Physician Vitality Initiative
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    • Peer to Peer
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    • Suicide Prevention
    • Other Links
  • Guiding Principles
    • Supportive Culture
    • Policy Advocacy
    • Supportive Systems
    • Engaged Leadership
    • Interprofessional Teams
    • Anticipate Emotional Challenges
    • Mental Health Care
    • Promote Self Care
  • BUILD STRENGTH
    • Personal Resilience
    • Practice Differently
    • Adverse Events
  • CHANGE SYSTEMS
    • Counting the Cost
    • Cultures of Wellness
    • Technology
    • Advocacy

Capital Coalition for Physician Well-Being
Elevating a New Aspirational Standard in Our Medical Community

Our vision is to become the first translocal medical community that is broadly committed to prioritizing physician well-being in the process of delivering healthcare. Our coalition promotes the National Charter on Physician Well-Being (NCPW) as a local aspirational standard for the greater SW Idaho medical community and invites your support.
National Charter on Physician Well-Being
Click on the links below to see research, local resources, opportunities to get involved, and examples of various SW Idaho institutions and individuals committed to these principles.
Guiding Principles
  1. Effective Patient Care Promotes and Requires Physician Well-being
  2. Physician Well-being is Related with the Well-being of All Members of the Health Care Team
  3. Physician Well-being is a Quality Marker
  4. Physician Well-Being is a Shared Responsibility
Societal Commitments
  1. Foster a Trustworthy and Supportive Culture in Medicine
  2. Advocate for Policies that Enhance Physician Well-being
Organizational Commitments
  1. Build Supportive Systems
  2. Develop Engaged Leadership
  3. Optimize Highly Functioning Interprofessional Teams
Interpersonal and Individual Commitments
  1. Anticipate and Respond to Inherent Emotional Challenges of Physician Work
  2. Prioritize Mental Health Care
  3. Practice and Promote Self Care
The National Charter on Physician Well-Being was developed by the Collaborative for Healing And Renewal in Medicine, under a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, and copyrighted by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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Original Content Copyright 2015-2021* Ada County Medical Society
PhysicianVitality.org and the Capital Coalition for Physician Well-Being is sponsored by Ada County Medical Society, Boise Idaho.

The National Charter on Physician Well-Being was developed by the Collaborative for Healing And Renewal in Medicine, under a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

Local services offered here, specifically the Physician Vitality Program (counseling services) are directed at ACMS Members only. All other information is published in the hopes it will be useful to other physicians and clinicians seeking help and inspiration.

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  • HOME
  • GET HELP
    • National Support Resources
    • ACMS' Physician Vitality Program
    • Find a Boise Area Counselor
    • Peer to Peer
    • Get Connected
    • Local Resource Physicians
    • Physicians Recovery Network
    • Suicide Prevention
    • Other Links
  • Guiding Principles
    • Supportive Culture
    • Policy Advocacy
    • Supportive Systems
    • Engaged Leadership
    • Interprofessional Teams
    • Anticipate Emotional Challenges
    • Mental Health Care
    • Promote Self Care
  • BUILD STRENGTH
    • Personal Resilience
    • Practice Differently
    • Adverse Events
  • CHANGE SYSTEMS
    • Counting the Cost
    • Cultures of Wellness
    • Technology
    • Advocacy