• Family medicine · Oct 2022

    Wellness in the Time of COVID: A CERA Follow-up Survey of Program Directors.

    • Aaron Grace, Julie Brennan, Katherine Buck, Peter F Cronholm, Lindsay Fazio, Ambar Kulshreshtha, Mari Ricker, Amy Romain, Valerie Ross, Jill Schneiderhan, and Lauren Penwell-Waines.
    • Waukesha Family Medicine Residency at ProHealthCare Inc, Waukesha, WI.
    • Fam Med. 2022 Oct 1; 54 (9): 713717713-717.

    Background And ObjectivesResidency program directors (PDs) are tasked with supporting resident well-being, and a 2018-2019 CERA survey found PDs to be generally satisfied with residency wellness curricula. However, less is known about graduate medical education wellness programming following the unprecedented social and public health stressors of 2020. This study aimed to evaluate PDs' satisfaction with wellness programming and perceived changes in wellness program implementation in the context of these factors.MethodsAn online survey was administered by CERA to the program directors of all ACGME-accredited, US-based family medicine residencies. The survey replicated a 2018 CERA survey and assessed PDs' satisfaction with the wellness curriculum and which wellness curricular elements were currently implemented in the residency.ResultsThe survey was completed by 263 PDs (42% response rate). There was no difference in total number of wellness curricular elements reported in programs in 2021 (M=9.85) vs 2018 (M=9.57; P=.377). Compared to the 2018 survey, PDs reported increased assessment of resident burnout (P=.02), increased scheduled time for personal needs (P=.002), but decreased scheduled time for interpersonal connection (P=.017). Most PDs reported increased emphasis on wellness and the same or increased access to wellness resources compared to 2018 χ2 indicated no significant difference in PD satisfaction with wellness programming between the two years (P=.84).ConclusionsDespite significant social and public health challenges to curriculum delivery, family medicine PDs did not perceive significant reductions in wellness programming, and in fact reported increases in some specific curricular elements and an overall increased emphasis on well-being. Future studies should explore the factors that facilitate and impede the implementation of wellness programming.

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