Factors Associated With Physician Empowerment and Well-being at an Academic Medical Center.

Objective: This study reports an institutional approach to rapidly measure burnout and gather physicians' opinions on workplace factors that empower well-being.

Methods: In July 2017, physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were invited to participate in a two-question survey measuring self-reported burnout and providing an opportunity to describe structures that empower well-being. Free-text responses were analyzed and a linear regression model assessed factors associated with well-being.

Embedding Ethics Education in Clinical Clerkships by Identifying Clinical Ethics Competencies: The Vanderbilt Experience.

The clinical clerkships in medical school are the first formal opportunity for trainees to apply bioethics concepts to clinical encounters. These clerkships are also typically trainees' first sustained exposure to the "reality" of working in clinical teams and the full force of the challenges and ethical tensions of clinical care. We have developed a specialized, embedded ethics curriculum for Vanderbilt University medical students during their second (clerkship) year to address the unique experience of trainees' first exposure to clinical care.

Framing Medicine as a Moral Practice: An Introductory Medical School Course.

Problem: The transition into medical school represents a time of profound professional development for medical students. Many medical schools manage this transition with brief orientations followed by abrupt moves into the anatomy laboratory. Recognizing that early introduction of key humanistic concepts could have a lasting impact on students' attitudes, faculty at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine created the Foundations of the Profession (FoP) course to frame medicine as a moral practice.