Strengthen physician resilience

With the threat posed by stress and burnout to physicians’ well-being and clinical performance, hospital leaders must cultivate physician resilience. Recently at Huron Healthcare’s 2016 CEO Forum, Wayne Sotile, PhD, founder of the Center for Physician Resilience, made the following recommendations for hospital leaders to help physicians develop resiliency:
•    Provide physicians with more support and control in their work environment
•    Encourage collegiality to boost collaboration and support systems among physicians
•    Concentrate on the sources of physician stress that are within your control
•    Develop physician leaders to help them improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and personal well-being
•    Expand physicians’ cognitive framework to promote self-awareness, emotional intelligence, empathy, and social skills 

Source: Becker’s Hospital Review