Resources & Information

Wellness Resources

The North Carolina Medical Board demonstrates its deep commitment to physician well-being through its recognition as a Champion Well-Being First award recipient, affirming our dedication to removing stigma from mental health care for licensees.

Thriving, healthy medical professionals are those best suited to provide high quality patient care. In that spirit, the Board encourages any licensee who is experiencing health problems – including burnout, mental health or substance use disorders or physical or cognitive challenges – to seek appropriate care and professional support. It is the Board’s position that licensees should take their own health and wellbeing as seriously as they do the health and wellbeing of their patients.

Need Help Immediately?
Dial 911 or contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit them online.

Protecting clinician wellbeing

AHA Clinician Well-Being Informational Forum
AMA Physician Health Hub
IAMRA statement on physician health and wellness
NAM Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
North Carolina Clinician and Physician Retention and Well-Being Consortium (NCCPRW)
Princeton University Podcast on Reducing Clinician Burnout
U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Health Worker Burnout

Explore the literature

Physician Burnout: Solutions for Individuals and Organizations (NIH)
The Wicked Problem of Physician Well-Being (NIH)
Burnout is a Health Crisis for Doctors - and Patients (AMA)
Burnout in Medicine: Are We Asking the Right Questions? (NIH)
Physicians Are More Burned Out Than Ever—Here’s What Can Be Done About It (JAMA)
Medscape Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report 2025 (requires a Medscape account to view)
Physician Burnout: Evidence-Based Roadmaps to Prioritizing and Supporting Personal Wellbeing

Prioritize self-reflection

Maslach Burnout Inventory™
Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

Promote self-care

Physician Support Line (Free, Confidential & Anonymous) Psychiatrists helping physician and medical student colleagues navigate the many intersections of their personal and professional lives. Call 1-888-409-0141.
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
Professional Quality of Life and the helper card
Look for what’s good
TheHappyMD.com
A Doctor’s Dozen: Twelve Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness
“The Human Doctor” podcast
“Ten Percent Happier” podcast
Headspace APP

Online education/CME offerings

Physician Health and Well-being Conference
AMA “STEPSForward” online curriculum
AAFP Physician Well-Being CME
Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality
Practitioner Wellness and Self-Compassion: Our Ethical Responsibility
Physician Burnout & Wellness CME Course

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