VIDEO: Reinforce self-care on individual, system levels for clinicians to ‘flourish’
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LAS VEGAS — In a Healio exclusive, Stacy A. Ogbeide, PsyD, MS, MSCP, ABPP, CSOWM, discusses ways in which the health care system — and clinicians themselves — can prioritize self-care and create a more “enjoyable” work environment.
“This is a topic that has been a hot topic for many years,” Ogbeide, associate professor of family medicine and assistant dean for faculty at University of Texas Health San Antonio, told Healio. “I think COVID really illuminated the necessity for self-care, specifically for health care providers who took a hit during COVID. Rightfully so, this should be a conversation that needs to continue, even as we are entering this post-COVID era.”
Self-care and wellness for clinicians and health care professionals first should be viewed through a macrosystem lens, Ogbeide said, in terms of “what can the health care system do to support practice changes to make it an enjoyable environment for their clinicians to flourish and engage in.”
Considerations include making electronic medical records more “user-friendly” and using artificial intelligence to reduce documentation of patient visits, she said.
Self-care also should be viewed through a microsystem lens, Ogbeide noted, and includes ways clinicians support themselves, such as “learning to set appropriate boundaries,” going to the gym, seeing a dietitian or even meeting with a psychologist or psychiatrist.
“Individual factors are very important, but they can’t be the only thing that we put so much energy into when you think about clinician wellness and self-care,” she said.
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Ogbeide S. Resiliency and improving self-care for health care professionals. Presented at: Crohn’s and Colitis Congress; Jan. 25-27, 2024; Las Vegas.
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