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Part of the book series: Success in Academic Surgery ((SIAS))

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The study of physician wellbeing and how best to assess it is still very much a work in progress. In this chapter, we describe several innovative approaches to the promotion of physician wellness which have been implemented at various institutions. Specifically, we identify both organizational and individual interventions and discuss their outcomes and limitations.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Robert Wright, Dana Lin & Claudia Mueller

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Wright, R., Salles, A., Lin, D., Mueller, C. (2020). Emerging Areas of Research. In: Kim, E., Lindeman, B. (eds) Wellbeing. Success in Academic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29470-0_20

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