What’s the Connection?
By Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D.
Classical medical training does not adequately prepare physicians to manage their busy, complex lives. In this presentation, clinical psychologist and author Wayne Sotile sheds light on evidence-based strategies for promoting resilience throughout medical training and beyond. Drawing on material from his research, his clinical experiences as a counselor and coach to thousands of residents, and his consultation with organizations throughout the country, Dr. Sotile will discuss best practices for promoting resilience and shaping leadership skills and emotional intelligence throughout the course of medical education.
Topics include
- Medical Training – Does it hurt? Five coping strategies learned in medical training that can ruin your life
- An Update on Resident and Medical Student Psychosocial Distress
- Promoting Resilience: The Necessary and Sufficient
- Emotional Intelligence Operationalized
- Work/Life Lessons from the Trenches of Medical Family Life
- What Residents Say they Want
- Revisiting Resident/Faculty Relations
- How to Develop and Sustain Coping Flexibility
- The Resilience Tool Kit
Objectives
Following this presentation, participants will be able to:
- List at least three evidence-based keys to resident and medical student resilience
- Discuss the latest finding from research on resident and medical student burnout
- List at least two findings from recent research on work/life balance in medical families
- Discuss the unique challenges physicians face that stem from legacies of medical training