Chesapeake Health Education Program

Course Info

Psychological Wellness and Self-Care as an Ethical Imperative

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Being a health care professional brings with it a number of challenges and demands that interact with our personal characteristics and life stressors to result in feelings of distress. If not adequately addressed this leads to burnout and eventually results in impaired professional competence. As highlighted in the ethics codes of various health professions engaging in ongoing self-care to achieve psychological wellness is an ethical imperative. The relevant literature is reviewed, highlighting lessons learned. Strategies for prevention of burnout and impairment and steps to take when distress is present are provided. The roles of self-awareness, the use of positive career-sustaining behaviors, and the avoidance of maladaptive coping patterns are reviewed. Recommendations are provided for practical strategies to implement now that will benefit all health care professionals, and as a result, those they serve.

Learning Objectives:

	Identify the stressors in their personal and professional lives that may contribute to burnout
	Explain the warning signs of burnout and preventive strategies to take to avoid it.
	Develop a personal wellness plan that includes positive career-sustaining behaviors
	List the maladaptive coping strategies to avoid

Faculty:

Dr. Jeffrey Barnett

Schedule:

Thursday, May 27, 2010
Registration 8:00 am
Program 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Location:

Minker Banquet Hall (Community Fire Company of Perryville) (Area Map/Directions)

Pricing:

General Registration Fee prior to 5/13/2010 $65 After 5/13/2010 $75
VA Registration Fee prior to 5/13/2010 $7 After 5/13/2010 $10

Contact Hours:

	5.5
ACCME - Physician/Physician Assistant/Psychiatrist	5.5
ANCC - Nurse	5.5
APA - Psychologist	5.5
NAADAC - Addiction Counselor	5.5
SW - Social Worker	5.5
NHA - Nursing Home Administrator	5.5
NBCC - Certified Counselor	5.5

Lunch:

Included

Enrollment
Limit:

200

Location
Map:

View Area Map

Directions:

Take I-95 to Exit 93 (Perryville/Port Deposit Exit). Take MD-222 South towards Perryville (2.0 miles). Take MD 222 across Route 40 (Pulaski Highway) and it will turn into Aiken Avenue. Make a left at the end of Aiken Avenue onto Broad Street. Follow Broad Street and you will see the Perryville Fire House (Minker Banquet Hall) on your right (0.4 miles).

Driving
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