Clinician Health and Well-being Program
The UC Davis Health Clinician Health and Well-being Program (CHWB) is committed to supporting the well-being and health of our clinicians, enabling them to continue to provide high quality patient care. The program was initiated in 2017 by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in partnership with a number of UC Davis Health departments
Vision
To create a better quality of life for our clinicians
Mission
The CHWB program will house a multidisciplinary education program that is dedicated to improving the lives of clinicians through education and research.
Strategies
- Develop educational programs in clinician well-being and resilience ( i.e., The UC Davis/UC Irvine Train New Trainers Clinician Health and Well-being Fellowship).
- Conduct relevant research and evaluation, with a focus on individual, clinical and professionalism issues and how these interact with well-being.
- The provision of this expertise statewide and nationally
UC Davis is committed to supporting the overall well-being and mental health of all staff, faculty and trainees. Click here for a comprehensive list of our current wellness resources and programs.
Peter Yellowlees, M.D., M.B.B.S. Professor of Psychiatry Vice Chair for Faculty Development Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Preventing Physician Burnout and Building Resilience
Preventing Physician Distress and Suicide
American Medical Association: Steps forward
Improving Physician Resiliency
American Medical Association: Steps forward
Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being: Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout
Shanafelt TD, Noseworthy JH: Mayo Clin Proc 92(1):129–146, 2017 27871627
When Physicians Become Patients
AAMC News
To Care Is Human — Collectively Confronting the Clinician-Burnout Crisis
The New England Journal of Medicine
Treating a Silent Epidemic Among Healthcare Workers
The Washington Post
Residency Programs Develop Strategies to Respond to High Burnout Rates
AAMC News
Burnout and Self-Reported Patient Care in an Internal Medicine Residency Program
Annals of Internal Medicine
How One California Medical Group is Decreasing Physician Burnout
Harvard Business Review
One Way to Prevent Clinician Burnout
Harvard Business Review
Resident Confronts Burnout by Launching Wellness Program
American Academy of Family Physicians
Physician Suicide - Facts and Prevention
After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Physician Residency/Fellowship Programs
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Physician & Medical Student Wellness
The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-being
JAMA Internal Medicine
Physician Well-Being: The Reciprocity of Practice Efficiency, Culture of Wellness, and Personal Resilience
NEJM Catalyst
Leaders in Academic Medicine Address Physician Well-Being and Resilience
AAMC News
Finding Resiliency in Residency
American Academy of Family Physicians
Physician Health and Treatment
The ASAM national practice guideline for the use of medications in the treatment of addiction involving opioid use
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Policies and procedures for medical staffs and medical groups: behaviors that undermine a culture of safety
California Public Protection and Physician Health Group
Guidelines for evaluations of health care professionals
California Public Protection and Physician Health