After All This Trauma: Where Is Our Mental Health Headed from Here?

September 1, 2022

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There is no cost to attend, and all interested individuals are invited to participate.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this activity is being held online only. 

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Educational Need

Occupational distress and burnout are leading causes of psychiatric dysfunction (e.g., clinical depression and anxiety) among healthcare providers, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the substantial impact of these factors. Early in the pandemic, healthcare workers were celebrated as heroes. Then, medical misinformation flourished, and public health mitigation measures (e.g., mask-wearing) were enforced. The public's interpretation shifted, resulting in healthcare workers being subjected to abuse and harassment. This, coupled with fear of infection and the already-demanding nature of working in healthcare, has led to all-time high rates of provider burnout (30-50% pre-pandemic to 40-70% now) and early workforce departure.

Burnout occurs when the demands of work exceed the physical and mental resources available to do the work. Burnout results in profound personal and professional consequences, such as depression, substance abuse, broken relationships, impaired quality of care, medical errors, and even suicide. It is essential that healthcare providers can promptly recognize the signs of burnout in themselves and their peers and competently utilize personal coping techniques and organizational strategies to combat the internal and external factors that result in this damaging problem in today's healthcare industry.

Target Audience

DMU faculty, staff, students, residents, and the medical community.

Objectives

  • Recognize the timeline and depth of the pandemic's stressors on society, particularly our most vulnerable patients and clinicians. 
  • Discuss research demonstrating that many clinicians have experienced some level of trauma.
  • Describe steps to build a stronger culture with tailored well-being programs and peer-to-peer support within health systems.
  • Recognize the need to plan for very different models of psychiatric care as a result of the breadth and depth of mental illness that our society has and will experience. 

Session proposals are now being accepted for the DMU Grand Rounds series! Have you encountered an interesting clinical case, seen a patient with a unique history, condition, and/or treatment protocol, or been involved with interprofessional management that improves patient care and treatment outcomes? If so, you're invited to help build the series by submitting a session proposal! In addition to the rare and unique, cases of more common conditions are also acceptable, and proposals from external members of the broader healthcare community are welcomed and encouraged. Please click the button below to learn more about the series and access the submission form. 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B
  • 1.00 CE Contact Hour(s)
  • 1.00 CPME
  • 1.00 IBON
Course opens: 
09/01/2022
Course expires: 
09/01/2022
Event starts: 
09/01/2022 - 7:00am CDT
Event ends: 
09/01/2022 - 8:00am CDT
Cost:
$0.00

Speaker

Gerard Clancy, MD
Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry and a research fellowship in molecular biology at the University of Iowa (UI), Dr. Clancy earned his medical degree in 1988. Following in the footsteps of his late father, John Clancy, a psychiatry professor at the UI for 35 years, he became a resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC).

By 1991, Dr. Clancy was chief resident in general psychiatry at UIHC. From 1992 to 1995, he served in the U.S. Air Force, rising to the rank of major and head of the Division of Medicine at Ellsworth Air Force Hospital in South Dakota. In 1995, a visit to an Iowa City homeless shelter, where many clients suffered from mental illnesses, sparked a desire to help—as well as the realization that such patients required a new approach. Dr. Clancy initiated several innovative, multidisciplinary programs—"hospitals without walls"—that took medical services out into the community.

Such efforts continued throughout his rapidly progressing career, earning him a reputation not just as an accomplished physician but as a champion for the underserved. Dr. Clancy graduated from the Harvard Executive Program in Health Care Policy and Management in 1997. In 2001, Dr. Clancy was named dean of the medical college at the University of Oklahoma. Then, in 2006, he also became president of the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. An energetic, hands-on leader, he still makes time to teach students and to work with them one evening a week at a clinic that serves the disadvantaged.

In 2008, with a $50 million donation from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, Dr. Clancy led a successful effort to transform medical education at the school. The OU College of Medicine in Tulsa became the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. The first of its kind in the U.S., the school focuses on directing the university's many resources—clinical services, medical education programs, research, financial support, and leadership—to improve the health status of all Oklahomans, particularly those in underserved rural and urban populations.

Driven by appalling statistics demonstrating severe healthcare inequities—such as estimates that poorer residents of north Tulsa typically live 14 years less than those in the southern area of the city—Dr. Clancy hoped to find solutions to such problems. In 2009, Clancy convened the first National Summit of Urban Health, and he also offered his expertise during the recent overhaul of the American healthcare system.

For such efforts, Dr. Clancy has received numerous awards, including the Excellence in Community Psychiatry Award and the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The UI College of Medicine honored him several times as an outstanding instructor, and in 2005, bestowed upon him a Distinguished Alumni Award for Early Achievement. In 2004, the Oklahoma Medical Association presented him with its Community Service Award, and in 2009, Tulsa People magazine named him Tulsan of the Year.

Through his work at the community, state, and national levels, Dr. Clancy has demonstrated his devotion to patients and his fidelity to the humane ideals of academic medicine.

Accreditation Statements

  • MD: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this live activity for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • DO: Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-B credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
  • DPM: Des Moines University (DMU) is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. DMU has approved this activity for a maximum of 1.0 continuing education contact hours.
  • Nurse: Des Moines University is Iowa Board of Nursing approved provider #112. This live activity has been reviewed and approved for 1.0 continuing education contact hour(s). No partial credit awarded.
  • Other healthcare providers: This live activity is designated for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Educational Grants

No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity. 

DISCLOSURE

The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director. 

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Gerard Clancy, MD - Speaker

DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The content of each presentation does not necessarily reflect the views of Des Moines University.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B
  • 1.00 CE Contact Hour(s)
  • 1.00 CPME
  • 1.00 IBON

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, this activity is being held online only. 

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