The Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine (KNN) is a national movement whose work is focused on the integration of four foundational elements within the profession of medicine: character, caring, practical wisdom and flourishing. We advance this work in the following ways: connecting and convening stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem, catalyzing transformative initiatives, and influencing policy and systems change. When clinical learning environments, practice settings and health systems cultivate a wholeness of being and sense of purpose — along with competence and continuous improvement — then those within can truly flourish. That’s the KNN’s aspirational goal: Advancing character, caring and practical wisdom in medicine to ignite positive culture change that helps individuals, communities and society flourish.
A growing movement to advance flourishing in medicine
