Priorities and Practical Strategies for Addressing Clinician Well-Being in Omicron’s Wake

The coronavirus’ Omicron variant has caused a surge in COVID-19 cases, putting additional stressors on an already overwhelmed health care system. The AMA’s “Reconsidering priorities and practical strategies for addressing clinician well-being in Omicron’s wake” webinar aims to help CEOs, CMOs and CWOs address the urgent, nearly universal concern about workforce protection and retention during this Omicron wave. Panelists will share their recent experiences and discuss the unique stressors and psychological consequences resulting from the variant. Attendees will learn how the variant has influenced well-being priorities and goals, new Omicron stressors during the crisis, best practices in leadership, and the impact of mistreatment in the context of COVID and beyond.

0:00 Introduction
1:53 Agenda and Objectives
3:09 Physician Well-Being Pre-COVID
5:50 Pandemic Related Stressors and Physician Well-Being
7:28 The Psychological Toll of COVID
8:24 Omicron, The Great Resignation, and Lessons Learned
11:34 Introduction of the Panelists
12:43 Mistreatment, Discrimination, and Physician Burnout
18:42 Taking Action to Promote Well-Being
19:36 Protecting the Health Care Workforce: Crisis Leadership in COVID-19
23:11 5 Essential Elements to Protect Health During Extreme Stress
24:10 Crisis Leadership Actions and Leadership Support
25:31 Grief Leadership
27:13 Health Care Workforce Rescue Package
30:46 Removing Stressors for the Frontline Workforce
35:15 Next Steps
36:32 How has Omicron Changed Our Thinking Around Physician Well-Being?
42:18 CDC's Shortened Isolation Guidance and Physician Self-Care
44:38 Examples of How To Support Physicians After Mistreatment
47:37 Implementing Cultural Changes in a Smaller Health Care System
51:26 Hospital COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
54:42 Honoring and Memorializing Health Care Workers
57:40 Crisis Documentation Standards
1:00:12 Closing Remarks

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0:00 Introduction
1:53 Agenda and Objectives
3:09 Physician Well-Being Pre-COVID
5:50 Pandemic Related Stressors and Physician Well-Being
7:28 The Psychological Toll of COVID
8:24 Omicron, The Great Resignation, and Lessons Learned
11:34 Introduction of the Panelists
12:43 Mistreatment, Discrimination, and Physician Burnout
18:42 Taking Action to Promote Well-Being
19:36 Protecting the Health Care Workforce: Crisis Leadership in COVID-19
23:11 5 Essential Elements to Protect Health During Extreme Stress
24:10 Crisis Leadership Actions and Leadership Support
25:31 Grief Leadership
27:13 Health Care Workforce Rescue Package
30:46 Removing Stressors for the Frontline Workforce
35:15 Next Steps
36:32 How has Omicron Changed Our Thinking Around Physician Well-Being?
42:18 CDC's Shortened Isolation Guidance and Physician Self-Care
44:38 Examples of How To Support Physicians After Mistreatment
47:37 Implementing Cultural Changes in a Smaller Health Care System
51:26 Hospital COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
54:42 Honoring and Memorializing Health Care Workers
57:40 Crisis Documentation Standards
1:00:12 Closing Remarks