Target Audience

Healthcare providers of all specialties may benefit from the information presented.

Goals and Objectives

This session will discuss system level and individual level practical solutions to healthcare workers dealing with burnout amidst the convergence of multiple pandemics. Using personal stories and changes enacted at the system level in our institution, we want to start a conversation around a prescription for addressing wellness from the healthcare worker perspective.

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner should be able to:

1. Define physician burnout.
2. Identify the major contributing factors to physician burnout.
3. Review theoretical frameworks for mitigating burnout.
4. Evaluate system, organizational and individual practices to reduce the impact of burnout.

Course Information

CME Release Date:  May 9, 2023
Valid for credit through:  May 8, 2024
Course type:  Enduring Material
Estimated time of completion: 0.75 hour

Credits Available

Southern Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Southern Medical Association designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. 

AANPCP: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Healthcare Professionals: For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.  All healthcare professionals who are not MDs or DOs will receive a certificate of participation.

Instructions for Participation and Credit

This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated; learners should claim only those credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period noted, following these steps:

• Read the goals and objectives, accreditation information, and author disclosures.
• Login in below to study the educational content and references.
• Complete the attestation, post-test (if applicable), and evaluation.

Upon successful completion of these components, your certificate will be processed and emailed from customerservice@sma.org within approximately 1 hour. Credits will be archived for 6 years; at any point within this time period you may login to your account to print a duplicate copy of your certificate.

Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest

Southern Medical Association (SMA) requires instructors, planners, managers, and all other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose conflicts of interest (COI) with ineligible entities within the last 24 months of the development of this activity. All identified COIs are thoroughly vetted and mitigated prior to the release of the activity. SMA is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The following individual has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Speakers

Christopher Jackson, MD, FACP, FSSCI
Dr. Christopher Jackson serves as Associate Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, and Senior Associate Program Director for Curriculum at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Internal Medicine Residency. A native of Augusta, GA, he graduated from Emory University with a degree in Biology and Sociology. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his internal medicine and chief residency year in patient safety and quality improvement at UTHSC before joining the faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Center for Health System Improvement in 2019.

Desirée Burroughs-Ray,  MD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Desirée Burroughs-Ray holds a bachelor of arts in human biology from Stanford University, as well as a master of public health and medical doctorate from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is board certified by both the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Burroughs-Ray completed her combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residencies through the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, where she also served as a PGY-4 Internal Medicine-Pediatrics and PGY-5 Internal Medicine Chief Resident. 

Dr. Burroughs-Ray currently works as an academic hospitalist at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Regional One Health, providing world-class care to patients across multiple specialties. She serves as faculty advisor for the Internal Medicine Resident Wellness Committee and presented a workshop at a national meeting to assist other residencies in promoting wellness.  Dr. Burroughs-Ray was recognized two years in a row with Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center Teaching Award by the University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Since 2020, Desirée has served as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at University of Tennessee Health Science Center and was appointed Associate Program Director of their combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency in 2021.