Posts in Burnout Prevention
Emotional Health and Self Care: Is All the Hype Biblical?

Jennifer Kendall, MD

Physician burnout is real. Vicarious trauma hits harder than you anticipate. Anxiety, doubt, and insecurities can creep in before you even recognize them. Our job carries a HEAVY weight with it. So how do we deal with it all? Sometimes it seems like this profession doesn't actually allow you to "put the oxygen mask on yourself first before helping another". Yet, this "new age" of self-care culture seems to put "me first". As Christians, how do we navigate all the content out there on self-care? Let's look at what the Bible actually says about caring for ourselves, rest, and cultivating resilience.

Navigating the Third Shift: Fostering a Christian Ethic in Administrative Support of Medical Team Members Facing Caregiving Challenges while providing patient care.

CME Accredited

Tara Samples, PhD

As the Medical Workforce is predominantly female, and women shoulder the societal burden of caregiving, work/life balance for caregivers of young or medically fragile family members has long been an underexplored topic in medical administration. The pandemic has further illuminated the challenges of work/life balance and professional success for those with clinic based and home caregiving responsibilities. Christian health organizations strive to model respect and dignity not only to patients but also to employees.

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Healing Moral Injuries in Medical and Behavioral Providers and Staff

CME Accredited

Jesse Malott, PsyD

The pandemic has brought to light the moral and spiritual challenges that healthcare professionals undergo in environments where resources and time is limited but the stakes are high. Studies show that healthcare workers are the group at highest risk of burnout and leaving their profession at a time when there are already far too few in these critical areas. This session will focus on defining the systemic and professional challenges and provide a roadmap for improving the well-being of healthcare professionals through systemic and practical changes.

Social Determinants of Health: Practical and Sustainable Strategies for Health Equity Work

CME Accredited

Breanna Lathrop, DNP, FNP

Safety net clinics have firsthand knowledge of the social determinants affecting their communities and are actively seeking strategies to foster health equity but often lack the staff and internal capacity to address them. This session will focus on sustainable and practical strategies for clinics wanting to expand their ability to address social determinants of health. This session will also highlight why Christian leadership is essential in this space and the ways in which a social determinants of health centered approach to patient care aligns with Biblical examples of healing. Participants will also receive an overview of a free tool, the Health Equity Learning Hub, designed specifically for safety net clinics to support ongoing work around health equity.