Heeding the Plea To Deal with Resident Stress

Editorials5 March 2002Heeding the Plea To Deal with Resident StressJordan J. Cohen, MDJordan J. Cohen, MDAssociation of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC 20037-1126Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-136-5-200203050-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In the old days—let's say 30 or 40 years ago—concerns about the well-being of medical residents centered on such issues as adequate parking spaces, midnight snacks, and off-hours access to the library. The pace of life was a lot slower, and the stresses were a lot more manageable. This is not to say that a resident's life was “a piece of cake” back then. We all worked long hours, routinely spent every other night and every other weekend in the hospital, had precious little time for “leisure activities,” were paid next to nothing, and worried a lot about money. But, ...References1. Collier VU, McCue JD, Markus A, Smith L. Stress in medical residency: status quo after a decade of reform? Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:384-90. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, 2001. Available at www.aamc.org/data/gq/allschoolsreports/2001.pdf. Accessed 23 January 2002. Google Scholar3. Cohen JJ. Honoring the “E” in GME. Acad Med. 2001;74:108-13. [PMID: 10065051] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Jordan J. Cohen, MDAffiliations: Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC 20037-1126Corresponding Author: Jordan Cohen, MD, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; e-mail, [email protected]org. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoStress in Medical Residency: Status Quo after a Decade of Reform? Virginia U. Collier , Jack D. McCue , Allan Markus , and Lawrence Smith Resident Stress Louis M. Soletsky Metrics Cited byThe impact of the Paris terrorist attacks on the mental health of resident physiciansHumanism and Medical Treatment: Clinicians and Patients Finding Common GroundFactors affecting stress in emergency medicine residents while working in the EDHypovitaminosis D and secondary hyperparathyroidism in resident physicians of a general hospital in southern BrazilThe influence of personal and environmental factors on professionalism in medical educationPerceptions of Stress Among Pathology ResidentsA Prospective Study of the Relationship between Medical Knowledge and Professionalism among Internal Medicine ResidentsA Brief Educational Intervention in Personal Finance for Medical ResidentsMeasuring wellness among resident physiciansAn Initiative in Mentoring to Promote Residents’ and Faculty Members’ CareersA view of our future: The case for redesigning rheumatology practiceFinancial crisis for medical students and residentsResident StressLouis M. Soletsky, MDResident StressKim J. Masters, MD 5 March 2002Volume 136, Issue 5Page: 394-395KeywordsDepressionEmotionsFearForecastingGraduate medical educationLibrariesMedical educationMedical servicesQuestionnairesResidency ePublished: 5 March 2002 Issue Published: 5 March 2002 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2002 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...