Safeguarding Physician Wellbeing [electronic resource] : Using Checklists for Personal, Professional, and Psychological Safety.

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Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Author Bio -- Foreword -- Preface -- My Journey as a Physician -- Introduction -- Why Checklists? How Checklists Can Help Physicians Achieve Safety and Wellbeing -- Chapter 1: My Journey -- Chapter 2: Physician Safety -- Chapter 3: Data on Physician Burnout and WHY -- Chapter 4: Professional Protection Checklist -- Physicians Need the Best Doctors for Their Own Health -- General Insurance -- Financial Advisor -- Attorney(s) -- Disability Insurance -- Disability Insurance Attorney

Leave Manager for Employer -- Accountant -- Psychologist/Counselor -- Chapter 5: Coaching for Physicians (by Physician and by Non-Physician Coaches) -- Physician Coaching -- Surgical Ergonomics and Coaching for Surgeons -- Surgical Ergonomic Coach -- Surgical Performance Coach -- Navigating Litigation -- Physician Coach for Litigation -- Career Coaches -- Executive Coaches -- Chapter 6: Personal Checklist -- Chapter 7: Financial Checklist -- Disability Benefits -- Chapter 8: Physical and Mental Health Checklist -- Physician's Own Health: We Must Treat Ourselves as Patient #1

Survey Instruments to Measure Physician Burnout -- Chapter 9: Relationship Checklist -- Chapter 10: Checklist for Career Longevity -- Chapter 11: Checklists for Ergonomics, Disability, and Recovery -- Chapter 12: Delaying Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Infertility -- Chapter 13: How to "Off-Ramp", "On-Ramp", or Exit Your Clinical Career -- Safely -- Chapter 14: What Hospitals, Health Systems, Academic Institutions Can and Should Do to Ensure Healthy Physician Workforce -- Chapter 15: Checklist for Optimal Future of US Healthcare -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2

Chapter 3 -- Additional Resources -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 11 -- Additional Citations -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Index

The United States is facing a worsening epidemic of physician burnout with unprecedented numbers of them leaving the workforce and practice of clinical medicine across all career stages. The prevalence of physician burnout has accelerated through COVID-19, resulting in an anticipated serious national shortage of physicians within the current decade amidst an increased proportion of aging and unhealthy population. The critical shortage of physicians coupled with an unhealthy physician workforce results in longer wait times for access, continued increased healthcare costs, decreased quality of care, and worsening patient experience. Despite increasing media coverage, published data, and identification of system-based factors that erode physician wellbeing, no standardized systematic solution has been implemented across hospitals, health systems, or a variety of employment models or practice settings for any or all doctors regardless of whether they are primary care, medical, or surgical subspecialists. Effective solutions to mitigate physician burnout, protect current working physicians, and keep them from leaving medicine require a SHIFT and a more individualized approach. Many proposed academic models address system-based factors, but such solutions depend greatly on those who employ doctors. Executive leadership in charge of healthcare systems are often challenged by physician burnout and their desired autonomy, against the need for standardization of care delivery to improve quality and decrease cost. Physician productivity measures continue to be based on data samples of physician compensation surveys supplied by companies like Sullivan Cotter or Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Such benchmarks are commonly used but data may not reflect specific realities for any organizations nor the rapid changes in the landscape of US healthcare amidst mergers, acquisitions, consolidation, and shifts in employment models from insurance and online retail giants and private equity. This book uses a "checklist" approach to empower any medical student, resident, fellow, or practicing physician to create and experience psychological, personal, and professional safety and wellbeing. Not only can individual physicians choose and use these checklists themselves, but those who live with, love, and cherish one or more physicians in their families and/or lives can use this book to understand physician realities and their risks.