Acknowledge Vulnerability, Embrace Passions with Surgeon Well-Being Resources

The ACS celebrates your well-being and participation in ACS Surgeon Well-Being Month throughout January. Well-being is critical for the health, sustainability, and success of surgeons, care teams, and health systems. The ACS Brief will provide the audio and video resources available from the Surgeon Well-Being Program.

This week, check out two popular resources from 2022.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Watch a conversation with Mary L. Brandt, MD, Mdiv, FACS, Melissa “Red” Hoffman, MD, FACS, and Molly Booker, MBA, Mdiv, on suicide awareness, prevention, and loss. Through personal sharing and discussion, they explore four questions:

• What leads someone to contemplate suicide?
• Why do we feel the way we do after experiencing loss by suicide and what can we do about it?
• What do I do if I feel suicidal or if someone around me is experiencing suicidal ideation?
• What can organizations do to stop this epidemic?

The Whole Surgeon Video Series

At all career stage levels, it is important to have pursuits outside of the workplace and the OR. ACS Members share their hobbies, interest, and passions outside of the OR and how it supports their well-being.