You Are Not Alone: How to Ask for Help as an Attending (Education and Faculty Development Committee Sponsored)

It can be challenging to balance clinical independence, academic productivity, and life outside of work as academic faculty. Physicians are less likely to ask for help, yet face increasing rates of burnout, career dissatisfaction, and personal distress. However, conventional training does not equip physicians with the tools to ask for help when it is most needed. Through interactive case-based discussions, participants will be guided through a series of three commonly-faced domains of discomfort: academic overload, clinical ambiguity while precepting junior learners, and seeking mental health care. This session will offer strategies to mitigate these commonly encountered yet rarely addressed stressors. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to analyze common stressors, evaluate management strategies, and enact a plan to seek help when needed. They will leave empowered to advocate for themselves and their colleagues.

Presenters:

  • Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd
  • Andrew Mittelman, MD
  • Rowan Kelner, MD
  • Christine M. Raps, MD
  • Simi Jandu, MD
  • Susan Stroud, MD
  • Megan L. Fix, MD
Authors

  • Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd

    University of Utah Health

    Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The University of Utah where she serves as an Assistant Residency Program Director and Medical Education Fellowship Director. She completed a Medical Education Fellowship and Master's of Biomedical Education at Ohio State University and Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Massachusetts. Her professional interests include curriculum development, professional development, gamification, and mentorship.

  • Andrew Mittelman, MD

    Boston Medical Center

    Andrew Mittelman is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and serves as an Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center. He is an Assistant Program Director for the BMC EM Residency. Dr Mittelman has a passion for resident education with a focus on transitions that occur during the career of junior providers. In addition to medical education, he has an interest in clinical photography and visual diagnosis.

  • Rowan Kelner, MD

    University of Utah

    Rowan Kelner is a first-year medical education fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. He did residency at the University of Utah and attended medical school at New York Medical College.

  • Christine M. Raps, MD

    University of Utah

    Christine Raps is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah and serves as Assistant Program Director and Assistant Director of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She joined program leadership at the University of Utah after working as core faculty and Co-Director of Ultrasound at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, California. She is currently working on her master's degree in Education for Health Professions at the University of Utah. Her interests include curriculum development, assessment, resident well-being, and mentorship.

  • Simi Jandu, MD

    University of Massachusetts

    Simi Jandu is a senior Medical Education Fellow and serves as an Attending Physician at UMass Chan. Dr. Jandu went to Beaumont Health - Royal Oak for residency and then moved to Massachusetts where she is completing her second year education fellowship. She is also currently completing a Master of Education in the Health Professions as an adjunct to the fellowship.

  • Susan Stroud, MD

    The University of Utah

    Dr. Stroud is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and is the Residency Director at the University of Utah. She completed her residency training at Alameda County Medical Center (Highland) in 2001. After residency, Dr. Stroud was a faculty member at San Francisco General Hospital and an instructor at UCSF School of Medicine. She joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2003 where she initially served as Medical Student Clerkship Director and helped to create the residency program. She has served as the Residency Director since 2008.

  • Megan L. Fix, MD

    University of Utah

    Dr Megan Fix, MD serves as the Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah as well as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.

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