J Bryan Sexton

Husband, dad of 4, Psychologist, Speaker, Scientist, well-being researcher. Learn more - ; ;

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Exhausted? 100,000 voices agree...

Emotional Exhaustion Among US Health Care Workers Before and During COVID-19 https://t.co/70jNIMXBiB via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork

Want to do something about it? https://t.co/xckCUruYut

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

.@ValerieFoushee @senthomtillis @sentedbuddnc I urge you to fully fund cosponsor HR 7153/S 3679 to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which provides critical support and resources to address the mental health challenges that health workers face.

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

.@ValerieFoushee @senthomtillis @sentedbuddnc I urge you to fully fund and cosponsor HR 7153/S 3679 to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which provides critical support and resources to address the mental health challenges of health workers.

[Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences @DukePsychiatry]

In this @JAMANetworkOpen podcast, hear from Duke Psychiatry's Dr. Bryan Sexton about:
- The detriments of compromised #WellBeing
- A bite-sized online well-being intervention ("WELL-B")
- And the promising results of his recent WELL-B #RCT
https://t.co/yBQxTXTyQS
@DukeMedSchool

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Bite-sized Intervention Boosts Health Worker Well-Being!
After just 8 days, big decrease in burnout!
Story: https://t.co/9wvJoFwuw1

Article:
https://t.co/igVknQc1lP

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Whew! Ok, what's next?

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

RCT: A 3-5h continuing education program (WELL-B) can help to improve well-being in health care workers, with >90% favorable ratings. https://t.co/Jr7vyfISsn

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

RCT: A 3-5h continuing education program (WELL-B) can help to improve well-being in health care workers, with >90% favorable ratings. https://t.co/Jr7vyfISsn

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Bite-sized well-being for the weary...
Grant funded, no cost, simple intervention.

Most folks ask us for something that will help them as well as their colleagues, well... here it is:

https://t.co/orYqyUCgyB

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@tjcjqps @DSTawfik @ProfitJochen As Exhaustion goes up (https://t.co/3sg1debT8Q) we need better local leadership (https://t.co/tebIgVPdD4): i.e., available, giving good/frequent/positive feedback. Foundational.

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@drjessigold @thanh_neville @healthpolicygrp Is it the shingle outside your office:
It's me, Hi,
I'm the therapist,
It's me.

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

6 of 6 well-being outcomes still better 1 year later!

If you're still in healthcare, you deserve a wellbeing easy button!
see:
Effectiveness of a bite-sized web-based intervention to improve healthcare worker wellbeing: RCT of WISER https://t.co/apvrxRNCDW
#burnout #wellbeing

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

The Science of Simple Well-Being Essentials

WELL-B links:
enroll: https://t.co/d3Pg4AI5Nx
flyer: https://t.co/f9pp8R8lfT
2 min intro video: https://t.co/mWFvJgQRwm

WELL-B Essentials 2023 is an engaging, practical, evidence-based series of well-being s…https://t.co/OZ4jWZVQ3D

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

4,394 Michiganders tried WELL-B, and the results are in! You can try also: https://t.co/xckCUruYut
2 min intro: https://t.co/mCZcHpV63n

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@BMJ_Qual_Saf @LawtonRebecca @EJThomas_safety Couldn't agree more - excellent infographic!
Gotta have gas in the tank to do sustainable QI...
https://t.co/70jNIMXBiB

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@HelenBevan @shanesnow Leaders that promote it have teams with better safety and better well-being!

The Psychological Safety Scale of the Safety,... : Journal of Patient Safety https://t.co/2eyQx1HY3n

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

3 burnout responses:
1) fix systems
2) help our suffering coworkers
3) 1&2: connect individuals with more of what is meaningful to them

It's hard: https://t.co/quaRwHIdDR
but there are options: https://t.co/xckCUrcPgl, https://t.co/OYM9hXvGUs, https://t.co/QfSCgo3boE

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Already high before the pandemic, the alarming current rate (63%) and increase in physician burnout
"We cared about quality of patients' experience, building relationships with them"
https://t.co/MJJfpv5kHk @oliverwhang21 w/ @JBryanSexton1 @JBryanSexton1 @MayoProceedings

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@jacki_liddle @JAMANetworkOpen @JAMANetwork @SafeReliableHRO @JonBae01 @carrieadair @DukeIM @DukePsychiatry @DukeHSQ @DukeNews @ELM_Eckert @nkagetsu @ColinWestMDPhD There are bite-sized tools we can use to put some gas back in the tank: https://t.co/OYM9hXNQ8A

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Exhausted? 100,000 voices agree...

Emotional Exhaustion Among US Health Care Workers Before and During COVID-19 https://t.co/70jNIMXBiB via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork

Want to do something about it? https://t.co/xckCUruYut

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

@gabrieldane @ColinWestMDPhD *that moment you realize you might have to clean up an extraordinary mess you did not create*

but it recurs...every...day

a slog to be sure, but real progress will come - we are the change we have been waiting for.

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

Good science= dif groups use dif methods to find same result.
1:https://t.co/ejdiW7GFB0
and
2: https://t.co/UpcSPWFj0N
found...
Physician Burnout Has Reached Distressing Levels, New Research Finds https://t.co/rFOG9fk3bi

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

so if the well-being issue is local, to some extent the solutions will also need to be local.
https://t.co/OYM9hXNij2

[J Bryan Sexton @JBryanSexton1]

How much exhaustion is explained by WHO your coworkers are? 15-24%

Heaven/Hell is other people
Seinfeld: "People, they're the worst"

Social contagion of well-being

Emotional Exhaustion Before/During COVID-19 https://t.co/4L95y7rpVp via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork