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
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- 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
- Role of Assoc Dean/CWO:
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)
- IUSM Student Wellness
- Healthy IU
- IU Employee Assistance Program
- IUH Team Member Portal: My Well-Being
- IU Health Employee Assistance Program
- IU Health Behavioral Health
- Leadership Training is available through IUSM FAPDD and IU Health Learning Institutes:
- IU School of Medicine Diversity Affairs (students), FAPDD Diversity Office (faculty)
Contacts
IUSM/IUHP Wellness Leaders
- Looking for a local expert?
- HWAC Chair: Heather Kelker, MD: hpetrase@iu.edu