On June 20, the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians held its third Wellness Wednesday webinar that focused participants on exploring the tools and resources for overcoming physician burnout with one of the preeminent leaders in the physician wellness space – American Academy of Family Physicians’ Senior Vice President of Education Clif Knight, MD.
For those who were not able to join the session, the program was recorded and has been archived on the OAFP’s website. Provided in the archive are several valuable online resources, including articles and self-help tools that will motivate you toward personal introspection on the behaviors, tasks, and goals that emphasis your own well-being.
The Academy’s Wellness Wednesdays program is a structured, bi-monthly webinar series that focuses on enhancing professional and personal wellness. Creation of the series is the result of the OAFP’s Joy of Medicine Workgroup – a group of volunteer physicians tasked to champion the strategic objective of bringing back the joy to family medicine.
If you have not registered already, there is still space available for the next Wellness Wednesdays session set for Wednesday, August 22, titled, “How to Deal with Negative Criticism.” This session will discuss the healthy ways to handle criticism in a constructive manner and strategies to avoid absorbing displaced anger when criticism might feel like a personal attack.
The program will be facilitated by a licensed professional clinical counselor from the Ohio Physicians Health Program (OPHP), is offered for free, and scheduled over the typical lunch hour, 12:15-1:00 p.m.
Other resources for improving physician wellness and beating burnout are available through the OAFP website.
If you have questions about the Wellness Wednesdays program, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kate Mahler, CAE, or call 800.742.7327.
Other resources for improving physician wellness, and beating burnout are available through the OAFP. If you have questions about the Wellness Wednesdays program, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kate Mahler, CAE, or call 800.742.7327.