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Colin West
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Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, and Biostatistics at Mayo Clinic. Medical Director, Employee Well-Being. Medical education and evidence-based medicine. Dad jokes, NIN, and Oxford commas. Posts mine.
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1/ Welcome to Edition 280 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, the second in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings series on well-being across the stages of a medical career, today: early career from @lisarotenstein.bsky.social Liz Harry and Tait Shanafelt
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The Early Career Phase: Fostering Physician Well-being Over the Career Life Cycle
This article is the second chapter in a series of 5 articles considering the different stages of physicians’ career life cycle. The present article focuses on exploring the early career phase. The ear...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 279 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today I’ll link to selected papers relevant to last week’s thread on well-being during residency and fellowship
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November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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5/ The paper presents a rich table outlining these challenges and organizational solutions to address them. I will emphasize once again that sustaining and strengthening resilience is relevant but CANNOT be the primary solution to physician well-being
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Residency and Fellowship: Fostering Physician Well-being Over the Career Life Cycle
Being a physician offers tremendous opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients through meaningful work. A career in medicine is also demanding and challenging. Some challenges to well-b...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 278 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today I’ll briefly discuss the first in a series of papers in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on well-being across the stages of a medical career, starting with residency and fellowship
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
Residency and Fellowship: Fostering Physician Well-being Over the Career Life Cycle
Being a physician offers tremendous opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients through meaningful work. A career in medicine is also demanding and challenging. Some challenges to well-b...
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 278 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today I’ll briefly discuss the first in a series of papers in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on well-being across the stages of a medical career, starting with residency and fellowship
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...
Residency and Fellowship: Fostering Physician Well-being Over the Career Life Cycle
Being a physician offers tremendous opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients through meaningful work. A career in medicine is also demanding and challenging. Some challenges to well-b...
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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9/ From September 25, another LinkedIn crossposting, on our first and most cited national burnout paper from 2012
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 220 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today, another crossposting on LinkedIn #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/tGFis3Vorf" / X
1/ Welcome to Edition 220 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today, another crossposting on LinkedIn #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/tGFis3Vorf
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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6/ From September 18, our @MayoProceedings paper on the impact of work on personal relationships, and how this connects with burnout
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 219 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll introduce a brand new paper on the impact of work on personal relationships, and how this relates to burnout @MayoProceedings #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/veeVQqDLkK" / X
1/ Welcome to Edition 219 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll introduce a brand new paper on the impact of work on personal relationships, and how this relates to burnout @MayoProceedings #burnout #medtwitter #meded https://t.co/veeVQqDLkK
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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5/ Keep an eye on this space – accrediting bodies may well add well-being to their assessments in the near future, and I certainly hope they will engage the right experts to guide these processes away from detrimental unintended consequences
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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3/ From September 11, the @jama.com Viewpoint from Jon Ripp and Tait Shanafelt on how organizations should be held accountable for clinician well-being – subjective vs objective outcomes makes a huge difference to this conversation
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 218 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll discuss a recent @JAMA_current Viewpoint from Jon Ripp and Tait Shanafelt. #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded How Should Organizations Be Held Accountable for Clinician Well-Being? https://t.co/EoK80dErEN" / X
1/ Welcome to Edition 218 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today I’ll discuss a recent @JAMA_current Viewpoint from Jon Ripp and Tait Shanafelt. #wellbeing #medtwitter #meded How Should Organizations Be Held Accountable for Clinician Well-Being? https://t.co/EoK80dErEN
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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2/ From September 4, my first LinkedIn crossposting, on some burnout history
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Colin West on X: "1/ Welcome to Edition 217 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today my first crossposting on LinkedIn #wellbeing #medtwitter #MedEd https://t.co/rllxIWZFiZ" / X
1/ Welcome to Edition 217 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today my first crossposting on LinkedIn #wellbeing #medtwitter #MedEd https://t.co/rllxIWZFiZ
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 277 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from September 2024: institutional accountability for clinician well-being, the impact of work on personal relationships, and my first forays last year into social media crossposting
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 277 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today I’ll review threads and content from September 2024: institutional accountability for clinician well-being, the impact of work on personal relationships, and my first forays last year into social media crossposting
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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4/ The results:
Burnout reduced from 52% to 39%, aOR 0.26, p<.001

ALL key outcomes statistically significantly improved, with nearly a full hour of after-hours documentation saved per day!
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 276 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, I’ll discuss a recent paper on ambient scribes and clinician burnout @jamanetworkopen.com from Kristine Olson (Yale's CWO) @drtinashahnj.bsky.social and others
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Ambient AI Scribes to Reduce Administrative Burden and Professional Burnout
This quality improvement study examines whether ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribes are associated with reductions in clinician administrative burden and burnout.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 276 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, I’ll discuss a recent paper on ambient scribes and clinician burnout @jamanetworkopen.com from Kristine Olson (Yale's CWO) @drtinashahnj.bsky.social and others
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Ambient AI Scribes to Reduce Administrative Burden and Professional Burnout
This quality improvement study examines whether ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribes are associated with reductions in clinician administrative burden and burnout.
jamanetwork.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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2/ This site maintains links to monthly literature updates, plus targeted search results for categories such as review articles about burnout and costs of burnout — if you follow them @thewelldocinit.bsky.social, you’ll receive notifications when content is uploaded
October 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 275 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, another regular source of compiled well-being literature, @thewelldocinit.bsky.social Literature Corner
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Physician Wellness Literature | Well Doc Canada
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October 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 275 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, another regular source of compiled well-being literature, @thewelldocinit.bsky.social Literature Corner
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Physician Wellness Literature | Well Doc Canada
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October 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 274 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Have you ever wondered how to keep up on the latest literature in healthcare well-being? How about a curated list delivered to your email inbox once a month FOR FREE? Check out Healthcare Well-Being Offerings!
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Healthcare Well-Being Offerings | Enhance Healthcare Well-Being Today
Explore resources, articles, and collaborations focused on healthcare professional well-being. Stay informed and improve the healthcare work environment.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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1/ Welcome to Edition 274 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Have you ever wondered how to keep up on the latest literature in healthcare well-being? How about a curated list delivered to your email inbox once a month FOR FREE? Check out Healthcare Well-Being Offerings!
www.healthcarewellbeing.org
Healthcare Well-Being Offerings | Enhance Healthcare Well-Being Today
Explore resources, articles, and collaborations focused on healthcare professional well-being. Stay informed and improve the healthcare work environment.
www.healthcarewellbeing.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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6/ What does all this mean? Overall, the dramatic association of trainee well-being dimensions with their long working hours shines through … our paper discusses this in a (hopefully) balanced way in the Discussion, so give it a read.
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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5/ 2023 vs 2012 for trainees:
Overall burnout improved from 60% to 50% -- progress, but still substantial room for improvement
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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4/ Trainees vs US working population (age-matched):
1️⃣ 20 more weekly work hours for trainees, no surprise
2️⃣ Higher burnout levels for trainees, but actually better when adjusted for work hours
3️⃣ Similar findings for WLI and depression
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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3/ Trainees vs practicing physicians:
1️⃣ Higher DP but lower EE scores for trainees in 2023
2️⃣ EE scores in particular were much better in 2023 than 2012 for trainees!
3️⃣ Similar depression levels, worse work-life interference among trainees
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM