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The physician's essential art of balancing emotion and logic

Toggling between the rational and emotional sides of a physician’s minds is key to delivering patient care. How do you train the mind to find a balance between these two states? One resident physician discusses how he learned to toggle.

Resident Wellness
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Burnout in medical residents: Unearthing the bigger picture

Medicine needs to look beyond work and learning environments when seeking causes of burnout in medical residents. Socio-economic setting, moral-ethical factors and personal characteristics also play a role.

Resident Wellness
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Depression in medical residents: Rethinking training to aid wellness

A study shows one-third of medical residents suffer from depression or depressive symptoms. It’s time to take a look at the fundamental structure and function of the residency training as it relates to depression in residents.

Resident Wellness
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Preventing burnout in residency programs: Mayo Clinic's unique approach

The Mayo Clinic employs a program to reduce stress and prevent burnout in medical residents through art and meditation. Award-winning program illustrates that physicians don’t just care for patients, they have to care for themselves.

Improve GME
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Medical residents ward off physician burnout with peer network

Peer networks created during medical residency programs fight loneliness. Social ties linked to lower rates of physician burnout. Three questions measure sense of connection to other residents.

Resident Wellness
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Preventing burnout in medical residents and fellows: 6 keys for wellness

Promoting wellness in physician trainees is key to preventing burnout. Medical residents and fellows can learn 6 areas to focus on to develop a program to foster wellness and mental resiliency.

Resident Wellness
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3 things medical residents want after long shifts

Beyond catching up on sleep, what do medical residents want after long shifts at the hospital? Bouncing back from being on-call also means self-care and studying.

Resident Wellness
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To sleep or not to sleep: How residents make decisions post-call

Residents use “trade-off” approaches to determine how to recover after overnight shifts. A study looked at how residents use post-call off-duty time and the reasoning underpinning their activities.

Resident Wellness
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Top 10 stories from 2015 every resident should read

Look back at some of the top resident stories and headlines of 2015. Topics cover ranking specialties by work-life balance, conquering burnout and getting published.

Resident Wellness