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How one program achieved resident wellness, work-life balance

Maintaining wellness during training as a medical resident can seem like a challenge. A Stanford program uses several unique activities to boost work-life balance. See how feeling your way through a maze while blindfolded improves the health and happiness of surgical residents.

Resident Wellness
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How residents, programs tackle wellness: 4 solutions to know

While the burnout woes of residency are familiar to many physicians in training, concrete strategies to combat the problem can be more elusive. Here are a few creative ways programs have developed to tackle wellness.

Resident Wellness
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ACGME survey reveals concerning data on resident wellness

A survey by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) asked residents about wellness. When assessing their health across individual lifestyle factors, the survey revealed concerning data.

Resident Wellness
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ACGME seeks to transform residency to foster wellness

How can programs help medical residents improve quality of life in training? The chief of staff at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education talks about efforts to foster resident wellness.

Resident Wellness
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What's the real reason residents burn out? You tell us

A new study in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education explores the reasons why burnout pervades medical residency. Read results and find out how you Voice your concerns and be a part of the solution.

Resident Wellness
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5 things institutions can do to prevent resident burnout

Avoiding physician burnout goes beyond taking charge of one’s own wellness. The institutions in which medical residents train can do more to help them achieve wellness in an optimal learning environment.

Resident Wellness
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Ways residents have found to conquer burnout

Experienced residents and fellows offer advice on ways you can avoid burnout during training and become a more satisfied, resilient physician. Fight emotional exhaustion, feelings of cynicism, and detachment from patients.

Resident Wellness
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Gender role in residency burnout, faculty promotion under scrutiny

Two studies will be taking on questions about the role gender may play in key components of the medical profession, including empathy and burnout in residency and faculty promotion and retention at medical schools. The projects are the winners of this year’s Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women.

Resident Wellness
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Top reasons residents leave their programs—and why they stay

A new study published in JAMA Surgery found that more than half of general surgery residents have seriously considered leaving their training programs. The findings offer insight for graduate medical education programs and residents as they progress through their training.

Resident Wellness