I'm No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Almost half of trainees experience burnout during their career. Despite the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommendation that training programs enact well-being curricula, there is no proven method of addressing this difficult topic.

Methods

We created a curriculum addressing physician resiliency and well-being, designed for an Internal Medicine Residency Program. This curriculum utilized episodes from a medical television series, Scrubs, to facilitate a monthly, 1-h faculty guided discussion group. We collected informal feedback and abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventories (aMBI) monthly and conducted a formal focus group after 6 months to gauge its effectiveness.

Results

The curriculum was successfully conducted for 12 months

SUBMITTER: Holtzclaw A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature