UNMC’s Breakthrough Thinking Conference Series will continue Monday, March 6, with an online presentation focused on combatting clinician burnout and optimizing well-being.
The annual, thought-provoking series is open to all UNMC faculty, staff and students.
The event, titled “Combatting Clinician Burnout and Activating a National Movement to Optimize Well-Being,” will be from 11 a.m. to noon CT with Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine, vice chair of the National Research Council, chancellor emeritus of Duke University and past CEO of Duke Health System.
As the inaugural president of NAM, Dr. Dzau led its transition from the Institute of Medicine. In 2017, he launched the NAM Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, a network of more than 200 organizations — including UNMC — committed to reversing trends in clinician burnout.
Last fall, the collaborative published the National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being, designed to raise the visibility of clinician anxiety, burnout, depression, stress and suicide; improve baseline understanding of challenges to clinician well-being; and advance evidence-based, multidisciplinary solutions to improve patient care by caring for the caregiver.
Dr. Dzau also is an internationally acclaimed leader and physician-scientist who has made a significant impact through his seminal research in cardiovascular medicine and genetics. Known for his pioneering work on the renin-angiotensin system and for his investigations into gene therapy for vascular disease, he has conducted research that laid the foundation for development of the class of lifesaving drugs known as ACE inhibitors, used globally to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure.