Wellness at Riverside
Healthy’ is the new ‘Happy’- Wellness in Emergency Medicine
Adapted from Being Well in Emergency Medicine: ACEP’s guide to investing in yourself and The Global Wellness Institute
What is wellness?
According to the Global Wellness Institute, wellness is “the active pursuit of activities, choices and lifestyles that lead to a state of holistic health”. Wellness is a dynamic and multifaceted process. The American College of Emergency Physicians breaks down wellness into a collaboration of multiple individual elements that together embody the overall state of being well. Physician wellness calls for practicing purposeful behaviors for each component of the ‘wellness wheel’ to achieve a more balanced and successful career.
Why is wellness important?
Simply stated, wellness leads to improved quality of life. Improved quality of life leads to improved well-being. And improved well-being leads to better self-care and patient care. This cycle then propagates and intensifies.
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