Ethical approval:
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Approval for project involving human subjects granted on8/19/2014 by Northwestern University’s Institutional Review Board Office, IRB project number-STU00092019, review type-exempt (human subjects involved only in surveys, tests, interviews, or observations), protocol sites-Northwestern University (NU) Chicago medical campus.
Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study, including consent for publication.
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding
None.
Authors Contributions
MM assisted in scale development, administered focus groups, administered surveys, and led organization of manuscript. DV led scale development, assisted with organization of manuscript, and oversaw data analysis and synthesis of final scale creation. AK analyzed and interpreted the data and led statistical analyses. MR and GA assisted with item development for stress scale, provided expert feedback on study methodology, and assisted with synthesis of final manuscript. SG assisted with amalgamation of final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Augusta Webster Office of Medical Education at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Feinberg School of Medicine medical students.
Consent for Publication
Informed consent for publication was obtained from all individual participants included in the study prior to administration of survey.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Notes on Contributors
Matthew J Mosquera is a resident physician in psychiatry with interests in integrative medicine,
addiction medicine, and physician wellbeing.
Aaron Kaat is an Assistant Professor with interests in measure development and IRT with special
populations.
Melinda Ring is Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and is interested in
wellbeing initiatives being infused into the medical education curriculum.
Gaurava Agarwal is an Assistant Professor with special interest in mood disorders, ADHD,
schizophrenia, addiction, positive psychiatry, and healthcare professional wellness.
Sydney Glickson is an undergraduate student at Wake Forest University with interests in
integrative medicine and health.
David Victorson is an Associate Professor with interests in measure development and increasing
the wellbeing of medical patients and professionals.