Physician Well-being
Health care system issues don't just affect patients; they affect you too.
Whether you work in a large system, private practice or rural setting, you're likely facing multiple stressors that wear you down. This section intends to help you focus on your health and wellness by providing the support you need to reduce burnout you're feeling, improve your leadership skills and find the joy you've been missing in practice.
Resource Highlights
Managing Perfectionism in Medicine: Strategies for Student Well-Being
Develop practical self-care and self-acceptance skills even when you face the challenges of perfectionism and imposter syndrome.
2025 Physician Health and Well-being Conference On Demand Education
Replay education from this past conference, which offeres CME focused on personal well-being and professional satisfaction.
Medical professionals aren’t always able to spot the signs of burnout and depression in their peers or in themselves. Learn about burnout and depression, how to identify them, and how and when to seek the treatment you need.
Create an optimal clinical practice culture in which you can thrive. You can learn both operational skills—focused on areas like practice structure, efficiency, and teamwork—and relational skills—encompassing aspects of well-being such as treatment of colleagues and patients, reflection, and self-awareness—as well as leadership skills to help you solve problems, build relationships, empower others, and set realistic goals.
Reducing administrative burden allows you to focus on what really matters—your patients. Reduce burnout and find joy in practice through team-based care, practice improvements, and innovations that will improve efficiencies and reduce your work after clinic.
In order to take care of your patients, you first have to care for yourself. Fortunately, there are resources to help you act to improve your own well-being, including establishing healthy eating habits, assessing and improving your sleep, practicing mindfulness, and taking deliberate steps to increase happiness with tools like meditation and exercise.
You are not alone. Whether you are seeking help for yourself, trying to help a colleague in crisis, or are coping with loss, you will find assistance here. In addition to emergency hotlines, suicide prevention toolkits and information about combating mental health stigma can make a difference.
A portion of the suicide prevention resources were made possible thanks to the generosity of the AAFP Foundation.