ED Stories: An Online Emergency Medicine Residency Community Building and Wellness Initiative

Sharkey, Meenal

doi:10.7759/cureus.5405

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“… 15 , 20 All five provided a broad overview of wellness during residency training and attempted to address multiple facets including work-life balance, stress management, and burnout coping mechanisms. The remaining three interventions included a peer support program, 19 a virtual storytelling platform, 17 and wearable fitness monitors to track sleep, steps, and activity. 21 …”

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Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017

Chung¹,

Mott

Rebillot³

et al. 2021

WJEM

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Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017

Chung¹,

Mott

Rebillot³

et al. 2021

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“…Although studies have shown that wellness curricula can be useful to foster wellness during residency training [12][13][14] little information is available about wellness initiatives for healthcare workers during a disaster, particularly during a pandemic.…”

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Emergency Department Virtual Happy Hour: A Novel Approach to Peer Group Support During a Pandemic

Kosoko¹,

Walia²,

Huebinger³

2023

Cureus

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IntroductionCommunities responded to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with mandatory socialdistancing regulations. Pandemic and disaster research shows that social isolation can often cause negative emotions and medical provider burnout. The primary objective of this study was to create and evaluate a novel wellness program, the Happy Hour Wellness Initiative (HHWI), based on peer support group concepts to foster resilience for emergency healthcare providers in response to a novel disaster. MethodsThe study was performed at a large emergency department with physicians, advanced practice providers, and staff invited to attend weekly "virtual happy hour" sessions. Participants individually opted into each of the six weekly sessions, with no obligation to attend. The program was designed based on the tenets of a peer support group and implemented by video conferencing. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and answered open-ended questions after the six-session HHWI ended. ResultsOf the 40 survey respondents, 30% reported feeling stressed and 40% felt isolated at the early declaration of the pandemic. Regarding the HHWI, 90% of participants had no expectations from the HHWI, but 90% reported that their favorite part of the initiative was the feeling of togetherness. Most participants (95%) requested a continuation of the HHWI, even if not by a video-conferencing platform, and 90% reported feeling sad after the HHWI ended. ConclusionThe emergency department HHWI was a welcome opportunity for employees to combat stress and anxiety brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. The initiative fostered team building, comradery, group advocacy, stress relief, and cheerfulness. The initiative was so greatly welcomed as a tool for wellness that almost all participants recommended that the HHWI should be available, not just in times of hardship, but year-round. The HHWI has provided a new approach to promote wellness in emergency care providers using a peer support group.

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“…Slack, a closed communication platform, is effective for communication within the research community and in medical education; it has not yet been explored as a modality for streamlined communication, team collaboration, dissemination of information, file management, and integration of asynchronous curricula in our residency program [10][11][12][13]. Social media platforms such as Twitter, a public microblog social media community, have been increasingly utilized among various medical professions to gain exposure to new research, expand networks, increase engagement, and disseminate information [14][15][16][17]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, an enhanced social media presence has been observed in residency training across the US [18][19][20].…”

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“…Social media platforms such as Twitter, a public microblog social media community, have been increasingly utilized among various medical professions to gain exposure to new research, expand networks, increase engagement, and disseminate information [ 14 - 17 ]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, an enhanced social media presence has been observed in residency training across the US [ 18 - 20 ].…”

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Birth of a Social Mediatrician: Adopting Slack, Twitter, and Instagram for Residents

Lee¹,

Nguyen²,

Scanlon³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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IntroductionPhysicians have increasingly used social media platforms to review new research, expand networks, and communicate. However, few studies have evaluated how the integration of social media into residency programs affects training. This is relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a shift towards virtual formats for medical education, community building, and recruitment. ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate how the integration of social media platforms, including Slack, Twitter, and Instagram, influences education, social connectedness, and recruitment within a residency program. MethodsIn 2020, pediatric residents at one institution were encouraged to create personal Twitter and Instagram accounts if they did not already have one and follow the residency program's Twitter and Instagram accounts. Residents were also encouraged to enroll in a private Slack network within the residency program. We surveyed residents in May and June 2020 (pre-intervention) and March 2021 (post-intervention). Analytics from the residency program's social media accounts and Slack were recorded. Data were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. ResultsResponse rates from residents regarding the impact of social media interventions on education, connectedness, and recruitment were 98% (100/102) pre-intervention and 74.5% (76/102) post-intervention. During the study period from May 2020 to March 2021, chief resident posts on the residency program's Twitter and Instagram accounts garnered 447,467 and 151,341 impressions, respectively. Posts with the highest average impressions were those related to advocacy. After the intervention, residents reported increased connectedness to residents in other classes and increased usage of their personal Twitter and Slack accounts for learning and education. Residents rated the program's Instagram account as a useful recruitment tool. Feasibility of posting was assessed by the number of posts by chief residents during the study period (Twitter n=806, Instagram n=67). There were no costs. ConclusionOur data shows that social media in residency is feasible, cost-effective, and valuable for education, connectedness, and recruitment. We outlined specific ways social media was feasible and useful in these domains.

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ED Stories: An Online Emergency Medicine Residency Community Building and Wellness Initiative

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017

Wellness Interventions in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: Review of the Literature Since 2017

Emergency Department Virtual Happy Hour: A Novel Approach to Peer Group Support During a Pandemic

Birth of a Social Mediatrician: Adopting Slack, Twitter, and Instagram for Residents

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