From Stress and Burnout to Psychological Flexibility and Flourishing across the Health Professions
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Occupational Safety and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 2903
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health professions education; health humanities; health communication; health program evaluation
Interests: student learning development; student experience (including health and wellbeing of health professional students); academic staff development
Interests: autism; caregivers; clinical guidelines; enhancing participation; measuring functioning; health professions education; wellbeing of health profession students; clinicians and educators; health and disability workforce sustainability
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Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of millions of people and stressed the healthcare systems of most countries, negatively influencing the psychological wellbeing and functioning of health care professionals. The high rate of burnout among health care professionals is contributing towards many leaving clinical work, with a significant impact on health care experiences, the clinical education of future health professionals, and concerns about the world’s health care workforce.
Researchers, educators, and practitioners have been exploring ways to reduce or manage stress and burnout; increase resilience and wellbeing; and develop innovations in health care delivery practice and education that can address both the current and future wellbeing of our health professionals.
This Special Issue is open to papers on subjects ranging from stress and burnout to psychological flexibility and flourishing, spanning all health professions and educational settings. Due to the unique context of how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health professional education and our workforce, we welcome an exploratory, novel, and broad view of papers that take on different ways of interacting with this important and difficult topic.
Prof. Dr. Sandra Carr
Dr. Kelby Smith-Han
Dr. Kiah L. Evans
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- burnout
- clinical education
- flourishing
- health professional education
- health professions
- impact
- mindset
- positive psychology
- psychological flexibility
- resilience
- stress
- wellbeing
- workforce sustainability
- workplace culture
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