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As rates of burnout amongst general surgery residents and faculty continue to rise, the crisis of physician well-being demands advocacy. Approaches must extend beyond individual resilience training to address structural and cultural barriers in surgery. This chapter reviews contemporary conceptual models about physician well-being and examines key pathways that residents and faculty may use to advocate for well-being: (1) program director and chair leadership; (2) institutional infrastructure provided by Graduate Medical Education offices; (3) hospital leadership; (4) accreditation and policy levers, (5) research; and (5) resident unionization. Multi-level strategies may allow organizations to shift from deficit-based burnout prevention to holistic wellness cultivation. This chapter establishes wellness advocacy as both a moral imperative and a practical necessity for workforce sustainability.

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Advocating for the Well-Being of Residents and Faculty

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    2026年

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  • Ray T. Ramirez,
  • Maya L. Hunt,
  • Yue-Yung Hu

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As rates of burnout amongst general surgery residents and faculty continue to rise, the crisis of physician well-being demands advocacy. Approaches must extend beyond individual resilience training to address structural and cultural barriers in surgery. This chapter reviews contemporary conceptual models about physician well-being and examines key pathways that residents and faculty may use to advocate for well-being: (1) program director and chair leadership; (2) institutional infrastructure provided by Graduate Medical Education offices; (3) hospital leadership; (4) accreditation and policy levers, (5) research; and (5) resident unionization. Multi-level strategies may allow organizations to shift from deficit-based burnout prevention to holistic wellness cultivation. This chapter establishes wellness advocacy as both a moral imperative and a practical necessity for workforce sustainability.