Physician Wellbeing, Crisis, and System Change - Richard F. Summers, MD (Recorded)

This presentation looks at physician burnout from a variety of perspectives, including:

  • the burnout crisis in the context of the last two decades of health system transformation cost, access, and quality
  • the relationship between burnout and depression
  • recent data about burnout nationally and internationally
  • COVID-19 and physician health
  • systemic interventions for wellbeing and burnout

References 

Goldman ML, Bernstein CA, Summers RF: Potential Risks and Benefits of Mental Health Screening of Physicians, JAMA. Published online November 30, 2018.

Loboprabhu S, Summers RF, Moffic SM: Combating Physician Burnout: A Guide for Psychiatrists, Eds. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2019.

Maslach C, Schaufeli WB, Leiter MP: Job burnout. Annu Rev Psychol 2001; 52:397–422PubMed

Shanafelt TD, West CP, Sinsky C, et al: Changes in burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration in physicians and the general US working population between 2011 and 2017. Mayo Clin Proc 2019; 94:1681–1694PubMed

Summers RF: The Elephant in the Room: What Burnout Is and What It Is Not, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 177(10):898-899.

Target Audience

____X__ Introductory                ___X___ Intermediate           ____X__ Advanced

Learning Objectives

  • List three individual and organizational factors which affect physician burnout
  • Explain the systemic drivers of psychiatrist burnout.
  • Create innovative ideas about mental health care system change that include attention to factors that promote provider wellbeing.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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    ACCME - As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 APA

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    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for 1.00 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

    Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.

  • 1.00 ASWB-ACE

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    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this. Social workers completing this Enduring course will receive 1.00 continuing education credit(s).

  • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
    A certificate of attendance for all Learners.
Course opens: 
06/08/2023
Course expires: 
06/08/2026
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Richard F. Summers, MD, is senior residency advisor and clinical professor of psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as co-director of residency training at Penn from 1998 to 2017.

Dr. Summers is a nationally recognized educator, author, and clinician. He is treasurer of  the American Psychiatric Association and a past president of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT). He chaired the APA Committee on Psychiatrist Wellbeing and Burnout from its inception until 2020. He is on the Board of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation and the Editorial Board of American Psychiatric Association Publishing.  He is the recipient of many institutional and national teaching awards.

Dr. Summers’ work includes numerous articles on physician wellbeing, psychodynamic therapy, therapeutic alliance, positive psychology, and psychiatry residency training. His books include Psychodynamic Therapy: A Guide to Evidence Based Practice and Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook, co-authored with Jacques Barber, and two co-edited volumes, Positive Psychiatry: A Casebook and Combating Burnout: A Guide for Psychiatrists.

Austen Riggs Center Inc. adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. All those at Austen Riggs Center involved in the planning of this activity, including the presenter(s) listed above, report they have no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company*.

The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Austen Riggs Center.

 

* An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

General CME/CE Information  

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Accreditation    

(Physicians, Psychologists, Social Work and Nursing)

The Austen Riggs Center designates this enduring course for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.    

The Austen Riggs Center Inc. is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   

The Austen Riggs Center’s policy on disclosure, in keeping with requirements of the Massachusetts Medical Society, requires continuing education planners and speakers to disclose any relevant financial interest or other relationship with commercial entities that could pose a potential conflict of interest in the presentation of this educational activity. The Austen Riggs Center Continuing Medical Education Committee has established policies for identifying and resolving all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. The Austen Riggs Center accepts no commercial support of any kind to support our CME/CE activity.   

 The Austen Riggs Center Inc. also designates this enduring course for 1 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology.   

Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115. 

The Austen Riggs Center Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content. For additional information about this program, please call the Erikson Institute Education Coordinator, at 413.931.5230.   

The Austen Riggs Center Inc., #1344, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider Approval Period: 02/02/2023-2/2/2026. Social workers completing this enduring course will receive 1 continuing education credits.    

For a listing of jurisdictions that accept ACE, please visit www.aswb.org/ace/ace-jurisdiction-map/.   

Attention NY and NJ Social Workers  

The Austen Riggs Center Inc. is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. As of January 2021, ACE is accepted in 48 jurisdictions. This does not include the states of New York and New Jersey. Check your state licensing board for further information. For a listing of jurisdictions that accept ACE, please visit www.aswb.org/ace/ace-jurisdiction-map/ or check with your state guild and licensing entities.  

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    ICPE Logo

    ACCME - As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 APA

    APA Logo

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for 1.00 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

    Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.

  • 1.00 ASWB-ACE

    ASWB Logo

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this. Social workers completing this Enduring course will receive 1.00 continuing education credit(s).

  • 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation
    A certificate of attendance for all Learners.
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