While individual interventions for residents such as resiliency initiatives are important, HCA Healthcare believes creating a supportive workplace environment is crucial.
At health systems and hospitals, burnout among physicians and residents is a national problem.
To combat burnout among residents, HCA Healthcare is training clinical leaders and medical faculty to create a supportive workplace environment for the health system’s residents.
In this episode of HL Shorts, Gregory Guldner, MD, vice president of academic affairs at HCA Healthcare, shares the health system's unique perspective on resident well-being and burnout. View the video below. Click here to read the accompanying HealthLeaders story.
Christopher Cheney is the CMO editor at HealthLeaders.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
HCA Healthcare has found that five primary factors are related to resident well-being and burnout: efficiency of practice, autonomy, belonging, competence, and a sense of meaningful work.
The health system is conducting workshops with clinical leaders and medical faculty to teach them how to create a supportive workplace environment that addresses these five factors.