Wellness Resources
An overview of available resources approaching wellness cultivation from a
variety of perspectives.
Cultivate Resilience Through Leadership Development
The WSMA is committed to helping physicians develop the skills they need
to thrive professionally in today’s health care environment, regardless of
where you are in your career or the type or size of your organization.
Developing core leadership competencies can strengthen clinician
resilience, improve time, and stress management, and help you achieve
greater workflow efficiency.
The WSMA Foundation and the WSMA
Center for Leadership Development
offer multiple opportunities to develop your leadership skills without
taking time away from your practice.
Transcending Clinical Excellence: Mastering Emotional Intelligence
Delve into the intricate landscape of emotions, learning to navigate them
with grace and understanding. This course is longitudinal (your progress
will be measured over time), and multimodal (the course features different
methods of learning), allowing learners to have multiple touchpoints on
different aspects of emotional intelligence, allowing for deep
understanding and opportunities to apply skills in practice.
Learn more about this Foundation wellness program and enroll today.
Physician Leadership Course
A dynamic, interactive hybrid-distance learning course that combines
in-person and online learning to deliver 40 hours of curriculum over a
10-week period, requiring minimum time away from patient care.
Physician Leadership Course
Team-Based Leadership Course
This three-day educational workshop is for physicians and their
administrative dyad partners who wish to improve team function and achieve
greater operational success within their clinical system.
Team Based Leadership Course
Leadership Masterclass
An intensive three-day adaptive-learning course that examines the complex
challenges faced by seasoned physician leaders and provides the tools
necessary to solve them.
Leadership Masterclass
LEAD Program
Physician leaders need two sources of information to be successful: A
mentor who makes sure that they have the required knowledge and skills of
leadership as well as a coach who will use an indirect, Socratic method to
help you formulate and think through your options for leading your
organization. This program is integrated coaching and mentoring: Flexibly
moving between the two modalities as needed so that you can achieve the
largest effect in a reasonable amount of time.
LEAD Program
Effective Board Governance Course
A full-day seminar that provides in-depth education about governance: what
it is, what boards do, why they exist, and how you can be an effective
participant.
Effective Board Governance Course
Leadership Development Conference
This annual conference has become one of the premier physician events in
the Pacific Northwest.
Leadership Development Conference
Washington Physicians Health Program
The Washington Physicians Health Program assists health care professionals
with medical conditions that may affect their ability to practice medicine
safely. These conditions include substance use and behavioral health
disorders, as well as physical and cognitive disorders. In 2015, the
Washington Physicians Health Program began broadening its scope of
services by presenting programs that enhance clinicians’ health by
reducing stress and increasing physician satisfaction. The Washington
Physicians Health Program's new wellness programs include mindfulness and
compassion cultivation workshops.
Visit the Washington Physicians Health Program website for a preview of
upcoming wellness programs.
The WSMA established the Washington Physicians Health Program (known then
as the Washington Monitored Treatment Program) in 1986, with both the
legislative and financial foundation to function as an independent,
nonprofit organization. In 1993, the name was changed to the Washington
Physicians Health Program. Today, the Washington Physicians Health Program
is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization under contract with the state
Department of Health.
Institute for Functional Medicine The Institute for Functional Medicine
The Institute for Functional Medicine promotes physician and patient
wellness through courses on treating chronic disease with lifestyle
remedies. IFM focuses on areas such as nutrition, exercise/movement,
sleep/relaxation, stress-management, relationships and more.
Visit the IFM website for a list of upcoming CME. IFM is an ACCME-accredited provider of continuing medical education.
Other Wellness Resources
The website of Mayo-trained family physician Dr. Dike Drummond, CEO of
TheHappyMD.com and physician coach and health care speaker. He is the
author of "Stop Physician Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn't
Working." TheHappyMD.com offers a variety of resources aimed at preventing
physician burnout, including an email newsletter, blog, app for your
mobile phone and much more.
Physician Family magazine focuses on issues and challenges faced by
medical families, with special emphasis on the four stages of medical
life—medical school, residency and fellowship, active practice and
retirement. Other topics covered include relationships, health and
wellness, work/life balance, financial and legal issues, making a
difference, food, travel and humor, and more. American Medical Association
Alliance members receive hard copies of the magazine and an online version
is available free to everyone on the Physician Family website.
The website of Drs. Christine and Thomas Sinsky, wife and husband general
internists who care about patient and physician well-being and the future
of primary care. Drs. Sinsky are co- authors of the American Board of
Internal Medicine Foundation study of high-functioning primary care
practices, “In Search of Joy in Practice.” Their website includes practical resources on how to organize your
clinical practice, build stronger teams, work more efficiently with the
EHR and manage administrative and regulatory tasks, and more.