OBJECTIVE Physician burnout and wellness are vital and current issues in medicine, including allergy and immunology. Resilience involves the ability to rebound from personal and professional adversities. Improving individual resilience can be used to combat many of these stresses. DATA SOURCES PubMed as well as the worldwide web were searched for articles on physician wellness and resilience. STUDY SELECTIONS Study selections that were utilized included peer reviewed scholarly review articles, peer reviewed scientific research articles, and articles from internet web sites on wellness and resilience. RESULTS Physicians deal with many occupational stresses, including bureaucratic tasks, employment change, discrimination, difficult personalities, financial issues, and retirement. Personal stresses may include marital or relationship issues, loss of a family member, as well as mental and physical conditions. A variety of techniques can be used to improve personal resilience. These include addressing individual mental and physical healthcare issues, focusing on adequate sleep, nutrition, and exercise, maintaining a positive and hopeful outlook, addressing spirituality, and adding daily humor. CONCLUSION As we address our own wellness and improve our resilience as physicians, the healthier we become and the better we can advocate for our patients and our specialty of allergy and immunology.I would like to thank the reviewers, the ACAAI, ACAAI Physician Wellness Taskforce, ACAAI Integrative Medicine Committee, Gailen D. Marshall, Jr, MD, PhD, Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MBA, MSc, Michael Blaiss, MD, and Jennifer Pfeifer, MBA.
Physician wellness in Allergy and Immunology: Personal resiliency.