ACGME Requirements
How does the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Physician Wellbeing Course help address the new ACGME requirements?
ACGME Requirements | AWCIM Physician Wellbeing Course |
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Physician self-care is an important component of professionalism; it is a learned skill set that must be nurtured within the context of Graduate Medical Education. | The process of professionalization includes reflection on experiences as a physician. This course provides a space for resident reflection on many aspects of their life and health and promotes ongoing practice of reflection and other skills to build resiliency. |
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The course teaches residents resiliency activities: including journaling and meditation as methods for self-reflection and mindfulness practices, both of which have been shown to help increase meaning while also increasing resiliency and decreasing burnout. |
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The course includes the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) assessment providing the resident with information on their current risk for burnout, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion. It also includes content that covers burnout, long term consequences of burnout, and risk factors for burnout. Resiliency self-assessments are included along with information on how these results impact the resident's current state of burnout and wellbeing. |
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| The course includes a Wellbeing Inventory, providing the resident with a deep reflection on their current state of health and an opportunity to set goals for personal improvement. Evidence based recommendations for sleep, exercise and nutrition and their impact on health are explored in the course. |