Medical Student Well-Being Resources

Working towards your professional goals is important but your own well-being is paramount. Use the following resources to practice mindfulness and recognize burnout in yourself and others.

Articles

• A Beginner's Guide to Staying Sane in Medical School
• Eight Ways To Develop Your Resilience
• 10 Tips on How to Be Happy in Medical School

On Demand Webinars

• Medical Student Well-being: Don’t Forget About Us
• Building Your Resilient Self®
• Positive Psychology in Times of Crisis
• Optimizing Well-being, Practice Culture, and Professional Thriving in an Era of Turbulence
• Know Your Colleagues, Know Yourself: Checking in on Mental Health

Other

• Well-being and Burnout Tools
• Coronavirus and Mental Health: Taking Care of Ourselves During Infectious Disease Outbreaks
• Prioritizing Medical Student Downtime: Resources and Recommendations

Crisis and Counseling Support

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  • Ph: 1-800-273-8255 and crisis text line at 741-741
• For the Frontlines (free crisis counseling, 24/7)
  • Counseling for front line workers facing fear, anxiety, stress, isolation.
  • USA text 741741, UK text 85258, Canada text 741741, Ireland text 086 1800 280
• Project Parachute
  • Pro bono teletherapy for Covid-19 frontliners.
• The Physician Support Line
  • Free and confidential support line for physicians, staffed by over 600 volunteer psychiatrists
  • Because there is no formal doctor-patient relationship established, the call does not have to be reported to any medical board as therapy.
• SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline
  • Ph: 1-800-985-5990
  • Provides immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster.
• The Emotional PPE Project
  • Connects healthcare workers in need with licensed mental health professionals.

Find more well-being and professional resources on ACP Online.