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Course Title: |
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Burnout and Its Dimensions for Emergency Physicians |
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Presenter: |
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Larry Vickman, MD, MHA, FACEP |
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Course Overview: |
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This
presentation will focus on issues surrounding burnout
and its many dimensions. This particular presentation
is designed specifically for those in emergency
medicine: physicians and non-physician caregivers as
well as allied professionals in health care. We will
review the latest concepts and definitions of the
syndrome we refer to as burnout and discuss tools for
its actual measurement. We will review the various
factors contributed by both individuals and their
organizations that predispose to burnout. We will
discuss therapeutic approaches and other interventions
for both individuals and organizations. Specific issues
pertaining to emergency physicians will be discussed. |
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Course Objectives: |
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The attendees of
this program will learn the following in this program: |
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A conceptual definition of
burnout |
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The signs
and symptoms of burnout |
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The effects of burnout on
your patients |
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The characteristics that professionals
bear that predispose them to burnout. |
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Specific risk
factors for emergency physicians. |
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The six
organizational factors that are important to examine
when looking at burnout. |
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What to do
about burnout for yourself. |
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Program
Modules |
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Module 1: Definitions, signs/symptoms/
effects on patients, tools to measure. |
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Module 2: What does the physician bring to the table that
creates risk? |
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Module 3: What does the
organization bear that creates or prevents risk? |
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Presentation Timeframe |
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This
presentation is designed for a single session of
1.5 to 2 hours. |
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Audiences |
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Emergency
Physicians |
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Non-physician providers in emergency care |
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Medical staff professionals,
system leaders, administrators and mangers |
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Methodology: |
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This will be highly interactive with a sharing
of information and examples on each of the
several topic areas. If considered valuable, a
set of overhead transparencies would be used
with copies for the audience as an adjunct to
note taking. |
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Handouts: |
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Presentation transparencies copied for note
taking |
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Equipment Needed: |
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Overhead
transparency projector, screen, whiteboard or flip chart. |
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