To the Point: a prescription for well-being in medical education

Laura Hopkins; Helen Morgan; Samantha D Buery-Joyner; LaTasha B Craig; Elise N Everett; David A Forstein; Scott C Graziano; Brittany S Hampton; Margaret L McKenzie; Sarah M Page-Ramsey; Archana Pradhan; Susan Bliss; Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.012

To the Point: a prescription for well-being in medical education

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Dec;221(6):542-548. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.012. Epub 2019 Jun 7.

Affiliations

¹ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: lahopkins@toh.ca.
² University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
³ Virginia Commonwealth University, Inova Campus, Falls Church, VA.
⁴ University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.
⁵ The Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
⁶ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine-Harlem, New York, NY.
⁷ Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
⁸ Women & Infants Hospital of RI- Division of Urogynecology, Providence, RI.
⁹ Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital, Cleveland, OH.
¹⁰ University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
¹¹ UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ.
¹² Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.

PMID: 31181180
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.05.012

Abstract

This article is from the "To The Point" series prepared by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Medical Education Committee. The purpose of this review was to provide an overview of the importance of well-being in medical education. A literature search was performed by a Reference Librarian who used Ovid/MEDLINE to identify scholarly articles published in English on learner well-being, using the search terms "burnout," "resilience," "wellness," and "physicians" between 1946 and January 11, 2019. The accreditation expectations and standards, available assessment tools for learner well-being, existing programs to teach well-being, and some key elements for curriculum development are presented. This is a resource for medical educators, learners, and practicing clinicians from any field of medicine.

Keywords: assessment tool; curriculum; medical education; well-being.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional / diagnosis
Burnout, Professional / prevention & control*
Burnout, Professional / therapy
Curriculum*
Diet, Healthy
Education, Medical / methods*
Education, Medical, Graduate / methods
Education, Medical, Undergraduate / methods
Exercise
Health Status*
Humans
Internship and Residency
Mental Health*
Mindfulness
Resilience, Psychological*
Sleep
Students, Medical / psychology