First Comes Love Then Comes Marriage Then Comes

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Residency Helping Residents Learn Balance During Residency. Tara Neil MD Lisa Zak-Hunter Ph. D

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Literature • 54% of physicians have symptoms of burnout • 40% are satisfied with work life balance • Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014. Shanafelt, Tait D. et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings , Volume 90 , Issue 12 , 1600 - 1613

Literature • Despite changes in practice environment – Graduates are more likely to work less hours – 80% feel like work encroaches on personal life – Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy. AMA 2013

Resident Demographics • 54 Residents – 80% Married/Coupled • 2 -3 newly married/yr – 46% Parents • 5 -7 pregnancies/yr – 15% Multiple Children – 5 Medical Couples – 26% ‘local’

Orientation Relationship Workshop Advisor Relationships Faculty Panel Formal Curriculum Social Group

Orientation • Vacation planning • Big life planning • Vacation and LOA policies

Advisor • Continual wellness • Adaptation to the community • Schedule planning

Curriculum • 1 st year meeting – Managing relationships/concerns • Wellness plans and meetings – Plan – 1 st Meeting – 2 nd Meeting • Annual retreat

Social Group • Call back • Residency events

Faculty Panel • • • Yearly Pizza Party Offered to medical Students Diverse panel Discuss Relationship issues Open to questions

Relationship Workshop • Every 18 -24 months, 3 hr workshop • Not required • Faculty and residents attend • Led by BH faculty who is an MFT • Topics: – What predicts relationship dissolution – Communication and conflict resolution – Increasing couple connection and closeness

Other Resources • • • Relationship Counselor contacts Financial Planner Babysitter list Physician list Household outsourcing list

Activity Break!

Thoughts for the Future • Relationship Retreats • Female lunch- leadership and career planning • Financial Panel

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