An Assessment of Residency Wellness Programming in Urology Training Programs

Pavuluri, Haritha; Malik, Rena D.; Seideman, Casey A.

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2022.01.051

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“…Although we provide important insights into wellness programs in plastic surgery, our response rate was low in comparison to similar wellness program surveys of program directors in other surgical specialties, such as urology (40%), ENT (44%), ophthalmology (50%), and OBGYN (60%). 29–32 Considering the low response rate and high proportion of program directors indicating the presence of a wellness program (87.5%), our findings are limited by nonresponse bias. Instead, program directors may have been biased in their participation of this survey based on their perceptions and familiarity with the wellness resources associated with their residency program.…”

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“…27 Despite attempts to address plastic surgery resident wellness, the structure of wellness programs and interventions in plastic surgery residency programs has not been described as in other surgical fields, such as general surgery, urology, otolaryngology (ENT), ophthalmology, and obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN). [28][29][30][31][32] The purpose of this study was to catalog features of plastic surgery residency wellness programs and evaluate program directors' sentiments towards their wellness programs.…”

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The Current State of Plastic Surgery Residency Wellness Programs: Benefits and Barriers

Fanning,

Patel,

Janis

2024

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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Background: Wellness programs are especially important in residency. However, the resources available to plastic surgery residents through residency wellness programs have not been described. This study reports current plastic surgery residency wellness programs’ organization, leadership, and resources. Methods: An anonymous and voluntary e-mail survey was sent to 106 plastic surgery residency program directors through May and June 2022. Features of residency wellness programs were detailed, and program directors’ sentiments towards residency wellness programs were evaluated. Results: A 30.2% (32 of 106) complete response rate was achieved. Nearly 90% (87.5%, 28 of 32) of program directors indicated the presence of a wellness program. More than 75% (21 of 28) of programs are supported by the Office of Graduate Medical Education. Wellness events were offered by 92.9% (26 of 28) of programs. More than half of programs offered resources for mental health, physical health, mentorship, and protected time. Several resources were associated with the presence of wellness leadership roles, suggesting residents can positively shape wellness program offerings. Program directors strongly indicated that wellness programs are important, relevant, and effective. Additionally, 75% (24 of 32) report a desire to learn about wellness programs at other plastic surgery residency programs. Conclusions: Resources offered through plastic surgery residency wellness programs are comparable to those in other specialties. However, plastic surgery programs vary in the resources offered to residents and barriers to access exist. Greater involvement of residents in plastic surgery wellness programs may better support physician wellness.

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The Current State of Plastic Surgery Residency Wellness Programs: Benefits and Barriers

Fanning,

Patel,

Janis

2024

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open

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“…While this could represent underreporting, it could also be signalling of the lack of wellness initiatives formally integrated into Canadian residency programs. With the growing importance surrounding residency wellness, a recent study showed increasing integration of wellness programming into urology residency programs in the United States 15 . A similar study should be performed in Canadian urology programs to clarify if such integration is also occurring and is simply not represented on program websites.…”

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Evaluation of Canadian urology residency and fellowship program websites

Siron,

Bouhadana,

Schwartz

et al. 2023

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Introduction: There is growing use of online resources in the postgraduate medical education application process to provide applicants program-specific details, thus allowing for informed decision-making. Given the variability and non-standardized electronic training descriptions and objectives, our goal was to assess the availability of program information through program websites for both residency and fellowship urology programs across Canada. Methods: Using the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) and the Canadian Urological Association (CUA) websites, we compiled a list of all Canadian urology residency and fellowship programs. We reviewed all programs’ website using a 40-item tool based on seven subcategories, including education, application process, faculty information, trainee/fellow information, research and extra-curricular activities, wellness, and both benefits and career planning. Each website was reviewed by two trained reviewers. Any inter-reviewer discrepancy was resolved by a third-party reviewer. Results: Among 13 Canadian urology residency programs, all had program websites and met 48% of the criteria evaluated. None of the residency program websites reported information on work hours, surgical caseload statistics, or equity diversity and inclusion/community initiatives. Among 37 Canadian urology fellowship programs, 10 programs did not have websites, and the remaining 27 program websites met 28% of the criteria evaluated. Scores were highest for the application process subcategory, while scores were lowest for the wellness and benefits/career planning subcategories among both residency and fellowship programs. Conclusions: With growing reliance and dependence on web resources to access residency and fellowship program information, there is a clear need to standardize and improve Canadian training websites for prospective applicants.

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An Assessment of Residency Wellness Programming in Urology Training Programs

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The Current State of Plastic Surgery Residency Wellness Programs: Benefits and Barriers

The Current State of Plastic Surgery Residency Wellness Programs: Benefits and Barriers

Evaluation of Canadian urology residency and fellowship program websites

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