Burnout and Resilience

January 29, 2018

Burnout is a term that is heard quite a bit these days, especially when it comes to those working in the healthcare sphere.  For staff, becoming burnt out is a natural reaction to increased work demands, staff shortages, and budget cuts.  Finding a way to deal with the pressure and get that fire going again seems impossible for many of us.

Still, just because we can become burnt out doesn’t mean there aren’t ways we can manage and work to prevent it.  While you may not have control over every stressor, there are still things you can do to reduce their impact and ensure you can work and live with limited stress and exposure to burnout.

Join us at our January SMART program as Jerry Rabalais, M.D., M.H.A. discusses the attributes of burnout and how you can help reduce these through resilience promotion practice.  Dr. Rabalais is the CEO of University of Louisville Physicians.

Employee Engagement

February 21, 2018

High levels of engagement are important to both employees and organizations they work in. Engagement can reduce the episodes and symptoms of burnout, influence creativity and innovation, and impact individual and group performance. But, for some, feeling engaged is a difficult reality to reach.

Using the latest decision science-research, this informal lunch-and-learn workshop is focused on practical strategies for developing places of work that promote full engagement and peak performance. Come find out what really drives employee engagement across an organization and how we can all play a part in unleashing the power of a highly motivated, and engaged team.

Brad Shuck, Ed.D, M.A.E. is Associate Professor and Program Director of both the Health Professions Education and Human Resources and Organizational Development programs in the School of Medicine and College of Education and Human Development. 

His primary areas of research include the application, meaning, and measurement of employee engagement, emerging areas of positive psychology, and leader development, and he is routinely cited in US-based international outlets including Forbes, The Washington Post, and TIME.