Table 1.
Summary of recommended management and intervention strategies
Individual
|
Work environment
|
Program
|
Ref.
|
Personal resilience methods focused on self-care | Decreasing the amount of time physicians spend on non-clinical tasks, organizational changes to improve usability of electronic medical record systems, the adoption of scribes | Programmatic approaches to promoting physician well-being | [3] |
Meditation, mindfulness training, and individualized professional coaching and groups for stress management | [67-70] | ||
Self-care practices including awareness, balance, flexibility, social support, physical health, and spirituality | Integrating self-care practice into clinical training programs and the quality assurance courses of professional associations | [68] | |
Peer roleplaying to establish self-awareness and social support, enhance communication skills, and inform about available mental health resources, thus encouraging intervention | A strong informational and emotional social support system | Resident physician burnout and peer communication curriculum | [73] |
Mindfulness | Mentorship | Clinical preparation interventions | [71] |
Providing confidential, free, and individual on-site counseling and medication management | RFWP | [76] | |
A novel smartphone app offering a digital-first mental health resource | [75] | ||
Normalizing depression as a medical disorder, decreasing the stigma of mental disorders, and encouraging faculty and physicians to seek treatment | [72] |
RFWP: Resident and Faculty Wellness and Peer Support Program.