Wellness

Background

• Definition of wellness: Sense of vitality, thriving, across multiple domains; a continuous process
• Definition of burnout: exhaustion or lack of energy, feelings of cynicism or negativity towards job, and reduced efficacy or success
• Wellness is more than the lack of burnout
• Wellness paradigm: the connection between personal growth, team collaboration, and system culture

• • System culture includes organizational values, efficiency of practice, and addressing administrative burdens
  • Team collaboration includes team building, meaning in work, engagement and local culture
  • Personal growth includes wellness in 8 dimensions:
• It’s important to not over emphasize the personal growth dimension; understand that wellness requires effort in all three areas (personal, team, and system level commitment)

Wellness at IUSM and IUHP:

• Chief Wellness Officer, Associate Dean of Wellness: Chair of the Health and Wellness Advisory Council (HWAC, see below)
  • Role of Assoc Dean/CWO:
    • Develop the vision and a strategic plan for wellness for IUSM, IUHP
    • Identify metrics for wellness and track over time
    • Provide relevant and actionable data to other leaders
    • Identity opportunities to improve efficiency
    • Engage and advise organizational leaders on developing the optimal learning and workplace environment
    • Identify areas of the culture that require strengthening
    • Identify what resources are needed to optimize culture, efficiency, and personal wellbeing
    • Identity resources needed to support learners and providers in distress
    • Advocate for clinician and learner wellbeing in organizational decision making
    • Influence other leaders’ thinking and sense of shared ownership of clinician and learner wellbeing
  • Scope of the Assoc Dean/CWO:
    • IUSM: Undergraduate Medical Students (UME) + Graduate Medical Education (GME) + Graduate Students + Faculty
    • IUHP: Physicians + APPs

IUHP/IUSM Health and Wellness Advisory Council (HWAC):

• A multidisciplinary council with members from across IUSM and IUHP who serve as a two-way communicating body to share wellness ideas from all areas of the academic healthcare organization
• Provide recommendations to leaders in our organization that promote personal, team, and system wide wellbeing
• Members are invited by the HWAC Chair, Co-Chair; Department Chairs nominate their representatives
• Brings forth ideas and recommendations for consideration by leaders at IUSM and IUHP
• To contact the HWAC, contact HWAC Chair: Heather Kelker, MD: hpetrase@iu.edu

National Physicians Wellness Academic Consortium (PWAC):
IUSM and IUHP are members of the PWAC

• Stanford based consortium of 18 large academic healthcare organizations similar to IUSM/IUHP
• Brings national wellness leaders together for idea sharing and scholarly productivity

Resources

Local Wellness Resources:

• National Suicide Prevention Lifelife (1-800-273-8255)
  • https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
• IUSM Student Wellness
  • https://md.mednet.iu.edu/support-services/wellness-services/
• Healthy IU
  • https://healthy.iu.edu/
• IU Employee Assistance Program
  • https://hr.iu.edu/benefits/eap.html
• IUH Team Member Portal: My Well-Being
  • https://team.myiuhealth.org/My-Life-Career/My-Well-being
• IU Health Employee Assistance Program
  • https://team.myiuhealth.org/My-Life-Career/My-Pay-and-Benefits/Employee-Assistance-Program-EAP
• IU Health Behavioral Health
  • https://team.myiuhealth.org/Patient-Care/Behavioral-Health
• Leadership Training is available through IUSM FAPDD and IU Health Learning Institutes:
  • https://team.myiuhealth.org/my-life-career/growth-development/leadership-development
  • https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/
• IU School of Medicine Diversity Affairs (students), FAPDD Diversity Office (faculty)
  • https://medicine.iu.edu/about/diversity
  • https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/diversity/about-diversity/

Contacts

IUSM/IUHP Wellness Leaders

• Looking for a local expert?
  • HWAC Chair: Heather Kelker, MD: hpetrase@iu.edu