To determine if Art Therapy is beneficial for management of neurology physician wellness and burnout.

Neurologists have one of the highest rates of burnout of all medical specialties. In an effort to explore interventions that may improve quality of professional life, and address the burnout concerns in a large academic clinically-oriented Department of Neurology we utilized skills and methods of licensed art therapists in providing a program for our physicians, residents, students, and administrative leaders.

Participants included 5 medical students, 8 neurology residents, 8 neurology faculty members, and 3 senior administrative leaders. Of the 24 participants 21 completed the post-session survey. The majority of participants reported the session to be beneficial (21), relaxing (20), associated with “feeling better” (18), indicating a desire for future participation (20), recommendation to others (21) and an overall positive impression of the institution and its concern for the well-being of its physicians (20). Narrative feedback was also collected.