Browsing by Subject "wellness"

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    Flexibility in Faculty Work-Life Policies at Medical Schools in the Big Ten Conference: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study
    (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2022) Wagner, Emily A.; Jansen, Jaclyn H.; DeLuna, Hannah; Anderson, Katherine; Doehring, Marla C.; Welch , Julie L.; Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
    Background: Flexible work-life policies for medical school faculty are necessary to support career progress, advancement, retention, and job satisfaction. Objective: Our objective was to perform a 10-year follow-up descriptive assessment of the availability of flexible work-life policies for faculty in medical schools in the Big Ten Conference. Design: In this descriptive study, a modified objective scoring system was used to evaluate the flexibility of faculty work-life policies at 13 medical schools in the Big Ten Conference. Policy information was obtained from institutional websites and verified with the human resources offices. Scores from the 2011 study and 2020 were compared. Results: Michigan State and Ohio State Universities offered the most flexible policies (score 17.75/22) with the University of Michigan following (score 16.75/22). The largest delta scores, indicating more flexible policies in the past decade, were at University of Michigan (6) and University of Minnesota (5.25). Policies for parental leave and part-time faculty varied widely. Most schools earned an additional point in the newly added category of “flexible scheduling and return-to-work policies.” Nearly every institution reported dedicated lactation spaces and improved childcare options. Limitations: Limitations included missing policy data and interpretation bias in reviewing the policy websites, unavailable baseline data for schools that joined the Big Ten after the 2011 study, and unavailable baseline data for the additional category of return-to-work policies. Conclusions: While progress has been made, every institution should challenge themselves to review flexibility in work-life policies for faculty. It is important to advance a healthy competition with the goal to achieve more forward-thinking policies that improve retention, recruitment, and advancement of faculty. Big Ten institutions can continue to advance their policies by providing greater ease of access to options, further expansion of parental leave and childcare support, and offering more flexible policies for part-time faculty.
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    Health-related Quality of Life in a Prospective Study of Ultrasound to Detect Cystic Fibrosis-related Liver Disease in Children
    (Wiley, 2022-09-06) Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane; Palermo, Joseph J.; Ye, Wen; Huang, Suiyuan; Magee, John C.; Alazraki, Adina; Freeman, A. Jay; Harned, Roger; Karmazyn, Boaz; Karnsakul, Wikrom; Leung, Daniel H.; Ling, Simon C.; Masand, Prakash; Molleston, Jean P.; Murray, Karen F.; Navarro, Oscar M.; Nicholas, Jennifer L.; Otto, Randolph K.; Paranjape, Shruti M.; Siegel , Marilyn J.; Stoll, Janis; Towbin, Alexander J.; Narkewicz, Michael R.; Alonso, Estella M.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Background: Cystic fibrosis-related liver disease (CFLD) begins early in life. Symptoms may be vague, mild or nonexistent. Progressive liver injury may be associated with decrements in patient health before liver disease is clinically apparent. We examined Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in children enrolled in a multi-center study of cystic fibrosis-related liver disease (CFLD) to determine the impact of early CFLD on general and disease-specific QOL. Methods: US patterns of normal (NL), heterogeneous (HTG), homogeneous (HMG), or nodular (NOD) were assigned in a prospective manner to predict those at risk for advanced CFLD. Parents were informed of results. We assessed parent/child-reported (age≥5 y) HRQOL by PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core and CF Questionnaire-revised (CFQ-R) prior to US and annually. HRQOL scores were compared by US pattern at baseline (prior to US), between baseline and 1-year and at 5 years. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with Hotelling-Lawley trace tested for differences among US groups. Results: Prior to US, among 515 participants and their parents there was no evidence that HTG or NOD US was associated with reduced PedsQL/CFQ-R at baseline. Parents of NOD reported no change in PedsQL/CFQ-R over the next year. Child-report PedsQL/CFQ-R (95 NL, 20 NOD) showed improvement between baseline and year 5 for many scales, including Physical Function. Parents of HMG children reported improved CFQ-R scores related to weight. Conclusions: Early undiagnosed or pre-symptomatic liver disease had no impact on generic or disease-specific HRQoL, and HRQoL was remarkably stable in children with CF regardless of liver involvement.
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    Leading with Wellness in Mind: Lessons in Academic Leadership During a Pandemic
    (2021-12-15) Sotto-Santiago, Sylk; Ober, Michael; Neal, Chemen; Geraci, Mark
    PURPOSE: COVID-19 pandemic impact on healthcare providers has been immense, making it clear that the pandemic demands even more out of our leadership and wellness efforts. METHODS: We ground this work in the phenomenology of leadership. Our team evaluated programmatic interventions of virtual community wellness sessions. RESULTS: Ninety-eight percent of respondents strongly agreed that wellness initiatives in the department are critical. Qualitative results focus on one of the lessons learned; what it means to lead with wellness in mind. CONCLUSION: Now, more than ever, leading with wellness in mind becomes a high priority. We present its seven key domains.