AAFP’s Physician Health First

Presented by Mark B. Stephens, MD MS FAAFP,  Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in State College, PA.

Saturday April 13, 2019
1:00 – 4:30pm

Location:
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Molecular Biology Research Building
901 S Marshfield, Chicago, IL 60612
Campus map  (MBRB next to Ashland)

No cost to attend!

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The subject of burnout is a critical concern to the AAFP because family physicians suffer from significantly higher rates of burnout than physicians in most other specialties. With AAFP Physician Health First, the first-ever comprehensive initiative devoted to improving the well-being and professional satisfaction of family physicians, the AAFP is working at every level to help put physician well-being first, so physicians can stay passionate about their purpose: providing quality patient care.

 As part of ongoing efforts to improve family physician well-being, the AAFP is pleased to include a Physician Health First presentation in the Illinois Chapter meeting. In this presentation, family physician Dr. Mark Stephens will explain what the AAFP is doing to battle physician burnout and, in a workshop setting, provide solutions for improved professional satisfaction and better patient care within a broken system.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain what the AAFP is doing to improve family physician well-being
  2. Determine strategies to address well-being and burnout issues in each level of the family physician ecosystem.
  3. Develop a personalized plan to improve personal and professional satisfaction using AAFP-provided and other available resources

About Dr. Stephens

Mark B. Stephens, MD MS FAAFP, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in State College, PA.  Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State, he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Md. He has a certificate of added qualifications in Adolescent Medicine.  Dr. Stephens’ professional interests include physician wellness, exercise medicine, information technology and learning theory in medical education.