2. Assessment Tools

• Well-Being Index (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

  Type: Assessment Tool

  The Well-Being Index is a 100% anonymous, web-based tool used to evaluate multiple dimensions of distress in just nine questions. It’s designed to measure burnout, provide valuable resources, and allow users to compare their scores to their peers as well as track progress over time to promote self-awareness. Physicians can reassess their well-being monthly to see how it changes over time.

  The nine-question validated survey instrument measures physicians’ perceptions of their lives and their daily experiences through five interrelated elements that make up well-being: sense of purpose, social relationships, financial security, relationship to community, and physical health.

  Go to the Well-Being Index (Invitation Code: ABMS DIPLOMATE)

• Stanford Medicine WellMD

  Type: Assessment Tool

  “Doctors who take care of themselves are better role models for their patients, better role models for their children, have higher patient satisfaction and safety scores, experience less stress and burnout, and live longer. Use this Web site to find what works for you.”

  Visit Stanford Medicine WellMD.

• Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)

  Type: Assessment Tool

  The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is validated by the extensive research that has been conducted in the more than 35 years since its initial publication. MBI-Human Services Survey for Medical Personnel (MBI-HSS (MP)) is derived from the Human Services Survey specifically for Medical Personnel. The MBI-HSS (MP) addresses three scales:

  • Emotional Exhaustion measures feelings of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by one’s work.
  • Depersonalization measures an unfeeling and impersonal response toward patients.
  • Personal Accomplishment measures feelings of competence and successful achievement in one’s work.

  Authors: Christina Maslach and Susan E. Jackson
  Source: Mindgarden

  Go to Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)