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Resilience Skills for Medical Professionals

The modern medical workplace is stressful. Medical professionals experience high levels of burnout. This session characterizes the problem and presents strategies to help medical professionals to handle chronic stress successfully.

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Navigating the Maze: Valid DNR Orders Under Texas Law and Hospital Law

Missy Atwood, J.D., reviews the recently adopted DNR law in Texas with respect to hospital policy, reviewing each of the 9 valid DNR options for patients with case scenarios and legal definitions pertaining to conditions.

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Hack Your Brain: Work-Life Balance, Empathy & Effective Apologies

Research-based presentation to support physicians with a focus on work-life balance, empathy, compassion, & communication tools to build emotional intelligence, resiliency, commitment, and wellbeing.

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Decision Making in Pediatrics

Jennifer Goetz, MD will discuss pediatric conflicts that can arise when families make decisions for their children that are at odds with physician recommend medical care.

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Human Trafficking in Texas

Human trafficking is a $32 billion per year industry affecting 19-27 million people per year. Healthcare providers have a unique opportunity to intervene by screening patients and providing resources to combat this public health issue.

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Mass Casualty Incident Preparedness Education: Principles and Lessons Learned from Las Vegas / Mandalay Bay Mass Casualty Incident

In this course, Dr. Scott Scherr shares his experiences during the Las Vegas/Mandalay Bay shooting that occurred in late 2017, when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers.

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Mindfulness Meditation in Healing

Approximately 400 physicians commit suicide each year. Burnout rates for doctors are 50 percent or more. Statistics for both physicians and nurses are concerning. Anna Vu, M.D. tells her story of burn out.

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Dr. Death - Protecting Patients from HCP Substance Abuse Disorder

In Dallas, Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a neurosurgeon, performed 38 surgeries. 32 of these surgeries resulted in severe injuries or death. Jim Girards, a prosecuting attorney, chronicles this tragic course of events involving physician substance abuse.

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Ethics: How to Prevent Burnout - Balancing Work and Personal Life

Dr. Gagneja defines work-life balance, the scope of the problem, interventions and prevention.

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Ethics: EMTALA and On-Call Responsibilties for Physicians

Joanne Hopkins, an attorney, discusses the EMTALA requirements as they relate to the hospital, especially the ER, and physicians.

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Ethics in the NICU

Dr. Goetz reviews the NICU categories, types of care provided and the major complications of extreme prematurit - including ethics and the law.

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Facing Bad News: Ethical Considerations for the Physician and the Patient

Complex GI Malignancies symposium 6 of 7. Tommy Thompson speaks from hands on experience and didactic knowledge of why breaking bad news is important and how to do so in a compassionate manner.