The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½is committed to surgeon well-being and ensuring surgeons can thrive and flourish in healthy environments.
Your well-being affects how engaged you feel with your patients, colleagues, and work. You may feel a lack of professional purpose. Feelings of being unempowered are common. You are not alone. The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½is committed to fostering well-being, resilience, and work-life integration at every stage of your career.
The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½recognizes the need to foster well-being, resilience, and work-life integration for all surgeons, regardless of their career stage. Fostering the growth of both the surgical expertise and the person as a whole is paramount.
In light of the projected shortage of surgeons by 2030, well-being implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasing negative drivers and factors affecting surgeon well-being, the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½advocates for pathways for physicians who ask for help before serious events and consequences occur, or physicians who are receptive to help when approached by leadership, peers, colleagues, family, friends, and other support systems.