The rate of burnout among clinicians is increasing rapidly, especially now due to COVID-19 related stressors. Managing personal wellness and moreover teaching wellness to avoid burnout is vital not only for healthcare professionals, but also for the patients they care for. Indeed, increasing burnout is associated with increased medication errors and poor outcomes.  Further, significant issues with student and resident mental health have been identified and basic competency of how to manage these difficult topics is widely applicable to healthcare professionals in a variety of settings.

This module is geared towards reviewing the core concepts of burnout and its ramifications in the patient care environment but is primarily aimed as a self-study to complete a life audit where a series of exercises will be used to evaluate strategies for improving wellness in one’s own life and their trainees.

At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Recall burnout and wellness concepts and their relationship to patient outcomes
2. Identify the state of burnout and mental health in the pharmacy setting
3. Strategize ways to increase personal wellness and teach these concepts to trainees

At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Recall burnout and wellness concepts and their relationship to patient outcomes
2. Identify the state of burnout and mental health in the pharmacy setting
3. Strategize ways to increase personal wellness and teach these concepts to trainees

At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Recall burnout and wellness concepts and their relationship to patient outcomes
2. Identify the state of burnout and mental health in the clinical setting
3. Strategize ways to increase personal wellness and teach these concepts to trainees

AchieveCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course is approved by CE Broker, with CE Broker No. 20-894885.

AchieveCE is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. GNA Approved Provider Number is 4003268.
Start Date: 07/14/2022
Expiration Date: 07/14/2025

Andrea Sikora Newsome, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and is a practicing critical care pharmacist at Augusta University Medical Center. She is double-board certified in Pharmacotherapy and Critical Care and was recently named a Fellow of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 

This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. Andrea Sikora Newsome, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

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