TARGET AUDIENCE

The approach is to provide distressed physicians with a safe, confidential environment where they can learn with their peers about the origins and consequences of their actions and develop new skill sets. The educational modality is guided small group interaction with the Opportunity for exchange, feedback, and practice. The group serves as a “learning lab” providing learners the opportunity to “try-out” their newly developing skills.

VISION

The vision originally developed by the Center for Professional Health faculty at Vanderbilt and adopted for this course is for physicians with disruptive behavior to have an opportunity to learn new behavioral skills to enable them to function in an increasingly complex medical environment, document specific behavioral changes and maintain their position and privileges in their practice or hospital staff.

CME Learning Objectives

Upon the completion of the program, the participant should be able to:

Define and describe the elements of the core competency areas of Professionalism, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and System based practice.
Identify the consequences of disruptive behavior on the the clinical team and Patient Care more broadly.
Identify personal risk factors for disruptive behavior in the workplace.
Identify activities that will decrease personal risk factors for disruptive behavior.
Demonstrate the use of assertive communication techniques when interacting with other professionals.

Upon the completion of your participation in this educational activity, you intend to incorporate the following objectives into your practice of medicine

Utilize core competency skills in the areas of Professionalism and Interpersonal and Communication while interacting with patients
Utilize core competency skills in the areas of Professionalism and Interpersonal and Communication while interacting members of medical teams
Employ appropriately assertive communication techniques in communicating with patients and members of the healthcare team.
Discuss the importance of team functioning to the delivery of high quality medical care
Identify personal risk factors for disruptive /disrespectful behavior to improve personal leadership and inter- professional functioning and patient care.
Develop relapse prevention strategies to minimize the reoccurrence of personal stressors that are associated with disrespectful behavior.

Program Agenda

Day One

8:00 Registration, Continental breakfast
8:30 Introduction/ Welcome
9:15 Session 1: Group Exercise- Tension in the
- Physician’s World. ALTER
10:45 Session 2: Becoming a Physician
12:00 Lunch- provided on site
1:00 Session 3: DVD- Permission to be Human
2:00 Session 4A: Genogram
3:00 Session 4B: Shame and Guilt
4:00 Session 4C: Homework Assignment
4:30 Emotional Check-in & Adjourn for day

2 hours of evening homework required-

Complete genogram, ALTER, read Cost of Anger

Day Two

8:00 Continental breakfast
8:30 Session 5: Group Exercise- Emotional
- Check- in; ALTER/ Costs of Anger
9:00 Session 6: Group Exercise- Genogram
11:30 Lunch- provided on site
12:30 Session 7: Identifying Triggers & Maintaining Behavior Change
7A- Grounding Skills
7B- Communication Techniques
7C- Role Play
3:00 Session 8: Intent to Change & Flooding

Exercise (Homework assignment)

2 hours evening homework required- Intent to Change exercise/ review flooding, TSI

Day Three

8:00 Continental breakfast
8:30 Session 9: Group Exercise- Emotional
- Check- in; ALTER
9:00 Session 10: Role-play Exercise
10:30 Session 11A- Assertiveness
Session 11B- Relapse prevention
11:30 Lunch- provided on site
12:30 Session 12: Physician Stress Management
2:30 Session 13A- Intent to Change
13B- Emotional Check-in/ Final feedback

Homework required for 3 follow-up group

Register

To Register

Contact: Nathaniel Williams and mention: Distressed Physician Course

nwilliams@walesbehavioral.com

(785) 842-9772 phone
(785) 842-5231 fax

Course Requirements that must be completed prior to attendance:

A telephone interview with Dr. Williams is required prior to registering for the course. Please call 785-842-9772 and mention the Distressed Physician course to schedule an interview.

An assessment may be required to rule-out certain conditions such as active drug and alcohol addiction and physical or psychological problems that would make participation in the course inappropriate and unproductive. If you have completed a comprehensive assessment or are currently in therapy, those records will be requested in lieu of an assessment. *

Activity Location:

Virtual Live

Professional Renewal Center®, 1421 Research Park Dr., Ste 3B , Lawrence, KS 66049 *

Location subject to change based on date of class.

Course Cost $5250

We gratefully acknowledge the Center for Professional Health At Vanderbilt University Medical Center for graciously sharing their course materials with us.