• Carmen Hrymak, Rodrick Lim, Sachin Trivedi, Al'ai Alvarez, Eve Purdy, Sheena Belisle, Jennifer Thull-Freedman, Murdoch Leeies, Eddy Lang, and Lucas B Chartier.
• Department of Emergency Medicine and Section of Critical Care, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Carmen.Hrymak@umanitoba.ca.
• CJEM. 2024 Mar 1; 26 (3): 148155148-155.

PurposeQuality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) and clinician well-being work are interconnected and impact each other. Well-being is of increased importance in the current state of workforce shortages and high levels of burnout. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Academic Symposium sought to understand the interplay between QIPS and clinician well-being and to provide practical recommendations to clinicians and institutions on ensuring that clinician well-being is integrated into QIPS efforts.MethodsA team of emergency physicians with expertise in well-being and QIPS performed a literature review, drafted goals and recommendations, and presented at the CAEP Academic Symposium in 2023 for feedback. Goals and recommendations were then further refined.ResultsThree goals and recommendations were developed as follows: QIPS leaders and practitioners must (1) understand the potential intersection of well-being and QIPS, (2) consider a well-being lens for all QIPS work, and (3) incorporate QIPS methodology in efforts to improve clinician well-being.ConclusionQIPS and clinician well-being are often closely linked. By incorporating these recommendations, QIPS strategies can enhance clinician well-being.© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)/ Association Canadienne de Médecine d'Urgence (ACMU).

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