We view seeking balance and putting a hand up when needed as a strength, not a weakness! At Boston Children's Hospital's Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, we recognize the rigors, demands, and stressors of a life dedicated to the care of sick children. Our approach to wellness and burnout prevention hinges on three major foci: education, peer support, and skills building.
Throughout the year we have a Health and Wellness Lecture Series, which seeks to inform our department and rotating trainees on subjects such as burnout, substance use disorder, work-life balance, fitness, nutrition, financial well-being, and mindfulness. We have a strong relationship with the Office of Clinician Support, which can provide any clinician with free and confidential counseling as needed.
For our trainees, support is facilitated via a novel bridge between out robust Quality Improvement initiatives and our Advisor system, providing a catch new for trainees exposed to adverse outcomes. In order to establish life-long patters conducive to a balanced, mindful, and fulfilling career, we also meet monthly with our fellows to explore the personal and emotional impact or perioperative events and interactions, and to focus more heavily on the positive aspects of the day-to-day practice or medicine.
We believe that happy and balanced clinicians are more humanistic and effective clinicians, and we want to support that!
Program Director: Amy Vinson, MD