Physician Wellness- Menu of Activities

Background: The Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant is a growing division of thirty-six faculty/fellows. There has been an increased emphasis on wellness initiatives within the division over the past 3 years; however, there is still an extensive need for wellness promotion given the high propensity for burnout in this field. Goals: The aim of this project is to develop a stakeholder informed list of options for various social, physical, mental, and emotional wellness activities aimed at improving the overall well-being of physicians. We hope to reduce burnout, improve physical health, enhance emotional well-being, foster social connections, and enhance the work-life balance. Actions taken: The initial needs assessment included the development of a survey to better understand which wellness activities and incentives were most important to the physicians. Results: The survey results led to the development of a wellness menu for physical, emotional, social, sleep, and Well U activities. Next steps: The results and proposal will be presented to the division leadership for financial support and program implementation. A division-wide competition will be launched with incentives to complete various activities off the wellness menu. We will also continue to explore grant funding opportunities.

Physician Wellness- Wellness Menu Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and BMT Judson Carver Blackman, MHA, Kellee Parker, DO, MCR, Eduardo Zamora, MPH INTRODUCTION METHODS • The Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant is a growing division of thirty-six faculty and fellows. • There has been an increased emphasis on wellness initiatives within the division over the past 3 years • Wellness initiatives have included quarterly wellness lunches with a wellness theme or lecture, improvement of the office space with landscape prints, a wellness wall, a healthy snack/beverage bar, and a designated office for the fellows, and division Cotopaxi gear. • However, there is still an extensive need for wellness promotion given the high propensity for burnout and stress. The wellness team held a brainstorming session to review and document past wellness efforts. A needs assessment survey (7 items) was developed with the intention of understanding the types of wellness programming preferred by faculty and fellows. A survey was emailed to all faculty and fellows in February 2024. They were asked the following items: • • • • • • • Health activities they would like the program to address Health concerns or stressors experienced during the workday Time of day preferred for wellness activity Participation in the WellU program Challenges to maintaining healthy work-life balance Incentives or rewards for participation in wellness activities Concerns or barriers that affect participation in wellness activities RESULT A total of 21 faculty and fellows responded to the survey. RESULTS • The two primary health concerns during the workday were stress (46%) and accomplishing work related tasks (38%). • Respondents were asked about the most convenient time of day to participate in a wellness activity. Lunch time (12-2pm)(62%) was the most convenient followed by morning (7am9am) (14%), or outside of work hours (6pm and on)(14%) activities. • 71% of respondents were participants in the University of Utah’s WellU program DISCUSSION We plan to use the results to operationalize wellness activities via quarterly wellness competitions. We have developed a wellness menu activity tracker that will be used for to manage wellness activity participation. Goal • The goal of this project is to develop a stakeholder-informed menu of activities for various social, physical, mental, and emotional wellness activities aimed at improving the overall well-being of faculty and fellows. • This next step in our wellness efforts will support the reduction of burnout, improve physical health, enhance emotional wellbeing, foster social connections, and enhance the work-life balance. Respondents could select more than one option Respondents would like a wellness program to include stress relief activities (33%), social activities (26%), and physical wellness competitions (24%). Respondents could select more than one option Respondents shared a variety of incentives/rewards would motivate them to participate in a wellness program. The results and a proposal will be presented to the division leadership for financial support and program implementation. We will also continue to explore grant funding opportunities.