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Educational innovations to foster resilience in the health professions.
- Source :
- Medical Teacher; Feb2017, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p153-159, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Stress and burnout of healthcare providers has become a major healthcare issue that has implications for not only workforce projections, but the cost and quality of care and the lives of healthcare providers and their families. Burnout, characterized by loss of enthusiasm for work, feelings of cynicism and a low sense of personal accomplishment is associated with early retirement, alcohol use, and suicidal ideation. Healthcare professional “wellbeing” or “care of the caregiver” is a topic that has not been significantly addressed in the education of healthcare professionals. The culture that has dominated much of education has been one where students have been expected to forego personal needs, endure stressful environments, and emerge from highly competitive and often dysfunctional environments to work in care settings where health and wellbeing is also largely ignored. Three curricular innovations are highlighted that target pre-professional students, students enrolled in health professions education and practicing health care professionals. Strategies are highlighted that both help individuals cultivate resiliency and wellbeing in their personal and professional lives and that address system issues that contribute to unhealthy learning and work environments. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- YOUNG adults
ADULTS
HIGHER education
PROFESSIONAL education
MEDICAL personnel
PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout
JOB stress
STUDY & teaching of medicine
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
CURRICULUM planning
CURRICULUM
HEALTH promotion
LABOR supply
PHYSICIANS
WELL-being
COURSE evaluation (Education)
MINDFULNESS
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0142159X
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Medical Teacher
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121235214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2016.1248917