Physicians’ well-being comprises all factors that affect their biological, psychological, and social health. Preventing or treating acute or chronic diseases experienced by physicians, including mental illness, disabilities, and injuries that arise from work hazards, occupational stress, and burnout, are therefore extremely important. Physicians and medical students are exposed to both positive experiences and a variety of stressors and work injuries that necessitate the need to identify and revise policies and practices that could have protective effects on their well-being. How does it matter?
The well-being of healthcare practitioners affects their engagement with patients, colleagues, and work. It has negative consequences on physicians’ health and the healthcare system. Physicians constantly need to understand and adapt to their ever-changing environments to thrive. Even before the…
