A group of renowned speakers will be on campus Jan. 26-27 to support UNMC’s initiative to reduce the outcome and stigma associated with stress, burnout and mental illness.
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in the symposium titled “Elevating the Conversation: Stress and Emotional Well-Being.” For more information and to register, click here.
“Perhaps no other effort on our campus is as important as our initiative to reduce the outcome and stigma associated with stress, burnout and mental illness,” said UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., “and to provide services for our students, faculty and staff who are experiencing this type of distress.”
Events include:
- Omaha student reception: Stay Well and Excel – Jan. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Events Center (Omaha campus) with a presentation by Darshan Methta, M.D., medical director, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). RSVP before Jan. 22 here. Dr. Mehta will be joined by Deanna C. Chaukos, M.D., administrative chief resident and a key leader in the stress reduction programs at MGH. Live stream available.
- Lincoln student reception – “Creative Ways to Reduce Stress in the Dental School Experience” by Richard Valachovic, D.M.D., president & CEO, American Dental Education Association – Jan. 26 from 5-7 p.m. in Dixon Hall, College of Dentistry, East Campus. RSVP before Jan. 20 here.
- CME/CE Symposium: Under Pressure: Managing Stress – Jan. 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Sorrell Center, Truhlsen Events Center. The event, which provides continuing education credit, is intended for faculty, staff, clinical preceptors and others at UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and its affiliates who interact with students and trainees in the health professions. Register here before Jan. 22. Live stream available. Lunch available for registered participants. Speakers, and their topics, are:
- Prevalence, Consequences, and Drivers of Distress – Liselotte Dyrbye, M.D., professor, division of primary care internal medicine, Mayo Clinic
- Stress in the Health Professions: An Interprofessional Perspective – Dr. Valachovic
- Systems Level Change-National Level Initiatives – Timothy Brigham, Ph.D., chief of staff and senior vice president, Department of Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- Mind Body Medicine in Health Professions Training – Dr. Mehta
“We are thrilled to have such distinguished presenters help us think through how we might best help students, faculty, staff and preceptors in managing stress and burnout. These important issues are often invisible. We want to create even more proactive strategies for addressing them as part of a healthy and inclusive learning environment,” said College of Nursing Dean Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D., who leads the planning team. “The symposium will help us better understand the research and data surrounding stress, the common stressors and how we can make systems-level change.”
Continuing education credit will be available for the symposium.
Unable to attend? View the archived video presentations, which will be available online by late February.