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Family matters: How to juggle residency training, parenthood

First-hand advice on the challenge of starting a family while completing medical training garnered close attention from physician trainees.

Resident Wellness
Best of 2016: Residents
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The top 5 stories residents should read

Compelling data on themes affecting individual residents—starting a family, recovering from shifts and more—struck a chord with readers.

Resident Wellness
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How should residents respond to faculty bullying of med students?

When faculty members bully or mistreat medical students, how should residents respond?

Physician Health
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Beating burnout: Confidential access to health services for trainees

New policy battles burnout by supporting access to confidential mental and physical health services for med students, residents and physicians.

Resident Wellness
Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD speaking at AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium.
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Accreditor lays out plan for resident well-being

The demanding environment of medical training for residents makes them prey to depression, stress and burnout. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has plans to improve physician well-being.

Resident Wellness
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5 tips to start and grow a happy family during residency

Residency often coincides with the time when many young physicians would like to start families, but undertaking these two life events simultaneously can be daunting. A third-year family medicine resident with three young children recently shared her tips for making it work with minimal stress.

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Thriving in Residency
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Tragedy sparks program to create work-life balance for medical residents

Preventing physician burnout can save lives. The Balance in Life program for medical residents supports and promotes physical, psychological, social and professional well-being. They learn tools to navigate life as a surgeon.

Resident Wellness
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More residents building families during training

Becoming a doctor and a parent at the same time is a strain for many medical residents. Study looks at how intense medical training, limited parental leave and shrinking workforce make starting a family even more difficult.

Resident Wellness
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Keys to promote empathy, reduce burnout in medical residency

An interview with Dr. Dhruv Khullar, a contributor to the New York Times Well blog, provides key insights into how medical residents can maintain empathy and compassion while reducing burnout and exhaustion.

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