February 25-26, 2025 |  San Diego, CA.

Healthcare Burnout Symposium La Jolla

February 25-26, 2025 |  San Diego, CA.

The Path Forward

Cultivating Wellness for a Healthier Workplace

Early Bird Pricing Through December 14th!

More than 60% of Healthcare Workers Experience Burnout

Join the movement to create a healthier workplace for all healthcare professionals. Register today.

Top 5 Reasons to Attend

1
Create an organizational culture of wellness from the top down
2
Discover strategies and solutions for burnout prevention and mitigation
3
Understand technology’s impact on clinician well-being
4
Reduce secondary trauma and suicide risk among clinical staff
5
Eliminate the stigma around burnout globally

Agenda

February 25, 2025
The 10 Core Elements of a Strategic Employee Culture and Well-being Plan

Mark Mohammadpour, APR, Fellow PRSA
Founder and Chief Well-being Officer / Chasing the Sun

What does “well-being” mean to your healthcare organization and how is it woven throughout the employee experience? In this session, we’ll explore the financial and reputational impact of a strategic well-being program, identify the key elements of a strategic employee well-being plan, and share actionable takeaways leaders can use to create a Culture of Well-being.

  • Understand what a great employee experience is
  • Discover elements of designing a strategic employee well-being plan
  • Learn how to secure buy-in from executives
11:40 AM – 12:45 PM
Panel Discussion: Wellbeing First for Healthcare

J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA
Founder/CEO / Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation

Challenging working conditions and job-related stressors are the main drivers of burnout and other poor mental health outcomes for health care workers; and it can be overwhelming to know where to start when working to lead systems-change to improve professional wellbeing. During this session, attendees will learn about the primary drivers of burnout in the health care workforce as well as the practical, evidence-informed solutions to address the workplace policies and practices that impact well-being. Learning objectives include:

  • Gain insights into how the workplace environment drives health care workers’ burnout and its direct connection to a hospital’s quality, safety, and financial performance.
  • Explore solutions aimed at reducing burnout, normalizing help-seeking, and strengthening professional well-being by going beyond encouraging self-care and individual resilience to focus on systemic operational improvement.
  • Learn effective leadership and culture transformation strategies to improve professional well-being and build trust between hospital leaders and trustees and the frontline health care team.
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Leading with Kindness (Agency ▪ Coherence ▪ Belonging ▪ Positivity)

Stephen J. Swensen, MD, MMM
Senior Fellow / Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Former CQO and Director of Leadership and Organization Development / Mayo Clinic

Kindness is helping others do better. People do better in communities that promote agency, coherence, belonging, and positivity. Patients and organizations do better when staff do better. Doing better has no limit.

The mental health of healthcare professionals has deteriorated substantially over the past several decades as evidenced by the high prevalence of burnout and moral injury. A narrative literature review of 387 publications regarding the interrelationships of kindness, leadership, occupational health, healthspan, and positive life assessment was performed. 54 occupational health determinants were identified and categorized into four domains: Agency (control over one’s work life), Coherence (a feeling one’s life makes sense), Belonging (respectful and authentic interpersonal connectedness), and Positivity (optimism with growth mindset).

Four leader team Systems of Kindness (Listen-Sort-Empower, Life Crafting, Commensality, Five Leader Behaviors) that can improve the mental and physical health of colleagues were identified. A validated strategy that cultivates optimal subjective wellbeing and healthspan for all staff via policies and leader behaviors characterized by kindness will be presented. After this session attendees will be able to:

  • Describe four human needs to flourish: Agency, Coherence, Belonging, Positivity.
  • Identify five leader behaviors that cultivate enhanced fulfillment and healthspan.
  • Summarize the human, organizational, and community dividends of a culture of kindness.
3:30 – 3:50 PM
Networking Break in Sponsor Showcase

Sponsorship Opportunity!

Reach out for more information.

TRACK 1
PANEL: Is there a prescription for burnout? How to create environments that prevent burnout

Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS
Associate Vice Provost, UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center, Clinical Professor, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Tabia Richardson, PhD, MPH
Senior Research Analyst, UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center

Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA
Coordinator for Collaborations in the Office of Total Worker Health®, Coordinator of the Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Cross-Sector Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

During this session, panelists will discuss the phenomenon of healthcare worker burnout and ways to recognize and prevent it from overtaking healthcare work settings. At the end of the session, individuals will know how to:

  • Recognize the signs of burnout in workplace settings.
  • Identify barriers that prevent work environments from thriving.
  • Understand the role leaders play in role modeling and encouraging those they lead to feel comfortable with addressing matters associated with burnout.
TRACK 2

Renewing dedication in high-risk high stress careers

Alexandra Kharazi, MD

This session aims to empower professionals to thrive in their demanding roles while prioritizing personal well-being and commitment to excellence. Dr. Kharazi will introduce innovative models that you can integrate into your daily routine:

  • Implement the Spiral Staircase Model: Participants will learn to use this model to visualize and navigate their career progression, fostering continuous growth and dedication to their work.
  • Utilize the “Flip Your Feelings” Technique: Attendees will practice transforming negative feelings into positive actions, helping them to manage stress and maintain focus in high-pressure situations.
  • Align Actions with Mindset Coordinates: The session will guide participants in identifying their values and aligning their daily actions with these principles, enhancing their commitment and resilience in their careers.

 

TRACK 3

Poster Viewing

Discover emerging wellness research at UC San Diego and nationwide.

TRACK 1
Listen Sort Empower Journey: From Grassroots to Gardens

Simone Kanter, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD, Primary Care Physician; Jennie Wei, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD, Primary Care Physician / San Diego VA

In this session, Dr. Kanter and Dr. Wei will share the story of how they implemented Listen Sort Empower, an evidence-based model developed by Dr. Stephen Swensen, to improve team morale and culture starting with San Diego VA. With a VHA innovation grant, they spread the work to VAs across the country through the VHA National Chief Well-Being Officer program. Objectives include:

  • Hear how two front-line primary care physicians introduced a model to combat burnout and promote professional fulfillment at the San Diego VA.
  • Share lessons learned on engaging leaders and staff to collaborate on tangible change in work environments.
  • Understand the basics of the Listen Sort Empower model and how it can be implemented among healthcare teams.

 

TRACK 3
Poster Viewing

Discover emerging wellness research at UC San Diego and nationwide.

5:00 PM
Opening Night Reception in Sponsor Showcase

Sponsorship Opportunity!

Reach out for more information.

February 26, 2025
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Sharing Human Stories: Lived Experiences Panel

Moderator
Sidney Zisook, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry / University of California San Diego (UCSD)

Panelists
Lynette Cederquist, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine / University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Kathryn (Katie) Hirst, MD
Chief Executive Officer / Bold Health Medical Group

Robert Deiss, MD
Clinical Associate Professor / Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego (UCSD)

Kathryn Macaulay, MD
Director / UCSD Menopause Health Program

This panel session features four physicians who will describe their “lived experiences” coping with physical, emotional and mental challenges impacting their personal and professional lives. As more physicians come forward to talk about their own struggles, the rest of us feel more connected, less alone. There is no better way to reduce stigma. By telling their unique, personal stories, they will describe the importance of facing and accepting their challenges, finding ways of overcoming or adopting to them, and maintaining hope and personal growth. These stories will provide a hopeful arc to mental health experiences, shattering stigma, modeling help seeking, and contributing to a new culture where mental health can be viewed and addressed openly and without shame.

  • Foster connection, acceptance and resilience by sharing human stories.
  • Encourage healthcare professionals battling demoralization, burnout, depression, substance use, bereavement, shame, and humiliation to realize that relief and success are possible.
  • Model mental health self-care by disclosing personal struggles when appropriate and highlighting that everyone needs to lean on others for support or treatment.

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
TRACK 1
Growing Beyond Burnout: The Mindset Approach

Amruti Borad, D.O., LSSBB, UC San Diego Health, CommUnity Care, Primary Care-Concierge Medicine

This session will discuss the similarities, differences, and interplay between stress, burnout, and trauma, with an objective to move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset to grow beyond burnout. Learning objectives include:

  • Explain the difference between a Fixed and Growth Mindset.
  • Implement a strategy to developing a Growth Mindset.
  • Implement strategies towards building a wellness culture at the individual and organizational level.

TRACK 2
Enhancing Health Care Worker Well-Being through Systems and Culture Change

Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd, Vice President for Well-Being, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Despite significant attention and interventions, health care professionals continue to suffer from high rates of burnout and depression. Many of the efforts continue to focus on individual strategies.  In this presentation, Dr. Slavin will describe a model and process to guide multi-faceted environmental approaches to this problem.

TRACK 3
Poster Sessions

Discover emerging wellness research at UC San Diego and nationwide.

TRACK 1
The Role of Schwartz Rounds in Healthcare Communities: Fostering Compassion and Psychological Safety

Rachael Accardi, LMFT
Program Counselor / UCSD HEAR Program

Participants will learn about the origins and purpose of Schwartz Rounds, understand their transformative impact on team dynamics and staff well-being, and explore practical steps for developing a Schwartz Rounds program within their own organizations. By the end of the session, attendees will be equipped with tools and strategies to create a supportive environment that enhances both staff collaboration and patient care outcomes. Learning objectives include:

  • Understand and recognize the purpose and history of Schwartz Rounds in Healthcare.
  • Learn how to develop your own Schwartz Rounds program.
  • Recognize the impact of Schwartz Rounds on healthcare teams.

TRACK 2
TRACK 3
Poster Sessions

Discover emerging wellness research at UC San Diego and nationwide.

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Meeting the Challenge of Enhancing Health Student and Provider Well-Being and Mental Health and Attenuating Burnout and Suicide Risk

Moderator
Sidney Zisook, MD
Professor of Psychiatry / University of California San Diego

Panelists
Desiree Shapiro, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry / University of California, San Diego

Ethan Hoffmann, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

 

“We must shift burnout from a ‘me’ problem to a ‘we’ problem.” – General, U. S. (2022). The US Surgeon General’s framework for workplace mental health & well-being. Washington, DC: US Public Health Service.

Healthcare is a calling, and most of us, much of the time, meet the call with gratitude, pride and even joy. But healthcare also is a uniquely stressful profession with high rates of traumatic stress, burnout, substance use/misuse, unattended depression, and suicide risk. Thus, leading healthcare organizations and institutions recognize a national imperative to shift the culture of healthcare training and practice from “toughing it out,” alone and in silence, to one where healthcare professionals feel cared for themselves, engaged in the work they do, appreciated as critical parts of the healthcare team, and proud of practicing their craft. Only then will caregivers be poised to provide the most compassionate and skilled service to those in their care. This session will describe different models of culture change and care for healthcare providers implemented in four academic health centers.

  • Understand key components of four heath provider wellness and mental health programs designed to enhance medical learner and physicians’ resilience, engagement, and well-being and to mitigate burnout and suicide risk.
  • Anticipate and overcome obstacles to implementing physician wellness and suicide prevention programs.
  • Be better prepared to implement physician learner and/or provider wellness and suicide prevention interventions at participants’ home programs.

Speakers

Brenna Joyce, M.A.

Team Member Well-being Coordinator

Office of Experience Transformation, UC San Diego Health

Joyce

J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA

CEO, Co-Founder

Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation

Feist

Robert Deiss, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health

University of California San Diego (UCSD)

Deiss

Kathryn Macaulay, MD

Director, UCSD Menopause Health Program, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

UC San Diego Health

Macauley

Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd

Vice President for Well-Being

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Slavin

Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA

Coordinator for Collaborations in the Office of Total Worker Health®, Coordinator of the Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Cross-Sector Program

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Chang

Tabia Richardson, PhD, MPH

Senior Research Analyst

UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center

Richardson

Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS

Associate Vice Provost, Clinical Professor

UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Slusser

Jennie Wei, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD, Primary Care Physician, San Diego VA

UCSD, San Diego VA

Wei

Simone Kanter, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD, Primary Care Physician, San Diego VA

UCSD, San Diego VA

Kanter

Habib Sabbagh, MHA

Administrative Lead, Physician Wellness

UC San Diego

Sabbagh

Laura Rossi, BA

Nurse Engagement + Retention Program Manager

UC San Diego Health

Rossi

Desiree Shapiro, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

University of California, San Diego

Shapiro

Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN

Nurse Scientist

UC San Diego Health Sciences

Davidson

Amruti Borad, D.O., LSSBB

Concierge Osteopathic Family Medicine Physician, Medical Student and Physician Coach

UC San Diego Health, CommUnity Care, Primary Care-Concierge Medicine

Borad

Alexandra Kharazi, MD

Founder

Heart of Motivation Consulting

Kharazi

Rachael Accardi, LMFT

Program Counselor

HEAR Program, UC San Diego Health

Accardi

Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA

California Surgeon General

Ramos

Ethan Hoffmann, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Stanford University

Hoffmann

Kathryn (Katie) Hirst, MD

Chief Executive Officer

Bold Health Medical Group

Hirst

Lynette Cederquist, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Cederquist

Sidney Zisook, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

University of California San Diego (UCSD)

Zisook

Mark Mohammadpour, APR, Fellow PRSA

Founder and Chief Well-Being Officer

Chasing the Sun

Mohammadpour

Stephen J. Swensen, MD, MMM

Senior Fellow

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Swensen

Venue & Travel

We’ve Secured Exclusive Group Rates with the Hotel La Jolla

7955 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

Group Rate: $309

Deadline for group rate: February 3, 2025, or until block filled

 

 

Scripps Seaside Forum

8610 Kennel Way
La Jolla, California 92037

Sponsorship

Meet the Decision Makers

We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality audience, which includes decision-makers, strategists, and executives all ready to meet you.

Brand Awareness & Thought Leadership

​We strive to provide an intimate environment for you to meet one-on-one with our highly qualified audience. We offer customized partnership opportunities to fit your budgetary needs.​

Network Opportunities

Connect with colleagues, share experiences, and build lasting relationships.

Why Sponsor the Healthcare Burnout Symposium La Jolla?

At ICD, our team takes a holistic approach that will maximize your investment and offer a dedication towards your success.

We strive to provide an intimate environment for you to meet one-on-one with our highly qualified audience. We offer customized partnership opportunities to fit your marketing objectives and budget. 

Be a part of a community of dedicated healthcare professionals striving to transform the industry.

Each sponsorship package is customized based on your organization’s marketing objectives and budget.

Each package includes virtual events and is designed to elevate your brand awareness, generate new leads and introduce your product and services to tap into this highly qualified and targeted group of decision makers at a time when they are most receptive.

Interested in Becoming a Sponsor?

Group Discount

Register 3 or more delegates from the same organization at the same time and receive a 15% discount on the registration fee. For larger group discounts, please email us at info@icdevents.com

Stand out in a competitive job market and show your dedication to lifelong learning. All delegates of the Healthcare Burnout Symposium La Jolla will receive a certificate of completion, recognizing your commitment to professional growth and affirming your industry expertise and credibility.

Validate Your Industry Knowledge and Credibility.​

Option NumberSuper Early Bird PriceEarly Bird PriceRegular Rate
Main Conference (no workshops)$895$1,295
Conference + ONE Workshop $1,095$1,495
Nurse/Govt./Student/Advocate Main Conference (no workshops)$495$895
Nurse/Govt./Student/Advocate Conference + ONE workshop$695$1,095
Non-Sponsoring Vendors/Consultants$1,495$1,495

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Please make checks payable to:
International Conference Development (or ICD) and remit to:

ICD
PO Box 651,
Moody, ME 04054

Cancellation Policy

Should you be unable to attend for any reason, please inform us IN WRITING, before January 18, 2025, and a full refund will be provided, After January 18, 2025, a credit voucher for the full amount will be issued. No credit vouchers will be given for cancellations received on or after February 18, 2025. Substitutions of enrolled delegates may be made at any time. Program content and speakers are subject to change without notice.

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Early Bird Pricing Through December 14th!

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