Background: Trainee
well-being is a crucial component of developing competent and skilled OB/GYN
physicians. While there are several measures of well-being collected at the
national-level, there is little insight in the role of individual programs to
foster trainee well-being. Perceived organizational and psychological safety
are two constructs that can help identify cultural aspects of the clinical
learning environment that may relate to trainee well-being.
Methods: OBGYN
residents in a training program were recruited to complete an IRB-approved
survey through paper and electronic methods between May-June 2018. Measures
included the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (POS), Psychological
Safety Scale (PS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Wayne State Wellness Scale
(RWS) and Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI); all demonstrate validity and
reliability evidence to assess factors of well-being and cultural aspects of
the training program.
Results: 20 OBGYN
residents completed our survey. Results indicated a strong relationship between
perceived organizational support and wellness (r= .62, P<.01 for
RWS, r=.50, P<.05 for PWB)., suggesting greater perceptions of support
relate to better wellness. Similarly, psychological safety also had a strong
relationship with wellness (r=.56, p<.05 for RWS; r= -.72, p<.01
for PWB)
Discussions:
Our findings suggest that there is a strong relationship between trainee
wellness and the cultural measures of support and safety, especially between
psypschological safety and negative indicators of well-being (e.g,. feeling
burnt out from work, feelings of irritation). Further research should include
interventions to improve percpetions of suport and safety.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2019, Student, Resident, Faculty, Residency Director, Residency Coordinator, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice & Improvement, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, GME, Lecture, Quality & Safety, Advocacy,
Jordan Hylton,
MD; Nicole
Karjane, MD;
Sally Santen,
MD, PhD; Fidelma
Rigby, MD;
Nital Appelbaum,
PhD
