Stress in the Time of COVID-19

Dr. Shawn Agharkar will focus on “first aid” for overwhelmed healthcare providers to self-identify stressors and implement strategies to cope with the current COVID pandemic. 

Target Audience

Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Respiratory Therapists (Personal Growth), Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Physician Assistants. 

Learning Objective

  • Recognize the effects of stress and its potential impact to quality of care, self-assess for risk of burnout and implement strategies to minimize the effects of stress. 
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medical staff resiliency support groups

Medical Staff Resiliency Support Groups

Join Dr. Ana Rivas-Vazquez, PhD, Rev. Guillermo Escalona, M.Div., BCC, and Graciela "Grace" Jimenez, LMFT, for Baptist Health's Medical Staff Resiliency Support Groups on Zoom.

These resiliency groups are designed to help medical staff cope and rebound from the current environment. The groups offer tips and guidance to foster ongoing resilience.

Participation is completely voluntary and confidential.

To join, please email Programs@BaptistHealth.net.

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
05/01/2020
Course expires: 
04/30/2022

Shawn Agharkar, M.D., DFAPA
Adult and Forensic Psychiatry
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine
Clinical Faculty, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia 

Shawn Agharkar, M.D., DFAPA, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

Barry Crown, Ph.D., conference director of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.  

*Ineligible companies -- Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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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 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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