Center for Professional Health...A resource for physician wellness from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine providing CME on the proper prescribing of controlled drugs, maintaining proper boundaries, and improving workplace behavior as well as research on matters of professional health and performance.

Staying Well...medical writer Flora Johnson Skelly's report on experts' suggestions on how to stay well (print version originally appeared in American Medical News).

Managing Stress...medical writer Flora Johnson Skelly's report on experts' suggestions on how to deal with the stresses of the profession (print version originally appeared in American Medical News).

The emotional impact of medical errors on practicing physicians in the United States and Canada....from the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (PubMed Abstract).

Sleepless in Seattle...and elsewhere, too?. Fifty-two percent of 500 primary care physicians randomly surveyed by telephone reported having sleep difficulty, averaging 15.8 nights of sleep difficulty/month. More info on the report and how to improve sleep.

Center for Professional Well-Being...dedicated to physician well-being...offers workshops, counseling, retreats.

The Daily Tao...Taoist aficionado Robin Ziegler's "all-about" site for sore souls.

Anchoring Exercise...a tutorial introduction to a version of mindfulness meditation.