Clinician Well-Being as a National Priority

While physician burnout has been called a “silent-epidemic,” the repercussions – including suicide and medical errors – have grown too loud to ignore. The purpose of this conference is to engage healthcare professionals and leaders in the current national conversation about the prevalence of clinician burnout, the reasons for the sharp increase in recent years and the effects of burnout on healthcare professionals and systems. The faculty will also examine national initiatives underway to improve well-being and reduce burnout among healthcare professionals and discuss mitigating strategies.

Samaritan Physicians: Successful completion of this activity will qualify Samaritan physicians for annual policy discounts. Upon completion, please print your certificate and submit to Samaritan for consideration.

Target Audience

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Clinical Chaplains, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, Pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the magnitude of healthcare provider burnout.
  • Explain the adverse impact of burnout on quality of care, patient safety, patient outcomes, patient satisfaction and workplace satisfaction.
  • Identify common contributors to stress in the changing healthcare environment. 
  • Implement strategies to prevent onset and/or escalation of burnout.
  • Recognize the signs that burnout is happening – in oneself and in colleagues and direct reports. 
  • Review a successfully implemented national model to prevent burnout.
  • Select from a broad range of strategies and resources to take care of oneself and get back on track.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Shanafelt, T.D., Hasan, O., Dyrbye, L.N., Sinsky, C., Satele, D., Sloan, J., & West, C.P. (2015). Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction with Work-Life Balance in Physicians and the General U.S. Working Population Between 2011 and 2014. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Mayo Clinic Proc., 90(12): 1600 – 1613. 
  • Lee, Y., Medford, A., & Halim, A. (2015). Burnout in Physicians. Journal of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 45: 104 – 107. DOI:
  • Khan, A. (2017). A Death in the Family. Journal of American Medical Association, 318(16): 1543 – 1544.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 2.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
12/01/2017
Course expires: 
12/01/2019

Rev. Guillermo Escalona, M.Div., BCC, CT
Director of Pastoral Care
Miami Cancer Institute
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Becky Montesino-King, DNP, R.N., NEA-BC, CENP
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Baptist Hospital of Miami and Baptist Children's Hospital
Miami, Florida

Ian Nisonson, M.D., FACS
President, Baptist-South Miami Hospital Medical Staff (1997-1999)
Senior Active Medical Staff, Baptist Hospital of Miami
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Ana A. Rivas-Vazquez, Ph.D., ABPP
Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
Baptist Hospital of Miami and South Miami Hospital
Miami, Florida

Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D., MPH
Secretary of Health and Surgeon General, State of Florida (2007-2011)
Medical Director, Palliative Care and Bioethics 
Baptist Health South Florida
Associate Dean, Women in Medicine and Science and
Associate Professor for Department of Health, Humanities and Society
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine 
Miami, Florida

The content of this CME activity is not related to products or business lines of ACCME-defined commercial interests; therefore, there are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME defined commercial interests for anyone who was in control of this activity. 

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 2.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 2.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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