At the end of this educational activity, learners will be able to:                            

• List the factors that contribute to physician well-being
• Interpret the current organizational science on promoting professional fulfillment
• Develop familiarity with evidence-based approaches to promote professional fulfillment for physicians using a framework that includes culture of wellness, efficiency of practice, and personal resilience
• Recognize the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in achieving the goals of professional fulfillment and well-being
• Utilize effective methods to gain peer and leadership collaboration
• Identify and evaluate the local needs of physicians
• Integrate basic principles of improvement science into approaching local physician well-being initiatives

We are working to confirm course dates for 2025. Please check back for updates. 

A very limited number of scholarships are available for participants from outside the United States who do not have organizational or personal resources to pay the tuition. Scholarship eligibility is strictly for participants who are currently in a role leading physician well-being at the unit level in their organization. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, you may indicate so in your application.

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2024 cohorts. We plan to open the application for the 2025 cohort(s) in October of this year. Please check this webpage for updates or join our interest list here. 

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation – American Medical Association (AMA)

Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

We understand that schedules and availability change. If you are accepted into the course and pay your registration fee, and you are no longer able to participate, you must send your cancelation request in writing to wbdirectorcourse@stanford.edu.

The Physician Well-being Director Course is a live course that is hosted online, via Zoom, on a weekly basis over a six-week period. Each session is 2.5 hours of planned content and interactivity, plus an optional 30-minute networking period at the end.

This is an application-based course, in which we consider the current role and scope of the applicant. Priority is given to applicants who are in a current role/scope in which they are positioned to apply the knowledge learned from the course.

1. First, you must apply and await your acceptance decision, which will come via email. We try to respond with a decision within 5-10 business days of receiving applications.
2. If you are accepted, in order to be considered officially enrolled, you must register and pay for the course promptly. Instructions on how to register and pay are in the acceptance email. If you do not take this step, you will not get further instructions on how to participate.
3. Once you are registered and paid, you will receive further instructions about how to prepare for the course, including log-in information for Canvas, our learning management system, which includes the Zoom link for the course and other important course information,
4. If you are not accepted into the course, you will be informed by email and added to our email list for future opportunities. We cannot make exceptions to our application decisions.

This course is designed for physicians leading well-being efforts at the unit level. However, we do welcome applications and on occasion have accepted participants who have a different well-being scope. We approach these applications on a case-by-case basis.

If you are an in a CWO or equivalent executive position with organization-wide responsibilities, our annual Chief Wellness Officer Course would be the more appropriate course for you. Information about this course can be found here.

This course is designed for physicians leading well-being efforts at their organization. However, we do welcome applications and have accepted participants from other audiences (eg. physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, hospital or practice administrators, etc), so long as physicians are included in their well-being scope. We welcome an application from you to better understand your suitability for the course.

If you applied for a previous cohort and were not accepted, but you would like to be reconsidered for a current cohort, please submit a new application. Please do not reapply or submit multiple applications for the same cohort.

We understand that conflicts arise during the course, but we strongly recommend that you clear your calendar and plan to attend all the sessions of course. As a participant in this course, you will be placed in learning group breakouts and if you miss a session, you will miss that opportunity and potentially impact others as well. If you have a pre-existing conflict that cannot be changed, we suggest that you postpone your application to a future cohort so you can participate in all sessions.

Zoom session recordings will be available for a short time following each session, pending faculty approval. Distribution or sharing of video content from the course is not allowed.

The course content currently targets physician populations.

This course is considered a live, virtual learning event hosted on Zoom. It contains didactic presentations and group learning activities. As an accepted participant, you will have access to Canvas, an online learning management system, which contains recommended readings, articles, reflection and discussion questions, and more. You will also have access to Zoom videos and PDF versions of presentations and handouts, as permitted by course faculty. Presentation slides will not be shared in PowerPoint format.

Faculty presentations and all course materials are intellectual property of Stanford University and the individual presenter. Written permission from Stanford University and the author of the specific presentation is required for reproduction, adaptation or reuse of any materials related to the course.

We were previously able to offer the course free of charge due to the generous philanthropic gift from a donor. In order to cover our continued costs associated with offering this course, we have implemented a course fee.

We are currently able to offer course scholarships to a limited number of participants who meet the eligibility criteria listed above.

Thank you for applying! We review applications on a rolling basis and will strive to get you a decision within 5-10 business days. Please check your spam/junk folder for any emails from wbdirectorcourse@stanford.edu. If you have still not heard from us after 15 business days, feel free to email us directly.

Congratulations! Please fully read your acceptance email for timely details on how to fully enroll in the course and pay your tuition. After you have paid tuition, you will receive a follow-up email from us with more course details. You will then be added to our online learning management system, Canvas, and receive Zoom details, one week prior to the course start date.

Yes, course tuition must be paid up front at the time of registration in order to be enrolled in the course. You may choose to add the CME/CE credit option at the time of registration, or you may wait and add the CME/CE credit add-on later. We will notify course participants of the final date to add/pay for the CME/CE credit option.

Yes, when applying for the course, you will be asked if you would like to opt in to be included in a participant directory (name, organization, title, email). After the course begins, the participant directory will be shared on our learning management system, Canvas.

Unfortunately, we do not provide our course co-directors and/or faculty direct email address(es) upon request. Some faculty presenters will opt to include their contact information at the end of their slides, in which case, feel free to reach out to them.

You may also email our course inbox, wbdirectorcourse@stanford.edu, as we may be able to assist you or point you to helpful resources. But please note that we receive a large volume of emails and may not be able to respond promptly.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept group applications at this time. We require individual applications from each team member.