Maintaining mental, physical and emotional wellness is more important than ever for physicians during this stressful time. Each week, ISMA will share a few resources to help relieve stress and care for yourself.

Coping with the psychological impact of COVID-19
This article from Physicians Practice offers strategies for managing your own psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping your staff and interacting with patients and families. Read now >> 

Taking care of the compassionate care team: Conversations about moral distress and moral injury
Moral distress - knowing the right thing to do but not being able to do it - contributes to clinician burnout. This free CME webinar from Providers Clinical Support System offers insights and strategies to lessen and prevent moral distress. (Account creation required.) This issue of Team Care Connections is dedicated to the same topic.

Mindfulness meditation: Calm is not separate from the storm
The trauma being experienced by health care providers is not a single event. On a cognitive level, we recognize how thoughtful pondering of possible future decisions can turn from a focused, time-limited effort into endlessly looping worry. This mindfulness meditation by a psychiatrist who teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction will help center you. Listen now >>