Primary Care Workforce Development

To ensure the District’s Primary Care workforce meets DC residents’ need for primary care, DC Health engages in and provides funding, as available, for projects related to developing the Districts primary care workforce, including both clinical and non-clinical fields.

Please contact the Health Care Access Bureau at: (202) 442-9168 with questions regarding primary care workforce development activities.

Supporting the District’s Primary Care Workforce

Summary Report

Stakeholder-Identified Drivers, Promising Practices, and Recommendations for Promoting Wellness and Preventing Burnout [PDF]

Burnout and related factors impacting worker health and wellness (e.g., chronic work-related stress, anxiety, depression, exhaustion) have been widely reported among the healthcare workforce and are also often discussed among the primary drivers of healthcare workforce attrition.

The research literature identifies a wide range of organizational drivers and/or mitigators commonly correlated with burnout, including factors related to organizational culture, climate, and work environment (e.g., leadership, communications, collaboration, safety) and work system factors (e.g., excessive workload, unmanageable work schedules, long work hours, inefficient work processes and environments, administrative and technical burden, and pay).

In late 2022, the DC Department of Health (DC Health) Primary Care Office (PCO) published a request for stakeholder input on opportunities and approaches to support the District’s healthcare workforce, reduce and prevent provider burnout, promote and improve provider health and wellness, and ultimately, increase provider retention in the District.

This report presents a summary of the DC PCO’s findings, including:

key drivers of workforce wellness and burnout;
promising practices implemented by respondent organizations; and
recommendations/opportunities to improve workforce wellness.

Webinar Series: Organizational Opportunities for Improving Workforce Wellness and Preventing Burnout

To promote diffusion of promising practices across the District, DC Health is hosting a webinar series focused on organizational approaches to improving healthcare workforce health and wellness. Each session features a presentation and Q&A with a local organization doing important and innovative work to support the healthcare workforce.

Webinar 1: GW Resiliency & Well-Being Center — September 23, 2024
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Webinar 2: MedStar Health Center for Wellbeing — October 7, 2024
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Webinar 3: Mary’s Center Learning and Leadership Development — November 12, 2024
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