b'PACEP Wellness/Young Physicians Committee: On-Shift WellnessBy Dhimitri Nikolla, DO, MS, FACEPWellness technically encompassesothers until you take care of yourself. physical, mental, and social well-beingSimilarly, find a moment to connect in all aspects of life and making choiceswith your colleagues. Our work can to attain that well-being. However,be taxing, but the people we work wellness resources often focus on thewith can make it less challenging if work-life balance, as if wellness iswe function well as a team. Trying to about balancing the consequencesform relationships with your colleagues of our work with the benefits of ourshows that you are invested in them life outside of work. While rewarding,and will ultimately improve your exciting, and fulfilling, our work asteamwork. Furthermore, working emergency physicians is also high- with colleagues you have personally stakes, challenging, and cognitivelyconnected with makes your shift much Dhimitri Nikolla, DO, MS, FACEP exhausting. Therefore, wellness inmore enjoyable.Wellness / YP Committee Chair emergency medicine must include the pursuit of well-being on-shift, not justWhile we cannot change the stressful off-shift. Here are a couple of strategiesnature of our work, we can better to improve your on-shift wellness. manage the stress by making choices First, take a break. You are not treatingthat our on-shift wellness, like taking patients with seconds or minutes toa needed break and cultivating live every moment of your shift. Takingrelationships with our colleagues. a few minutes to breathe deeply,Every shift does not have to feel like destress, and consume a snack anda test of your cognitive stamina. drink will allow you to clear your mind,Remember, wellness is about making refocus, and ultimately make yourchoices that facilitate well-being; take efforts more sustainable over the restthese opportunities to improve your of your shift.You cannot take care ofon-shift wellness!Are you ready to becomea Fellow?Youll need: Three continuous years of ACEP membershipTo learn more visit:Board Certification in EM the ABEM or AOBEM or Pediatric EM by ABPhttps://www.acep.org/Three years of active involvement in EM (exclusive of residency training) membership/membership/join- Proven, active involvement in three or more areas of leadership acep/fellow-status/ 26 PACEP News | Spring 2023'