Medical Minds Matter (https://medicalmindsmatter.org/), a new national non-profit organization focused on transforming the narrative of mental health in medicine through shared stories, advocacy, and community building. Our various initiatives—including anonymous storytelling and podcasts—hope to eventually spark policy change that can help address some of the larger issues we see in the medical field today, including high physician suicide rates, widespread burnout, and licensing ramifications due to mental health issues.
We strongly believe it is time to change the way mental health is
viewed in the medical field, and one way we hope to do this is through our
chapter system, where students at all levels in the medical pipeline
(undergraduate, medical students, and residents) can focus on mental health in
the field in their own communities. We have generated an anonymous chapter survey (https://forms.gle/9femJv283mNgt1Ba9) that
aims to seek input from aspiring and current medical professionals regarding
activities they would like to see from our organization and times they are
available. If students are interested in benefitting from a Medical Minds Matter chapter, please reach out to the national organization at medicalmindsmatter@gmail.com.