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Continuing Medical Education

Wellness Symposium: Rejuvenate, Reconnect, Reinvigorate

Course Director

Susan Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S., Assistant Dean of Faculty Wellness

Purpose and Content

The Wellness Symposium will serve to Rejuvenate, Reconnect, and Reinvigorate our UT Southwestern community through virtual workshops that highlight these themes through the lenses of the medical humanities, mindfulness, diversity and inclusion, and coaching and communication. All participants, including physicians, will have the opportunity to obtain practical knowledge and skills in the areas of self-care, interprofessional communication, creating inclusive environments, and using the medical humanities to enhance their professional fulfillment and identify and mitigate burnout.

Target Audience

The Wellness Symposium target audience is the entire UT Southwestern community (faculty, staff, health care providers including physicians, and learners)

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Summarize foundational science underpinnings of mindfulness regarding neuroscience, reduced inflammations, and slowed cellular aging
  • Summarize the primary ways mindfulness inhabits the patient-clinician relationship
  • Describe and perform foundational elements of mindfulness for stress management
  • Discuss how practicing mindfulness experientially improves professional competency in teaching for patient
  • Describe imposter syndrome (IS) and identify examples of IS in their own and others’ work
  • Practice techniques to reduce IS
  • Explore the impact of power dynamics on communication and teamwork
  • Practice strategies for approaching conversations in a constructive, respectful, and authentic way
  • Discuss barriers, and practice effective interprofessional team communication skills to improve teamwork and enhance job performance and satisfaction
  • Utilize improvisational skills to help with quick thinking and enhancing teamwork and communication
  • Describe the effects of unconscious bias in everyday interactions with patients, students, colleagues, and team members
  • Identify where personal unconscious biases may reside across gender, race/ethnicity, and/or cultural attributes in the workplace
  • Develop strategies to correct personal unconscious biases in daily interactions
  • Identify in their own work lives how culture impacts every health care encounter
  • Identify ways they can address microinequities in health care
  • Use active listening skills and clear communication skills to respect and effectively participate across cultural differences

Educational Methods

Live online event with lectures and interactive workshops

Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center certifies that non-physicians will receive an attendance certificate stating that they participated in the activity that was designated for 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Evaluations and Certificates

A hyperlink to the online course evaluation will be emailed within two weeks after the conference. CME and Attendance Certificates will be available online after completion of the online evaluation. An account must be created at cme.utsouthwestern.edu in order to claim/view credit.

Once you are logged in at cme.utsouthwestern.edu, go to “My Transcript,” click on the course title and select “take course,” complete the evaluation, and claim your certificate. The evaluation is an important tool for assessing the effectiveness of this activity as well as for planning future activities. We value your feedback.

Disclosure of Commercial Interest

As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Office of Continuing Medical Education (UTSW CME) requires that the content of CME activities and related materials provide balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. Planning must be free of the influence or control of a commercial entity, and promote improvements or quality in health care. All persons in the position to control the content of an education activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients.

The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. The UTSW Office of CME has implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the activity. The intent of this policy is to identify potential conflicts of interest so participants can form their own judgments with full disclosure of the facts. Participants will be asked to evaluate whether the speaker’s outside interests reflect a possible bias in the planning or presentation of the activity.

Faculty Disclosures

The following planning committee members have reported to have no relevant financial relationships and will not be discussing any off-label or investigational use of products:

  • Course Director: Susan Matulevicius, M.D., M.S.C.S.
  • Committee Members: Julian Longoria, Michael Rubin, Turya Nair, Philip Day, Sudha Mootha, Mike Caracalas, Jaime Harry, Laila Cooper, Keneshia Colwell, Martin Lumpkin, Preston Wiles, Lisa Alexander-Kinnison, Laura Kirk, Suzanne Farmer

Disclaimer

This symposium has been planned to be well-balanced and objective in discussion of comparative treatment regimens, and the symposium format allows for the free scientific exchange of ideas. Information and opinions offered by the speakers represent their viewpoints. Conclusions drawn by the audience should be derived from careful consideration of all available scientific information.

 

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