Modeling Changes in Physician Health After Participation in the Leading Physician Well-Being Certificate Program

• Activity Number: 439 - Contributed Poster Presentations: Survey Research Methods Section
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
• Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
• Author(s): Elisabeth F Callen* and Tarin Clay and Heather Woods and Margot Savoy and Kat Istas and Natabhona Mabachi
• Companies: American Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians
• Keywords: Mixed Effect Regression; Physician Well-Being; Burnout; Quality Improvement

Abstract

The Leading Physician Well-Being Certificate Program at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was started to train family physicians to become leaders in improving wellness in their practices. In addition to the webinars, discussions, conferences, individual reflections, and a quality improvement project, the participants were asked to complete evaluation surveys at the start, midway, and end of the program. In each survey, the participants were asked about their well-being, leadership style, quality improvement skills, organizational policies, and experienced discrimination. For the purposes of this analysis, we focused on leadership style: Adaptive Leadership Questionnaire. The AAFP Evaluation Team, with the goal to observe differences over time due to the program, completed a series of mixed effect regressions to determine the effect the program had on the participants. The AAFP Evaluation Team found that the program had a positive effect.