An Inside Look at This Complex Societal Challenge Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm (PT)
Never before has the issue of worker burnout and compassion fatigue exacted such a toll on physicians, mental health care professionals, and other health care providers. Palo Alto University, dedicated to psychology and counseling, will take an inside look at this complex challenge via an online expert panel discussion on March 18, 2021 from 12:00-1:15 (PT). The event is free.
Moderated by USA Today Breaking News Reporter, Jorge Ortiz, the panel features a physician who suffered from burnout and now treats burnout as a psychotherapist and teaches resiliancy skills to physicians, a psychologist, and a counseling professor. Together they will address the causes and complex challenges compassion fatigue and burnout impose on health care workers and their families and how Covid-19 is pushing this long-time problem to new crisis proportions. Prevention strategies and how to address this issue will also be covered. This panel discussion is part of Palo Alto University's "At the Forefront Mental Health" series
The panelists are:
Matthew Cordova, Ph.D. - Clinical psychologist, Palo Alto University professor and co-director of the university's Early Intervention Clinic.
Christophe Gimmler, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, practicing psychotherapist and founder of Resilience in Healthcare.
Karen Roller, Ph.D., MFT - Palo Alto University faculty member, clinical traumatologist, and compassion fatigue therapist.
Drs. Cordova and Gimmler are co-authors of a recent paper published by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the subject of preventing physician burnout. This program is open to the general public, as well as clinicians, and other interested groups or individuals
About the Presenters:
Matthew Cordova, Ph.D. Head of the Palo Alto University Early Intervention Clinic. His recent paper was published in the Mayo Clinic proceedings on the subject of preventing Physician Burnout
Christophe Gimmler, M.D. M.D. at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto VA. Dr. Gimmler was a physician at the Mayo Clinic who suffered physician burnout, received further training and now practices as a community psychotherapist specializing in medical professionals. He and Dr. Matthew Cordova co-authored the Mayo Clinic publication on Physician Burnout.
Karen Roller, Ph.D., MFT Clinical Traumatologist and Compassion Fatigue Therapist who works with immigrants and under-served populations. Dr. Roller is a PAU faculty member whose research focuses on trauma assessment and resolution and Compassion Fatigue prevention.
Join us and register for the event here!