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Sara Beltrán Ponce1, Crystal Seldon Taswell2, Idalid Franco3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Advances in Radiation Oncology
|January 27, 2025
Summary
Wellness leadership roles are emerging in radiation oncology (RO) departments to combat physician burnout. These new roles are actively developing initiatives, but face challenges like limited resources and time, requiring further study for long-term impact.
Area of Science:
- Medical Physics and Oncology
- Healthcare Management
- Physician Well-being
Background:
- Physician burnout is a significant issue in radiation oncology (RO).
- There is a growing emphasis on physician wellness programs within academic medical departments.
- Formalizing wellness efforts is a recent trend in addressing burnout.
Purpose of the Study:
- To characterize the current landscape of wellness leadership positions in academic radiation oncology departments.
- To identify existing wellness initiatives and challenges faced by these leaders.
Main Methods:
- Academic radiation oncology department chairs were surveyed regarding the presence of wellness leaders.
- Identified wellness leaders completed an anonymous survey on their demographics, role, resources, and initiatives.
- Descriptive statistics and qualitative summaries of survey responses were analyzed.
Main Results:
- 59% of surveyed departments have wellness leaders, with 39.5% of those leaders responding to the survey.
- Respondents were predominantly early-career female physician faculty.
- Common initiatives include programming/education and mental health access; active initiatives focus on root cause analysis and policy review.
- Key challenges include limited bandwidth, funding, and departmental engagement.
Conclusions:
- Wellness leadership roles are present and evolving in radiation oncology departments.
- These roles are new, with a limited number of fully implemented initiatives to date.
- The long-term impact of these wellness roles on departmental culture and work-life balance requires further investigation.
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