Promoting Intern Resilience: Individual Chief Wellness Check-ins.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:Promoting resilience is key during intern year as residents transition to becoming clinical providers. Residents consistently demonstrate a decline in empathy and an increase in burnout throughout training. Interventions involving mindfulness, stress management, and small-group discussions can reduce burnout. We created a curriculum to normalize the intern experience and provide debriefing opportunities to further improve resilience and decrease burnout. Methods:Thirty-two interns met monthly, one-on-one, with a pediatric chief resident to discuss personal, professional, and emotional well-being and complete just-in-time resilience exercises. After 6 and 12 months, we conducted follow-up surveys containing 5-point Likert questions and open-ended questions to determine interns'

SUBMITTER: Fischer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946579 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature