Physician Wellness

The physician wellness program at Corewell Health has the mission to promote and support healthy emotional and physical well-being of all Corewell Health physicians.

Research in the area of workplace satisfaction and joy in one's life revolves around an integration between purpose-driven work and supportive family and friends. As physicians, we want the same thing, personal and professional fulfillment in life. Personal fulfillment can be attained by doing purposeful work with a trusted team.

The individual and team successes depend on:

a culture of wellness within the organization
efficiency of practice
personal resilience

This has been well described and researched by the Stanford Medicine Well MD team.

The programs that are being developed will:

promote self-compassion and personal growth
collectively create a meaningful, productive, compassionate workplace that encourages and empowers physicians to work in a community to support one another.
develop personal skills which will help us thrive in the stressful environment inherent to the practice of medicine, and enable us to support our colleagues.

Mental health resources

PHYSICIAN PEER SUPPORT

WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS RECORDINGS

Wellness Wednesdays

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays, weekly from 12-1p.m. on Teams. Wellness Wednesday provides bite-sized chunks of well-being programming in a drop-in style format. Each week, we share a topic focused on well-being, professional fulfillment, thriving and efficiency, followed by time to connect with colleagues.

Interested in getting on the meeting invite? Contact Dr. Amy Williams.

Interested in a topic but can’t attend? In an effort to make this content accessible to everyone, we record the didactic portion of Wellness Wednesday each week and post to our Wellness Wednesdays SharePoint page.

The Wellness Team

	Peggy Nowak, M.D. Executive Director, Physician Wellness Corewell Health, Associate Professor Surgery OUWB Contact Dr. Nowak
	Amy Williams, Ph.D., LP Director, Behavioral Health Residents, Fellows and Physicians Contact Dr. Williams
	Ruth Lerman, M.D. Medical Director, Beaumont Center for Mindfulness Director, Stress Reduction Programs, Physician Wellness Contact Dr. Lerman
	Jacklyn McParlane, D.O., FACOEP Physician Wellness & Peer Support, Corewell Health Certified Health & Wellness Coach Contact Dr. McParlane

Center for Mindfulness

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a way of being happier, healthier and more in touch with your life. Mindfulness trains the mind and body to respond skillfully to whatever comes up.

Take time for you with mindfulness practices led by Dr. Ruth Lerman. Weekly online meditation groups are available. For more information, visit beaumont.org/mindfulness.

What is Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction?

MBSR is a scientifically validated educational program that teaches meditation, yoga, mindful eating and communication. It has helped tens of thousands of people around the world.

Research shows that MBSR can teach people how to alleviate anxiety, depression, high blood press, stress at home and work, chronic pain and many other common, stress-related diseases and conditions.

The worldwide, gold-standard mindfulness training is conducted over eight weeks and offers 27 hours of CME credit.

MBSR for Corewell Health physicians

The MBSR Physician Oncology Patient Pilot Study (MBSR-POPPS) studied MBSR classes attended by physicians, oncology patients and family members. The physicians experienced significant improvements in validated measures of stress, exhaustion, emotion exhaustion and personal accomplishment. They all highly recommended the course to their colleagues. They expressed a deepened appreciation for the humanity of themselves and others.

This research was presented at the American Conference on Physician Health in San Francisco in October 2017. It will be presented at the International Conference on Mindfulness in Amsterdam in July. A randomized, controlled trial, MBSR-POPS 2, has been funded.

Other mindfulness training for Beaumont physicians

Please contact us at CenterForMindfulness@corewellhealth.org for one-hour interactive sessions, multi-hour workshops and short course series. You may be able to join a prearranged training, or one may be arranged upon request, depending on teach availability.