Clinician Wellness - Resources and Links

Thriving, healthy medical professionals are those best suited to provide high quality patient care. In that spirit, NCMB 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 NCMB’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.

PHYSICIAN WELLBEING
AHA Clinician Well-Being Informational Forum
AMA Physician Health Hub
CDC Health Professionals Support Guidelines
Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality
FSMB Resources
IAMRA statement on physician health and wellness
Medscape National Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2023
NAM Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
NAM National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being
NC Professionals Health Program
Princeton University Podcast on Reducing Clinician Burnout
U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Health Worker Burnout

ARTICLES ON BURNOUT & WELLNESS
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)
How Many Docs Are Feeling Burned Out? Almost All of Them, Survey Finds (Medpage Today)

WELLNESS ASSESSMENTS
Scientists Developed a Tool to Reveal Who’s at Risk of Burnout, and it’s Free
MindTools Burnout Self-Test
Are you a workaholic? (Quiz from Bryan E. Robinson, Ph.D)
Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

SELF-CARE RESOURCES
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
Exercise is Medicine
Look for what’s good
TheHappyMD.com

ONLINE EDUCATION/CME
AMA “STEPSForward” online curriculum
AAFP Physician Well-Being CME
Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality
Journal of Medical Regulation Special Edition on Physician Wellness and Burnout - Complete online activities to earn up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

COVID-19 RESOURCES
AMA COVID-19 Guides for health care professionals
Staying Sane and Current on COVID-19
Physician Well-Being During the COVID-19 Crisis, Part 1: An Introduction
Coronavirus and Mental Health: Taking Care of Ourselves During Infectious Disease Outbreaks (APA)
NCDHHS Guidance on Care for Health Care Providers

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