Use this collection of Podcasts, TED Talks, blogs, apps, and more to take a deeper dive into improving your personal well-being and professional satisfaction.
CME-Eligible Activities, TED Talks, Podcasts and Webinars
- CME-eligible Physician Well-being Activities - A complete listing of all the physician well-being activities offering CME credits.
- Building Your Resilient Self - This free webinar led by Gail Gazelle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, executive coach for physicians and physician leaders, teaches how to build resilience in your life and in your practice.
- Medical Student Well-being: Don’t Forget About Us - In this playback webinar, Micah Beachy, DO, FACP, discusses the importance of well-being for medical students and shares strategies for how to maintain it while in school and throughout training. Q&A follows.
- Brene Brown: Listening to Shame: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame
- Atul Gawande: How We Heal Medicine: https://www.ted.com/speakers/atul_gawande_1
- Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work: https://www.ted.com/speakers/shawn_achor
- Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes: https://www.ted.com/speakers/brian_goldman
- Suzie Brown: Concert of melody & medicine: http://www.tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=526396
- Finding Joy in Medicine. Cheng C and Greenhalgh S. https://vimeo.com/139548591
- Mindfulness in Medicine. Horwitch C. https://vimeo.com/117306069
- Negotiating Skills. Aiyer, M. and S. Rusch https://vimeo.com/89541011
- Sustainable Leadership. O’Malley C, Hingle S. https://vimeo.com/40241496
- Time Management for Leaders. Jokela, J. https://vimeo.com/35013659
- Just Show Up, Sheryl Sandberg on how to help someone who is grieving:
https://www.npr.org/2017/04/25/525453115/just-show-up-sheryl-sandberg-on-how-to-help-someone-whos-grieving?sc=17&f=&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app
Toolkits
- ACP Design Your Own Well-being Program - Explore these tools to create a well-being program tailored to any organization’s needs and budget.
- Advocacy Toolkit: Modernizing License and Credentialing Applications to Not Stigmatize Mental Health - Connect through your ACP chapter to work with organizations and state medical boards to change inappropriate medical licensing and credentialing questions about receiving mental health care or having a mental health diagnosis.
- I.M. Emotional Support Hub and Video Series - Protect your health and well-being during especially stressful times with this collection of peer support, free and low-cost counseling, and support resources for individuals, teams, organizations, and leadership.
- Resident Well-being Hub - ACP’s online Resident Well-being Learning Hub connects residents with evidence-based strategies to foster well-being and mitigate burnout and promote the value of collaborative learning environments and positive social interaction.
- Self-Advocacy Resources for Residents and Fellows - As trainees, you may experience situations that cause concern and require intervention to come to a resolution. The following resources provide you with practical tips on how to advocate for yourself and address concerns using the appropriate chain of escalation.
- Team-Based Care Toolkit - This toolkit shares best practices and real-life examples of successful team-based clinical care models that include internal medicine physicians working with Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) and other members of the clinical care team.
- ACP Advance Quality Improvement Curriculum and Leadership Training - The ACP Advance approach is built on five key pillars that are critical to successful implementation of QI initiatives in practice. These pillars include Clinician Engagement and Ownership; Team-based Care; Patient and Family Partnership; Promotion of Health Equity; and Promotion of Clinician Well-Being.
- Professional Health and Wellness Mini-Portfolio - This portfolio features four 10-minute micro skills that promote self-care and professional health and wellness.
Other Notable Toolkits
- National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience - Toolkits, resources, and publications from the action collaborative.
- Center for Mind-Body Medicine Compendium of Mind-Body Resources and Tools - Evidence-based strategies for relieving stress and promoting well-being.
- Self-Compassion - A comprehensive resource with guided practices, exercises including a self-compassion assessment, and links to research on the topic.
Mini But Mighty Skills for Well-being
Applicable for systems, organizations, and individuals, learn actionable well-being skills through micro-learnings (10-15 minutes) that meet clinicians’ just-in-time and ongoing change needs.
Wellness Apps
- Guided Mindful Practice Audio Files - Free guided body scan, hatha yoga, and sitting meditation audio files.
- Meditation Podcast and Resources from Meditation Oasis - In addition to free guided meditations for stress relief and relaxation in traumatic times, the app contains a short version of their meditation course and meditations for everyday.
- T2 Mood Tracker - This is a mood tracker app with separate sections for anxiety, depression, general well-being, head injury and post-traumatic stress.
- InsightTimer - Free meditation app and blog with content for adults and children.
- Headspace - Mindfulness tools and resources.
- Buddhify - Guided Mindfulness tools bridged with life activities for both children and adults.
Medical Humanism Blogs
- Pulse: Voices from the heart of medicine - publishing personal accounts of illness and healing, fostering the humanistic practice of medicine.
- Kevin MD Blog and Podcast - platform where physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, medical students, and patients share their insight and tell their stories.