COVID-19 Wellness Resources (Highlighted on April 23)

Supporting Resilience

Wellness Committee Resilience Guide - prepared by Dr. Julianne Zweifel

Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook

Stress, Anxiety, and COVID-19 - Dr. Julianne Zweifel on the Women's Healthcast

Mindfulness and Meditation:

• Aura
• Breathwork Meditation - Art of Living Foundation
• Calm
• Doing What Matters in Times of Stress - World Health Organization
• Headspace - Headspace is offering all U.S. health care professionals free access to Headspace Plus in 2020
• Healthy Minds Program - from the UW-Madison Center for Healthy Minds
• Insight Timer
• Resilient Wisconsin - resources from the State of Wisconsin
• Ten Percent Happier: Mindfulness Meditation App

Exercise, Fitness and Nutrition:

• AllTrails: Trail Guides & Maps
• FitnessBlender.com
• FitOn
• Keeping Kids Active at Home (UW-Madison School of Education)
• Nutritional Strategies to Mitigate Fatigue (Stanford Medicine - WellMD Center)
• Wisconsin State Parks

Institutional Resources:

• UW Health Staff and Physician Wellbeing Resources during COVID-19
• SilverCloud - for UW-Madison students, faculty and staff
• UW Health Wellness Options at Work
• Well-being at UW
• UW-Madison Employee Assistance Office - resources for UW-Madison faculty, staff, partners and families

Further Reading:

• Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Journal of the American Medical Association
• Staying Well - Society of Gynecologic Oncology (video)
• Stop Trying to Be Productive - New York Times
• That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief - Harvard Business Review
• Creating a New Normal During Uncertain Times - UW Health
• Coronavirus and Mental Health: Taking Care of Ourselves During Infectious Disease Outbreaks - American Psychiatric Association
• Taking care of your mental health in the face of uncertainty - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Department Resources:

• Battling Burnout: A Conversation on Physician Wellness - David Kushner, MD's podcast interview with the Women's Healthcast about what contributes to physician burnout, how it affects patients, and what medical systems are doing to help. 
• Beyond Burnout: From Denial to Acceptance to Physician Wellness Solutions (video) - David Kushner, MD, presents a UW Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds lecture on burnout and wellness. 

National Resources:

• National Academy of Medicine - Clinician Resilience and Wellbeing
• American Medical Association - Steps Forward

Ob-Gyn Wellness Committee priorities: 

Ob-Gyn After-Hours Email Guidelines (PDF)