 8, 780–782.
  • Epstein, R. M., & Krasner, M. S. (2013). Physician resilience: what it means, why it matters, and how to promote it. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 88, 301–3.
  • Deckard, G., Meterko, M., & Field, D. (1994). Physician burnout: an examination of personal, professional, and organizational relationships. Medical Care, 745–54.
  • Ronald Epstein, MD -   Attending  Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
  • Epstein, R. M., & Krasner, M. S. (2013). Physician resilience: what it means, why it matters, and how to promote it. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 88, 301–3.
  • Lovell, B. (2016). How to build a resilient surgeon: communities, cultures and complexity. Medical Education, 50, 800–802.
  • Nedrow, A., Steckler, N. A., & Hardman, J. (2013). Physician resilience and burnout: can you make the switch? Family Practice Management, 20, 25–30.
  • Rosenthal, D. I., & Verghese, A. (2010). Meaning and the Nature of Physicians’ Work. New England Journal of Medicine, 363, 1–3.
  • Southwick, S. M., & Charney, D. S. (2016). Resilience : the science of mastering life’s greatest challenges.
  • Zwack, J., & Schweitzer, J. (2013). If every fifth physician is affected by burnout, what about the other four? Resilience strategies of experienced physicians. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 88, 382–9.

Impact of Physician Wellness on Patients

  • Anagnostopoulos, F., Liolios, E., Persefonis, G., Slater, J., Kafetsios, K., & Niakas, D. (2012). Physician Burnout and Patient Satisfaction with Consultation in Primary Health Care Settings: Evidence of Relationships from a one-with-many Design. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 19, 401–410.
  • Fahrenkopf, A., Sectish, T., Barger, L., & Sharek, P. (2008). Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study. BMJ, 336, 488–491.
  • Halbesleben, J., & Rathert, C. (2008). Linking physician burnout and patient outcomes: exploring the dyadic relationship between physicians and patients. Health Care Management Review, 33, 29–39.
  • Mache, S., Vitzthum, K., Wanke, E., Klapp, B. F., & Danzer, G. (2014). Exploring the impact of resilience, self-efficacy, optimism and organizational resources on work engagement. Work (Reading, Mass.), 47, 491–500.

Wellness among Physicians in Training 

  • Raj, K. S. (2016). Well-Being in Residency: A Systematic Review. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 8, 674–684.
    Jennings, M. L., & Slavin, S. J. (2015). Resident Wellness Matters: Optimizing Resident Education and Wellness Through the Learning Environment. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 90, 1246–50.
  • Beresin, E. V, Milligan, T. A., Balon, R., Coverdale, J. H., Louie, A. K., & Roberts, L. W. (2016). Physician Wellbeing: A Critical Deficiency in Resilience Education and Training. Academic Psychiatry : The Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 40, 9–12.
  • Brennan, J., & McGrady, A. (2015). Designing and implementing a resiliency program for family medicine residents. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 50, 104–14.
  • Daskivich, T. J., Jardine, D. A., Tseng, J., Correa, R., Stagg, B. C., Jacob, K. M., & Harwood, J. L. (2015). Promotion of Wellness and Mental Health Awareness Among Physicians in Training: Perspective of a National, Multispecialty Panel of Residents and Fellows. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 7, 143–7.
  • Dunn, L. B., Iglewicz, A., & Moutier, C. A conceptual model of medical student well-being: promoting resilience and preventing burnout. Academic Psychiatry : The Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 32, 44–53.
  • Dyrbye, L., & Shanafelt, T. (2012). Nurturing resiliency in medical trainees. Medical Education, 46, 343.
  • Ejnes, Y. D. (2016). Empowering Trainees to Aim For Physician Wellness. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 8, 775–776.
  • Ey, S., Moffit, M., Kinzie, J. M., Choi, D., & Girard, D. E. (2013). “If you build it, they will come”: attitudes of medical residents and fellows about seeking services in a resident wellness program. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5, 486–92.
  • Goldhagen, B. E., Kingsolver, K., Stinnett, S. S., & Rosdahl, J. A. (2015a). Stress and burnout in residents: impact of mindfulness-based resilience training. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 6, 525–32.
  • Kemper, K. J., & Khirallah, M. (2015). Acute Effects of Online Mind-Body Skills Training on Resilience, Mindfulness, and Empathy. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 20, 247–253.
  • Place, S., & Talen, M. (2013). Creating a culture of wellness: conversations, curriculum, concrete resources, and control. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 45, 333–44.
  • Ripp, J. A., Fallar, R., & Korenstein, D. (2016). A Randomized Controlled Trial to Decrease Job Burnout in First-Year Internal Medicine Residents Using a Facilitated Discussion Group Intervention. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 8, 256–259.
  • Winkel, A. F., Nguyen, A. T., Morgan, H. K., Valantsevich, D., & Woodland, M. B. (2016). Whose Problem Is It? The Priority of Physician Wellness in Residency Training. Journal of Surgical Education.
  • Yaghmour N. A., Brigham T. P., Richter T., Miller R. S., Philibert I. Baldwin D. C., Nasca, T. J. Causes of Death of Residents in ACGME-Accredited Programs 2000 Through 2014: Implications for the Learning Environment. Academic Medicine. Epub ahead of print. 

Burnout and Mental Health Problems in Physicians

  • Busireddy K. R. , Miller J. A., Ellison K., Ren V.,  Qayyum R., Panda M. (2017) Efficacy of Interventions to Reduce Resident Physician Burnout: A Systematic Review. JGME in press. 
  • Castelo-Branco, C., Figueras, F., Eixarch, E., Quereda, F., Cancelo, M. J., González, S., & Balasch, J. (2007). Stress symptoms and burnout in obstetric and gynaecology residents. BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 114, 94–8.
  • Chaukos, D., Chad-Friedman, E., Mehta, D. H., Byerly, L., Celik, A., McCoy, T. H., & Denninger, J. W. (2016). Risk and Resilience Factors Associated with Resident Burnout. Academic Psychiatry, 3–8.
  • Dyrbye, L. N., West, C. P., Satele, D., Boone, S., Tan, L., Sloan, J., & Shanafelt, T. D. (2014). Burnout among U.S. medical students, residents, and early career physicians relative to the general U.S. population. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 89, 443–51.
  • Keeton, K., Fenner, D. E., Johnson, T. R. B., & Hayward, R. A. (2007). Predictors of physician career satisfaction, work-life balance, and burnout. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 109, 949–55.
  • West, C. P., Dyrbye, L. N., Erwin, P. J., & Shanafelt, T. D. (2016). Interventions to prevent and reduce physician burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet, 388, 2272–2281.