Educational Resources

Sample Newsletters You Could Imitate

UCLA Medical Staff Health Committee eNewsletter (sent to every member of the medical staff)

• UCLA March 2014
• UCLA February 2014
• UCLA January 2014

St. John’s Health Center – Physician Health Committee Newsletter

• August 2016
• June 2014
• August 2014

Materials for Presentations

Sample slides suitable for Grand Rounds or other presentations:

• When the Healer Needs Healing: Impairment in Physicians [PowerPoint, 50 slides] by Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD
• Physician Wellness – The Practice of Medicine Can Be Hazardous to Your Health [PowerPoint, 14 slides] by Gary S. Nye, MD

Articles

• The Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Academic Medicine: March 2012 – Volume 87 – Issue 3 – p 320–326
• Results of Depression Screening at Emory University Depression and Anxiety: Volume 25, Issue 6, pages 482–488, 1 June 2008

Links to Information About Physician Health and Wellness

• Physician Wellness Program
  The Orange County Medical Association (OCMA) and the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP), the professional liability insurance company for many Southern California physicians, have partnered to create a Physician Wellness Program with the main focus to prevent burnout and promote wellness.  The program includes speakers at dinner meetings and information accessible to OCMA members at http://www.ocma.org/ForPhysicians/Programs/PhysicianWellnessProgram.