501: Physician Wellness 360

This course is designed to assist health care professionals in understanding how, when, and what types of integrative approaches might be effective in the approach to whole clinician wellbeing. Physician burnout, and its inverse, physician wellbeing, have come into sharp focus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In reality, the spike in prevalence of physician burnout is an acute-on-chronic issue, a conclusion supported by substantial accruing literature documenting high rates of distress in physicians of all specialty areas. While institutional interventions to address and mitigate this growing problem are evolving ultimately the health and well being of individual physicians must be considered fundamental to maintaining a healthy, compassionate and productive workforce.

This course will help educate individual physicians about approaches to close their knowledge gaps about physician wellbeing. The material will assist them in understanding their current state of wellbeing using evidence-based assessment tools; acquire evidence-based information about foundations of healthy lifestyle in nutrition, physical activity, and sleep, and stress management. This is important because an accruing number of effective, safe, non-pharmaceutical therapies are available to promote and protect physician wellbeing, yet these tools and skills are not widely known or routinely taught to clinicians.

Accreditation / Credit Designation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Academy of Pediatric Integrative Medicine. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Outcome Objectives

1. Identify physicians that could potentially benefit from physician wellbeing-focused treatment options.
2. Determine which interventions have robust supporting evidence for use in physicians with evidence of burnout and interest in improving overall wellbeing.
3. Teach physicians how to better educate themselves and apply new skills to mitigate, protect, and improve their overall wellbeing.

Current CME Approval Period: 7/31/2026 – 8/1/2028

Date of Most Recent Review: July 2026

Relevant Financial Relationships Statement

University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). The CME office reviewers have nothing to disclose. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

All individuals in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.