The following is an account of a discussion group intervention called Doctoring to Heal that has been held monthly since 1996 in the Division of General Internal...
Resource topic: Organizational Strategies
Doctoring to Heal: Fostering Well-Being Among Physicians Through Personal Reflection
Personal Stories
“What’s important to you?†The Use of Narratives to Promote Self-Reflection and to Understand the Experience of Medical Residents
This article in Annals of Internal Medicine explores the use of narrative journaling in medical residents. By analyzing written accounts of residents' narratives,...
Article
Burnout in Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty: An Attempt to Modify Stress Response by Journaling
The following pilot study evaluates the effect of journaling reflection after every emergency department shift on stress and burnout. The authors find no...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
No Time to Think: Making Room For Reflection on Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
The following study, published in Journal of Graduate Medical Education, assesses the feasibility of designing and implementing a writing workshop series within an...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Narrative Medicine as a Means of Training Medical Students Toward Residency Competencies
How does narrative medicine training influence perception of clinical skill development? The following study examines this relationship in fourth year medical...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
A Three-Year Cohort Study of the Relationships Between Coping, Job Stress and Burnout After a Counselling Intervention for Help-Seeking Physicians
The following article highlights a three-year follow-up assessment for a study investigating the roles of coping strategies, job stress, and personality traits in...
Article
A Program for Reducing Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in Medical Students
The authors of the following study, published in Academic Medicine, develop and evaluate an intervention aimed at reducing reported depressive symptoms and suicidal...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
Work Stress Management for Women General Practitioners: An Evaluation
Published in Psychology, Health, and Medicine, this interventional study offered to female general practitioners in Australia included three 3-hour seminars for...
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Healing the Caregiver
For clinicians treating seriously ill patients, the vulnerability stress symptoms may lead to a dark road leading to burnout as well as risk of suicide, drug and...
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Four-Year Longitudinal Study of Behavioral Changes in Coping With Stress.
This study, published in American Journal of Health Behavior, examines the relationship between stress and coping among participants in a 6-week stress management...
Peer-Reviewed Literature
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