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Leadership & Professional Development

(SA22) Reclaiming Our Joy: Medicine as a Life, Not a Job

Saturday, March 9, 2024
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Room: 303
CMD Management Credit
CME: (1) MOC: (1) CMD Management: (1) NP Pharmacology Hours ()
Disclosure(s):
Patricia L. Bach, PsyD, RN: No financial relationships to disclose.
Mark A. Heard, MD, CMD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Fatima Sheikh, MD, MPH, CMD: No financial relationships to disclose.
Part 1: Speakers will discuss causes of burnout, including burden of administrative tasks, demanding jobs, focus on number of patient-visits rather than quality of care, fractionated and competitive patientcare which translates into loss of passion for medicine and lack of fulfilment from caring for patients.
Speakers will use patient stories, volunteer experiences and work-life struggles to highlight burnout. They will use same experiences to show how they found gratitude, meaning and joy in practice of medicine. Simple practices of reframing, gratitude, kindness and self-forgiveness will be shared to find joy.
Part 2: Participants will share personal reflections of difficult situations and will use tools to reframe their experiences by making simple personal choice to view situation differently, find joy and gratitude in difficult life experiences, practice self-forgiveness and find innovative approaches to empower others

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:
  • Describe important concept of burnout and its causes among healthcare workers. Describe how burnout leads to loss of passion for medicine and lack of fulfilment from caring for patients.
  • Demonstrate burnout by story telling and share simple practices of reframing, gratitude, kindness and self-forgiveness to alleviate sense of burnout and to find joy.
  • Share tools for reframing, protecting one’s passion and exploring meaning, gratitude and joy in personal life experiences.
  • Conduct reflective exercise with participants to help them apply concepts of reframing, making simple personal choices, finding joy and gratitude, practicing self-forgiveness and exploring innovative approaches to empower other healthcare workers around them to assist with tasks. The exercise will focus on elevating sense of joy in practicing medicine among participants.