Mind-Body Medicine Wellness Program for Anesthesia Residents

Weekend Retreat (2-Days Held in August)

Self-awareness

Meditation

Yoga

Stress Reduction

Relationship Building

CA-1 Year: “An Oasis During Clinical Baptism by Fire”

Monthly Follow-up Meetings Two facilitators and each resident cohort meet

once a month for the remainder of 3 year residency

Groups meet from 6:00-8:00 pm (Dinner provided) (protected time for residents)

Features

• Meditation • Check-in • Flexible • Mentorship

Relationship Building Connection to other residents

Anesthesia residency can be isolating

Teams working in tandem

Life Goes on Outside the OR Babies Weddings Vacations Family Crises

Lifelong Friendships

Personal and Professional Benefits

Increased satisfaction Decreased stress during critical clinical situations

(stress management techniques)

Investment in co-residents Introduced more Humanism to our department Mentorship Comradery Normalize dreams outside residency

Worth the Time? YES!!

Does require an investment and support from the department Weekend coverage for the retreat Two hour period once a month

An online module is not enough

Opportunity to build lifelong (career-long) stress reduction techniques

Better performance from residents

Journal of Graduate Medical Education, December 1, 2016

Factors Associated with Enhanced Well-Being: • Autonomy • Building of competence • Strong social relatedness • Sleep • Time away from work

www.aamc.org/wellbeing

http://www.acgme.org/What-We-Do/Initiatives/Physician-Well-Being

https://nam.edu/initiatives/clinician-resilience-and-well-being

Better Health

Better Patient Experience

Lower Cost

Care of the Provider

The Triple Aim Quadruple Bodenheimer. T Sinsky, C.

Ann Fam Med, 12: 573-576, 2014

Summary of Key Points

Physician stress and burnout is a serious issue and is preceded with cynicism and the decline of empathy in medical students

Mind-Body Medicine reflects the physiologic interface between mind and body and represents the“physiology of de-stress”

Approaches that can modulate stress and reverse these trends include: Mindful practice Enhancing self-awareness and self-care Finding meaning in work

These elements must be actively fostered at our academic health centers both in the curriculum and in the culture

Recognize that the status quo is unacceptable