Webinar Topic: How to Protect Yourself, Your Career, and Your Patients: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Surgeon Pain, and Disability Insurance Date: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm Central Duration: 60 Minutes Speaker: Adrian Park, MD, FACS Register Now Join us to learn: Identify factors that lead to worsening surgeon mental stress and burnout Identify factors that lead to worsening surgeon physical stress and ergonomic risk factor violations Be better equipped with strategies to mitigate burnout and surgical work-related injuries and discomfort Register Now Can’t join us live?
Mellinger, MD, FACS Wednesday, March 7, 2018 7:00 pm Central This webinar will focus on a current analysis of resident psychological well-being including the etiologies, prevalence, and consequences of burnout amongst trainees, and will review institutional and personal strategies for overcoming the same, including a review of key elements of personal resilience. Learning objectives --Attendee will understand the prevalence of burnout amongst residents and practicing surgeons --Attendees will be able to describe some of factors undermining physician wellbeing in current environment --Attendee will be able to describe current programmatic strategies to address these challenges --Attendee will be able to summarize characteristics of resilience and how these may be cultivated during residency Register now!
Not Another Thing on Your To-Do List: Leveraging Social Media to Achieve Your Career Goals, Avoid Burnout, and Expand Your Horizons Monday, August 5 | 8:00 pm (CST) During this hangout, the discussion will cover the strengths and applications of different platforms, and how they might be useful at different points in our careers to empower young surgeons to find ways social media can support career goals and make life easier and more enjoyable
During this hangout, we will discuss the following: The value of silence – https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2737686 The dangers of silence – http://bulletin.facs.org/2019/08/silence-is-deadly-the-importance-of-communication-in-addressing-wellness-and-burnout-in-surgical-residency/ Open discussion of personal and professional experiences from which we have learned about the value and dangers of silence Discussion leaders: Melissa Red Hoffman, MD, ND Department of Surgery, Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC Meghana V Kashyap, MD, DIM&PH PGY-4 General Surgery Resident University of Nebraska Medical Center Post-Doctoral Fellow Center for Fetal Research Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Crystal Johnson-Mann, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of GI Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine
Proponents of this system see it as a way to improve work-life balance and reduce burnout. This is in contrast to the more traditional model of surgical care in which a surgeon maintain continuity of care for patients on which they operate.
After a lunch break with our respective local chapters, Krista Kaups, MD, MSc, FACS discussed predisposing factors for surgeon burnout, and encouraged surgeons to take the Physician Well-Being Index (https://www.facs.org/member-services/surgeon-wellbeing).
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