1/ Welcome to Edition 272 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! I must first apologize – the trajectory of burnout publications maps quite well to increasing autism incidence, something we will be looking into further. 🤨 Today though, threads from August 2024 #burnout #wellbeing #medsky #meded #mededsky

7/ From July 31, leadership and burnout – leaders play an essential role in creating the learning and working environments within which we can all thrive! x.com/ColinWestMDP...

6/ From July 24, threads from July 2023 on physician task load, COMPASS groups, state-level burnout advocacy, and even older threads x.com/ColinWestMDP...

5/ From July 17, the value in sharing our common human experiences with patients, colleagues, and learners x.com/ColinWestMDP...

4/ From July 10, a personal thread with connections to the meaning we derive from patient care – more than a year later after an incredibly difficult orthopedic journey, my daughter is flourishing! x.com/ColinWestMDP...

2/ From July 3, an oldie but goodie on resilience x.com/ColinWestMDP...

1/ Welcome to Edition 271 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today as I recover from the glow of #ACPH2025 I’ll review threads and content from July 2024: resilience, the privilege of helping others grow, embracing humanness, and leadership! #burnout #medsky #mededsky

1/ Welcome to Edition 271 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today as I recover from the glow of #ACPH2025 I’ll review threads and content from July 2024: resilience, the privilege of helping others grow, embracing humanness, and leadership! #burnout #medsky #mededsky

1/ Welcome to Edition 270 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today as I head to #ACPH2025 I’ll review threads and content from June 2024: state-level well-being recs, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

Lotte Dyrbye presenting our work with Arjun Athreya on wearables for physician well-being, at #ACPH2025 url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2837666?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=091225

1/ Welcome to Edition 270 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today as I head to #ACPH2025 I’ll review threads and content from June 2024: state-level well-being recs, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

5/ The full list of recognized organizations is at the link below – congratulations to every one of these systems for their efforts to move well-being forward! www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/joy-medicine-recognized-organizations

1/ Welcome to Edition 269 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’m celebrating @mayoclinic.org Gold level recognition in the 2025 AMA Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-announces-2025-joy-medicine-recognized-health-organizations

1/ Welcome to Edition 269 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’m celebrating @mayoclinic.org Gold level recognition in the 2025 AMA Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-announces-2025-joy-medicine-recognized-health-organizations

8/ The reference list for this paper is remarkable, well worth its own read-through. I’ve written on many of these issues as well, so check that work out in Google Scholar or Pubmed and in previous threads in this series. scholar.google.com/citations?hl...

1/ Welcome to Edition 268 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! As promised, today is about #mentalhealth in @jama.com #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Physicians jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

1/ Welcome to Edition 268 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! As promised, today is about #mentalhealth in @jama.com #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Physicians jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

9/ Next week, a great new paper @JAMA on reducing barriers to mental health care for physicians /fin

5/ Our conclusion: “... wearing a smartwatch shows promise as an individual strategy to mitigate burnout and improve resilience, and it should be coupled with other individual and organizational efforts to address well-being more broadly.”

1/ Welcome to Edition 267 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share a bit about our @mayoclinic.org RCT on wearables and burnout @jamanetworkopen.com #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky Smartwatch Use and Physician Well-Being jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

1/ Welcome to Edition 267 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share a bit about our @mayoclinic.org RCT on wearables and burnout @jamanetworkopen.com #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky Smartwatch Use and Physician Well-Being jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

10/ From May 29, the Minnesota Medical Association physician well-being recommendations from the Physician Well-being Advisory Committee – a long but juicy thread! x.com/ColinWestMDP...

9/ From May 22, threads from May 2023 on my well-being origin story, single-item burnout measurement, physician work hours (they’re a lot!), distress and car crashes (oh my), and older threads from May 2022 x.com/ColinWestMDP...

8/ From May 15, a great resource repository from @nationalacademies.org, well worth a deeper dive when you have the time x.com/ColinWestMDP...

5/ From May 8, some key themes from the first 200 threads in this series. A few selected examples follow x.com/ColinWestMDP...

2/ From May 1, the performance analogy between athletics and healthcare x.com/ColinWestMDP...

1/ Welcome to Edition 266 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from May 2024: optimizing performance with analogies to athletics, key themes in well-being, solution resources, and more … #burnout #medsky #meded #mededsky

1/ Welcome to Edition 266 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from May 2024: optimizing performance with analogies to athletics, key themes in well-being, solution resources, and more … #burnout #medsky #meded #mededsky

7/ Solutions lie in creating learning and working environments within which dedicated, passionate, and meaning-driven people can thrive. The model @mayoclinic.org is here Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

2/ My editorial builds on this intriguing paper on “quiet quitting” and engagement among medical students From Quiet Quitting to Open Dialogue in Medical Education:... : Academic Medicine journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

1/ Welcome to Edition 265 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share this editorial I wrote in this month’s issue @acadmedjournal.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

1/ Welcome to Edition 265 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share this editorial I wrote in this month’s issue @acadmedjournal.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

6/ And from April 24, team-based care, safety climate, and burnout – interconnected, as you’d likely have assumed x.com/ColinWestMDP...

5/ From April 17, a replay of content from April 2023 on a @jama.com summary on physician burnout, EHR data predictors of burnout, a fun podcast summary, and April 2022 thread as well x.com/ColinWestMDP...

3/ From April 10, a repeat thread on medical student well-being during orientation compared with other college graduates x.com/ColinWestMDP...

2/ From April 3, mental health among academic surgeons – highly relevant as we begin a new GME training year at medical centers across the world! x.com/ColinWestMDP...

1/ Welcome to Edition 264 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from April 2024: academic surgeon mental health, medical student well-being relative to peer college graduates, a 2023 replay, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

1/ Welcome to Edition 264 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from April 2024: academic surgeon mental health, medical student well-being relative to peer college graduates, a 2023 replay, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

2/ Janae Sharp has outlined the list of speakers, a diverse group of movers and shakers in clinician well-being www.linkedin.com/posts/janaes...

1/ Welcome to Edition 263 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’d like to bring an upcoming virtual summit with a GREAT line-up of speakers to your attention, so block your calendars for November 6 and 7! #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky www.ecbsummit.com

1/ Welcome to Edition 263 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’d like to bring an upcoming virtual summit with a GREAT line-up of speakers to your attention, so block your calendars for November 6 and 7! #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky www.ecbsummit.com

3/ I have every intention of continuing this effort, but on this (almost) 5 year anniversary, let me know what you would like to see in upcoming content!

1/ Welcome to Edition 262 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! 5 years ago, on July 15, 2020 the very first edition of this series debuted on Twitter/X (link below) #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky x.com/ColinWestMDP...

1/ Welcome to Edition 262 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! 5 years ago, on July 15, 2020 the very first edition of this series debuted on Twitter/X (link below) #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky x.com/ColinWestMDP...

10/ (1:07:00-1:11:30): coaching for professional development as a solution for individual well-being AND leadership development for wellbeing-centered leadership approaches, aligned with the MVPs of Well-Being jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

7/ (43:40-49:15): the long path to formal well-being leadership @mayoclinic.org in 2022, as detailed in our paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

6/ In this section, the COMPASS trials www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

5/ (31:45-42:30): adding solutions to the mix after the first national prevalence data emerged in 2012 @jamainternalmed.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

3/ (17:00-23:00): beginning to build the evidence base in 2003 – rigorous instruments, thoughtful hypotheses, and outcomes that matter, leading to our first major paper @jama.com in 2006 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

1/ Welcome to Edition 261 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Another day, another podcast – this time with Dr. Cheryl Martin and The Mind Full Medic Podcast #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...