Abstract
Introduction: To combat resident physician burnout, wellness programming should include approaches that foster joy to work as a physician. Photograph trading cards have been used to improve patient satisfaction but have not been explored as a way to improve physician work satisfaction. We aimed to use trading cards to improve resident physician identification by patients’ families, as well as measure their effect on the hospital experience for patients and residents.
Methods: For a one-month period in 2019, trading cards were piloted with the nine residents assigned to the inpatient pediatrics service. Employing five-point Likert scales, surveys were administered to residents and convenience samples of 100 patients’ families before and after card distribution.
Results: Compared to families prior, those given trading cards reported increased perceived importance of physician identification and a greater association with care satisfaction. Families’ ability to identify treating physicians increased from 5% to 66% with card distribution (p
Conclusion: Trading cards can be used as a tool to improve resident physician work satisfaction and joy in medicine, while also improving the hospital experience for patients and families.
DOI
10.18297/jwellness/vol3/iss1/3
Recommended Citation
Weiss, Lindsay; Edmond, Mary; Varghese, Sarah; and Cooley, Anthony
(2021)
"Physician Trading Cards as a Tool to Improve Resident Joy in Medicine while Improving Patient Satisfaction,"
Journal of Wellness: Vol. 3
:
Iss.
1
, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18297/jwellness/vol3/iss1/3
Available at:
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jwellness/vol3/iss1/3