Promoting Health & Wellness Through Collaboration
Webinar Description
Hosted by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)
Today’s health professionals work in increasingly demanding and challenging environments. Compared with the general population, burnout rates among healthcare workers have increased dramatically. Chronic high stress, such as time pressures, exhaustion, and heavy workload, takes a toll on clinicians and learners alike and impedes the ability to deliver quality patient care. Educational interventions to foster resilience, empathy, and wellbeing are integral components in training the next generation of healthcare practitioners.
Panelists will share remarks on how to design and implement interprofessional approaches that can enhance the capacity for resilience among teams of health students and practitioners.
Health professions faculty, students, and clinicians will discover best practices that they can use to assist with IPE and wellness efforts at their home institutions.
Objectives:
- Highlight health promotion strategies to manage stress, reduce burnout, and foster professional identity formation in students and practitioners across the health professions.
- Share lessons learned and tips for wellness services and exercises.
- Reference resources and tools to support integration efforts.
Learn more about the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) by visiting www.ipecollaborative.org .
Speakers
Lisa Desai, PsyD Director of Mental Health Screenings
Screening for Mental Health (SMH), Riverside Community Care
Lisa K. Desai, PsyD, is Director of Mental Health Screening and Research at SMH, a division of Riverside Community Care. Dr. Desai has over 20 years of clinical and administrative experience across delivery systems in college counseling centers, community mental health, hospitals and private practice. She received her doctoral degree from Wright State University, completed a pediatric behavioral medicine internship at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Mclean Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, where she practiced psychotherapy and neuropsychological evaluation of children, adolescents and adults.
In her role at SMH Riverside, Dr. Desai oversees an online mental health screening program that serves over 650 colleges, as well as a wide range of community partners and workplace sites. She is in charge of developing new screening tools and innovative programs that increase help- seeking behaviors in high risk populations such as working age men, adolescents and those at risk for suicide, psychosis and addictive behaviors. Collaboration with research partners to examine best practices in mental health outreach and prevention is another vital aspect of her role at SMH/Riverside Community Care.
Aviad Haramati, PhDDirector, The Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE)
Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Haramati is Professor of Physiology, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Medicine (Nephrology) at Georgetown University School of Medicine. A graduate of Brooklyn College, he received a PhD in Physiology (University of Cincinnati) and came to Georgetown in 1985 after spending 5 years at Mayo Clinic. For over 25 years, Dr. Haramati’s research focus was on regulation of kidney and electrolyte physiology. For the past decade, his activities have centered on medical education and rethinking how health professionals are trained. In April 2013, he was named the inaugural director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE) at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).
Dr. Haramati has a deep interest to improve medical education across the globe, especially with regard to the intersection of science, mind-body medicine and professionalism. He has been a Visiting Professor at over 60 medical schools around the world and currently works with a number of medical school deans and educators in North America, Europe and Israel.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free and open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff, and students.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one Certified in Public Health (CPH) continuing education credit or one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) works with the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) to provide CPH credits. Be sure to also attend the next set of informational IPEC webinars by visiting www.ipecollaborative.org .