A national assessment of residency wellness initiatives in emergency medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wellness is increasingly recognized as an important component of graduate medical education. However, there are limited data regarding how wellness initiatives are enacted in practice. This study aimed to survey emergency medicine (EM) residency programs to identify current, previous, and planned wellness initiatives as well as barriers to implementation and resources utilized.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional survey study performed from November 2019 through January 2020. A literature search was performed to identify existing published wellness interventions and existing barriers, and these interventions and barriers were compiled to create a survey. The survey was piloted among five program directors and assistant program directors in person with feedback dire

SUBMITTER: Parsons M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489180 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature