I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs
Abstract Background Almost half of trainees experience burnout during their career. Despite the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommendation that training programs enact well-being curricula, there is no proven method of addressing this difficult topic. Methods We creat...
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| description | Abstract Background Almost half of trainees experience burnout during their career. Despite the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommendation that training programs enact well-being curricula, there is no proven method of addressing this difficult topic. Methods We created a curriculum addressing physician resiliency and well-being, designed for an Internal Medicine Residency Program. This curriculum utilized episodes from a medical television series, Scrubs, to facilitate a monthly, 1-h faculty guided discussion group. We collected informal feedback and abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventories (aMBI) monthly and conducted a formal focus group after 6 months to gauge its effectiveness. Results The curriculum was successfully conducted for 12 months with each session averaging 18–20 residents. Residents reported high satisfaction, stating it was more enjoyable and helpful than traditional resiliency training. 19 of 24 residents (79 %) completed a baseline aMBI, and 17 of 20 residents (85 %) who attended the most recent session completed the 6-month follow-up, showing a non-significant 1-point improvement in all subsets of the aMBI. Conclusions This novel, low-cost, easily implemented curriculum addressed resiliency and burn-out in an Internal Medicine Residency. It was extremely well received and can easily be expanded to other training programs or to providers outside of training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d0296d1f0d34af5824043c8e9c6f9182022-12-21T22:45:04ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202021-08-012111610.1186/s12909-021-02856-9I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of ScrubsArthur Holtzclaw0Jack Ellis1Christopher Colombo2Department of Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of Health SciencesHospitalist Division, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Augusta UniversityDepartment of Medicine, Virtual Health and Tele Critical Care, Madigan Army Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of Health SciencesAbstract Background Almost half of trainees experience burnout during their career. Despite the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommendation that training programs enact well-being curricula, there is no proven method of addressing this difficult topic. Methods We created a curriculum addressing physician resiliency and well-being, designed for an Internal Medicine Residency Program. This curriculum utilized episodes from a medical television series, Scrubs, to facilitate a monthly, 1-h faculty guided discussion group. We collected informal feedback and abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventories (aMBI) monthly and conducted a formal focus group after 6 months to gauge its effectiveness. Results The curriculum was successfully conducted for 12 months with each session averaging 18–20 residents. Residents reported high satisfaction, stating it was more enjoyable and helpful than traditional resiliency training. 19 of 24 residents (79 %) completed a baseline aMBI, and 17 of 20 residents (85 %) who attended the most recent session completed the 6-month follow-up, showing a non-significant 1-point improvement in all subsets of the aMBI. Conclusions This novel, low-cost, easily implemented curriculum addressed resiliency and burn-out in an Internal Medicine Residency. It was extremely well received and can easily be expanded to other training programs or to providers outside of training.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02856-9Physician wellbeingBurnoutGMECurriculumMedia in education |
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| title | I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs |
| title_full | I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs |
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| title_short | I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs |
| title_sort | i m no superman fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of scrubs |
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