Colin West

Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care Health care worker well-being is critical to delivering optimal care to our patients. With greater understanding of these issues, evidence-informed models of employee well-being have been developed to...

7/ Solutions lie in creating learning and working environments within which dedicated, passionate, and meaning-driven people can thrive. The model @mayoclinic.org is here
Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

From Quiet Quitting to Open Dialogue in Medical Education:... : Academic Medicine t,” referred to as “quiet quitting.” This study examined the maturation of value-based student engagement and students’ tendency to disengage from academic tasks during their first year of college and...

2/ My editorial builds on this intriguing paper on “quiet quitting” and engagement among medical students
From Quiet Quitting to Open Dialogue in Medical Education:... : Academic Medicine journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... : Academic Medicine An abstract is unavailable.

1/ Welcome to Edition 265 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share this editorial I wrote in this month’s issue @acadmedjournal.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

8/ There’s more in the editorial, so give it a read if any of this appeals to you. Either way, I’ll be back next week with another thread! /fin

Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care Health care worker well-being is critical to delivering optimal care to our patients. With greater understanding of these issues, evidence-informed models of employee well-being have been developed to...

7/ Solutions lie in creating learning and working environments within which dedicated, passionate, and meaning-driven people can thrive. The model @mayoclinic.org is here
Charting a New Path Forward in Addressing Employee Well-being in Health Care www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

6/ “Rather than bemoaning the loss of professionalism such choices are often viewed as exhibiting, it is important to more accurately identify this response as a defense against the harms of an untenable system.”

5/ “Quiet quitting” has gained popular attention recently, and its drivers align with drivers of burnout in medicine. Commonly viewed in generational warfare as unprofessional, I suggest we should consider it differently.

4/ This discretionary effort may not be sustainable, but “stepping back” to limit sacrifice may paradoxically reduce the essential “connection with the healing relationships with patients that are so central to meaningful work in medicine”

3/ From the editorial: “Within the background of intense demands across a career in medicine, individual discretionary effort—the “above and beyond” contribution of time and energy—by physicians and other clinicians is increasingly necessary …”

From Quiet Quitting to Open Dialogue in Medical Education:... : Academic Medicine t,” referred to as “quiet quitting.” This study examined the maturation of value-based student engagement and students’ tendency to disengage from academic tasks during their first year of college and...

2/ My editorial builds on this intriguing paper on “quiet quitting” and engagement among medical students
From Quiet Quitting to Open Dialogue in Medical Education:... : Academic Medicine journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... : Academic Medicine An abstract is unavailable.

1/ Welcome to Edition 265 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll share this editorial I wrote in this month’s issue @acadmedjournal.bsky.social #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
Sacrifice and Self: Understanding the Limits to Engagement... journals.lww.com/academicmedi...

Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 198 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on team-based care, safety climate, and #burnout from a brief recent paper @tjcjqps from @LisaRotenstein and our team #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/F572ty3cjb" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 198 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on team-based care, safety climate, and #burnout from a brief recent paper @tjcjqps from @LisaRotenstein and our team #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/F572ty3cjb

6/ And from April 24, team-based care, safety climate, and burnout – interconnected, as you’d likely have assumed
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 197 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! This week has been …taxing … So today I’ll post a review of threads and content from April 2023. #wellbeingwednesday #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/Qzs6Ad9iUd" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 197 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! This week has been …taxing … So today I’ll post a review of threads and content from April 2023. #wellbeingwednesday #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/Qzs6Ad9iUd

5/ From April 17, a replay of content from April 2023 on a @jama.com summary on physician burnout, EHR data predictors of burnout, a fun podcast summary, and April 2022 thread as well
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 196 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, a replay of a thread on an important 2014 @AcadMedJournal paper that helped change the trajectory of #wellbeing in medicine. #wellbeingwednesday #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/FnluOKlrMC" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 196 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, a replay of a thread on an important 2014 @AcadMedJournal paper that helped change the trajectory of #wellbeing in medicine. #wellbeingwednesday #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/FnluOKlrMC

3/ From April 10, a repeat thread on medical student well-being during orientation compared with other college graduates
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 195 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on mental health among academic surgeons from a recent paper @AnnalsofSurgery. #wellbeing #medtwitter #surgtwitter #meded Unspoken Truths: Mental Health Among Academic Surgeons https://t.co/nmaK33riga" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 195 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on mental health among academic surgeons from a recent paper @AnnalsofSurgery. #wellbeing #medtwitter #surgtwitter #meded Unspoken Truths: Mental Health Among Academic Surgeons https://t.co/nmaK33riga

2/ From April 3, mental health among academic surgeons – highly relevant as we begin a new GME training year at medical centers across the world!
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1/ Welcome to Edition 264 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from April 2024: academic surgeon mental health, medical student well-being relative to peer college graduates, a 2023 replay, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

7/ Another thread will be on the way next week! /fin

Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 198 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on team-based care, safety climate, and #burnout from a brief recent paper @tjcjqps from @LisaRotenstein and our team #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/F572ty3cjb" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 198 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on team-based care, safety climate, and #burnout from a brief recent paper @tjcjqps from @LisaRotenstein and our team #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/F572ty3cjb

6/ And from April 24, team-based care, safety climate, and burnout – interconnected, as you’d likely have assumed
x.com/ColinWestMDP...

Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 197 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! This week has been …taxing … So today I’ll post a review of threads and content from April 2023. #wellbeingwednesday #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/Qzs6Ad9iUd" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 197 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! This week has been …taxing … So today I’ll post a review of threads and content from April 2023. #wellbeingwednesday #wellbeing #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/Qzs6Ad9iUd

5/ From April 17, a replay of content from April 2023 on a @jama.com summary on physician burnout, EHR data predictors of burnout, a fun podcast summary, and April 2022 thread as well
x.com/ColinWestMDP...

Colin West on X: "3/ This study established that for several important aspects of well-being, medical students started their training doing BETTER than peers in other fields but rapidly flipped to worse levels of well-being https://t.co/OHmhT1M2mt" / X 3/ This study established that for several important aspects of well-being, medical students started their training doing BETTER than peers in other fields but rapidly flipped to worse levels of well-being https://t.co/OHmhT1M2mt

4/ An evergreen tweet
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 196 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, a replay of a thread on an important 2014 @AcadMedJournal paper that helped change the trajectory of #wellbeing in medicine. #wellbeingwednesday #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/FnluOKlrMC" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 196 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, a replay of a thread on an important 2014 @AcadMedJournal paper that helped change the trajectory of #wellbeing in medicine. #wellbeingwednesday #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/FnluOKlrMC

3/ From April 10, a repeat thread on medical student well-being during orientation compared with other college graduates
x.com/ColinWestMDP...

Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 195 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on mental health among academic surgeons from a recent paper @AnnalsofSurgery. #wellbeing #medtwitter #surgtwitter #meded Unspoken Truths: Mental Health Among Academic Surgeons https://t.co/nmaK33riga" / X 1/ Welcome to Edition 195 of West’s #wellbeingwednesday! Today, a thread on mental health among academic surgeons from a recent paper @AnnalsofSurgery. #wellbeing #medtwitter #surgtwitter #meded Unspoken Truths: Mental Health Among Academic Surgeons https://t.co/nmaK33riga

2/ From April 3, mental health among academic surgeons – highly relevant as we begin a new GME training year at medical centers across the world!
x.com/ColinWestMDP...

1/ Welcome to Edition 264 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from April 2024: academic surgeon mental health, medical student well-being relative to peer college graduates, a 2023 replay, #burnout #medsky #mededsky

🚨 Speaker Announcement! | Janae Sharp FHIMSS 🚨 Speaker Announcement! 🚨 The Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit 2025 is back— our theme this year is "Stronger Together." We are thrilled to announce some of the star lineup of leaders in wellbe...

2/ Janae Sharp has outlined the list of speakers, a diverse group of movers and shakers in clinician well-being
www.linkedin.com/posts/janaes...

1/ Welcome to Edition 263 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’d like to bring an upcoming virtual summit with a GREAT line-up of speakers to your attention, so block your calendars for November 6 and 7! #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
www.ecbsummit.com

3/ I’m excited to be part of this group this year, and I really hope you’ll be able to join us! /fin

🚨 Speaker Announcement! | Janae Sharp FHIMSS 🚨 Speaker Announcement! 🚨 The Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit 2025 is back— our theme this year is "Stronger Together." We are thrilled to announce some of the star lineup of leaders in wellbe...

2/ Janae Sharp has outlined the list of speakers, a diverse group of movers and shakers in clinician well-being
www.linkedin.com/posts/janaes...

1/ Welcome to Edition 263 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’d like to bring an upcoming virtual summit with a GREAT line-up of speakers to your attention, so block your calendars for November 6 and 7! #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
www.ecbsummit.com

3/ I have every intention of continuing this effort, but on this (almost) 5 year anniversary, let me know what you would like to see in upcoming content!

Colin West on X: "1/8 Welcome to the first edition of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! As a reminder, I’ll briefly highlight papers, topics, questions, etc. related to healthcare professional #wellbeing , with a new entry each week. #wellbeingwednesday #burnout #medtwitter https://t.co/vII469hFEB" / X 1/8 Welcome to the first edition of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! As a reminder, I’ll briefly highlight papers, topics, questions, etc. related to healthcare professional #wellbeing , with a new entry each week. #wellbeingwednesday #burnout #medtwitter https://t.co/vII469hFEB

1/ Welcome to Edition 262 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! 5 years ago, on July 15, 2020 the very first edition of this series debuted on Twitter/X (link below) #wellbeing #burnout #meded #medsky #mededsky
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