Resident Well-being and Burnout Prevention Project ECHO

Burnout can happen to any resident, in any residency program. The Resident Well-being and Burnout Prevention (RWBP) Project ECHO helps restore and protect residents through free, online, peer-based learning sessions. The 2023 fall application period is now closed.

How It Works

As a structured program led by experts in well-being, this ECHO offers residency programs a way to increase morale and support their residents’ well-being. The RWBP ECHO will provide a neutral, confidential space for residents to learn about burnout and openly discuss issues affecting well-being.

This program covers eight well-being topics at eight virtual sessions. RWBP ECHO faculty elevate the role equity plays in achieving well-being in each session and highlight the systematic challenges that lead to resident burnout.

Residents who participate in the ECHO will have the opportunity to develop expertise on well-being and get experience applying skills to work through challenges around burnout. The RWBP ECHO offers residents the chance to be part of a community that understands the struggles trainees face, and the hopes they have as family physicians.

At each session, residents who attend will:

Introduce themselves and interact with each other in small breakout group activities
Hear a short didactic session on the topic
Have the opportunity to bring forward situations related to the topic that they would like to discuss as a group
Receive and offer advice and strategies for achieving a positive outcome

Benefits of Participating

Improved well-being for your residents benefits them as individuals, professionals, and physicians who care for their community.

Additionally, by participating in RWBP ECHO, your residents receive tangible benefits such as:

Learning evidence and techniques to bring back to your program and share with resident peers
Engaging in a Knowledge Self-Assessment Activity, which allows attendees in their final year of an ACGME program to obtain a mandatory requirement for board certification from the ABFM
Earning CME, if desired

Application Criteria

This program is designed for residency programs. Programs apply on behalf of their residents.

Programs must commit to sending at least three residents from their program to each of the 8 sessions offered. The residents do not need to be the same attendees for each session.
Special consideration is given to programs that are located in rural settings or are serving an underserved community.

Fall 2023 ECHO Topics and Meeting Schedule

Topics

Resident Well-being and Burnout
Leading Your Path to Well-Being
Your Role as a Physician Leader
Joy in Medicine
Micro & Macro Aggressions in Medicine
Humanism, Creativity, & Self-reflection in Medicine
Ourselves: The Walking Wounded
Cultivating Relationships & Creating Boundaries to Avoid Burnout

Schedule

Sessions occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays and are one-hour long.

Session 1: 8/17/23, 2:00 PM Central Time
Session 2: 8/31/23, 2:00 PM Central Time
Session 3: 9/14/23, 2:00 PM Central Time
Session 4: 9/26/23, 10:00 AM Central Time
Session 5: 10/12/23, 2:00 PM Central Time
Session 6: 11/7/23, 10:00 AM Central Time
Session 7: 11/30/23, 2:00 PM Central Time
Session 8: 12/14/23, 2:00 PM Central Time

If these times do not work for your program, please let us know and we will share information on how to join the future sessions that will start in the spring of 2024.

Contact us

If you have questions about the RWBP ECHO program or the application, please email Viannella Halsall, Health Equity Project and Program Strategist, at vhalsall@aafp.org.

Disclaimer

Physician Health First: Building Resiliency Intersectionally During Graduate Education (BRIDGE) is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $2,200,002 with zero percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.