About the Event
In this installment of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds co-presented by the Professional Fulfillment and Well-Being team and the Department of Internal Medicine, Tait Shanafelt, M.D., presents “Charting an Organizational Course to Foster Clinician Well-Being.”
Shanafelt is the Jeanie and Stew Ritchie Professor of Medicine-Hematology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He also serves as the chief wellness officer and associate dean. He is an internationally recognized thought leader and researcher in the field of physician well-being and its implications for quality of care. His research in this area involved physicians at all stages of their career, from medical school to practice, and included several multi-center and national studies. Shanafelt published over 350 scientific manuscripts, and his studies on health care professional well-being have been cited on CNN and in USA Today, U.S. News and The New York Times. In 2018, he was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in health care. Shanafelt delivered the keynote address for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Medical Association and the American Board of Internal Medicine in the past.
Please register by Tuesday, May 12.
For more information, contact Lyndsey Loughran.
Objectives
By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:
- Discuss what is known regarding clinician distress and its consequences for quality of care in health care organizations.
- Identify actionable contributing factors organizations can modify to foster clinician well-being.
- Recognize some of the norms and values of professional culture that contribute to clinician distress and how these may be evolved to create a more supportive practice environment.
Target Audience
- Primary: Faculty, fellows, residents, medical students
- Secondary: Other health care team members
Attributes/Competencies
This activity has been designed to promote some of the following desired physician attributes and competencies:
- ACGME: Patient Care; Medical Knowledge; Practice-Based Learning and Improvement; Professionalism; Systems-Based Practice
- IOM: Provide Patient-Centered Care; Work in Interdisciplinary Teams; Employ Evidence-Based Practice; Apply Quality Improvement
- IECC: Interprofessional Communication; Teams and Teamwork
Speaker & Planner Disclosures
Tait Shanafelt, M.D., speaker for this educational activity, receives royalties as a co-inventor of the Mayo Clinic’s Index instruments (Physician Well-Being Index, Nurse Well-Being Index, Medical Student Well-Being Index, the Well-Being Index).
All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
The planners of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The CME Advisory Committee, reviewers of this educational activity, have no relevant relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this internet live course for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.