• Alyssa M Coleman, Meredith M Hartzell, Robert C Oh, Tamara S Funari, L Omar Rivera, and Jill A Brown.
• From Army Public Health Center, Health Promotion and Wellness Directorate, Public Health Assessment Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (AMC, JAB); General Dynamics Information Technology, Reston, VA (AMC); Former Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education participant in support of Army Public Health Center, Health Promotion and Wellness Directorate, Public Health Assessment Division, Belcamp, MD (MMH); Wozniak University, Box Elder, South Dakota (MMH); Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA (RCO); United States Central Command, Tampa, FL (TSF); Former General Dynamics Information Technology contractor in support of Army Public Health Center, Health Promotion and Wellness Directorate, Public Health Assessment Division (LOR).
• J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 May 1; 33 (3): 440-445.

IntroductionIn 2015, the Army Office of the Surgeon General adapted a Veterans Health Administration course for health care teams to implement holistic health practices to improve the resiliency of health care teams and patient care. The Army course Move to Health was piloted in health care teams at 8 military clinics. During the 20-hour course, health care teams learned techniques to improve their resiliency and created action plans to incorporate holistic health into the workplace, a known factor in decreasing burnout.MethodsA process and outcome evaluation of this course was conducted using a within-group design. Surveys were administered to health care teams at precourse and 2-month follow-up, and 186 participants completed both surveys.ResultsBurnout among team members did not significantly change from precourse (52%, n = 96) to follow-up (48%, n = 90). At follow-up, team members described using resiliency building strategies for self-care, significantly improved their self-efficacy to treat patients holistically in the patient-centered care home model, and reported increased satisfaction with patient centered care home (all are p < 0.01). However, 70% (n = 131) of team members reported that they had not completed action plan implementation and did not report improved job satisfaction.DiscussionInformed by the literature, Move to Health combines an individual resiliency intervention with organizational change, facilitating action plans to mitigate burnout. This manuscript explores potential reasons for why burnout did not significantly change within the 2-month period following the intervention. Reducing burnout among health care teams is vital to ensure that optimal health care is provided to the military and its beneficiaries.© Copyright 2020 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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