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You are invited to participate in the next Medical Center Hour, "Who Tells Your Story? Using Narrative to Build Community, Define Purpose and Foster Agency" on Monday, March 28, from noon-1 p.m.

Please note the day change from the regularly run Medical Center Hour.

Healthcare, as an industry, is infused with stories: stories patients tell you when you take a history; stories told by the human body, stories that you experience as a clinician. Many of these stories follow a familiar script: loss, burnout, resilience, and redemption. In this session, we explore how our stories shape our behaviors, perspectives, and journeys. In an age of burnout and trauma, we'll question those narratives as we endeavor to rewrite stories for clinicians and their patients that are grounded in agency, equity, and self-determination.  

Who Tells Your Story?
Using Narrative to Build Community, Define Purpose and Foster Agency 
Monday, March 28
noon-1 p.m.
Claude Moore Nursing Education Building, Room 1120
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Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82470186796

Presented by UVA School of Nursing Compassionate Care Initiative and the UVA Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. Speakers include Elizabeth Métraux, CEO, Women Writers in Medicine, the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Boston, MA; Justin Mutter MD, Moderator

Resources:

1. American College of Healthcare Executives: Cultivating a Workplace of Belonging

2.  Medium: We Can’t Fix Physician Burnout Until We Address American Neglect

3. STAT: Taking Care Of Charlie Helped One California Town Nearly Halve Hospital Use*
Authors: Lauran Hardin, Shelly Trumbo

Elizabeth Métraux has nearly two decades of experience around the globe helping individuals and organizations disseminate their ideas, Elizabeth is a tireless advocate for the use of story as a tool for radical change. She is the founder of Women Writers in Medicine, a start-up dedicated to amplifying the voices, experiences, and research of women in healthcare. Beginning her career in political movements—most notably in the Middle East and former Soviet Union during the Iraq War—she transitioned to healthcare after observing the powerful interplay among population health, public policy, and conflict. Moving from the frontlines of war to the frontlines of healthcare, she has served as a Director of Communications in the Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health, spearheaded communication for USAID's TB and infectious disease projects in the Central Asian Republics, and led a national study on joy, loneliness, and community among America's healthcare workforce.

Elizabeth's work has appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, STAT, Medium, graced the pages of textbooks, and more. She regularly speaks across the country — from the stages of the Aspen Ideas Festival to the lecture halls of Harvard Medical School. Elizabeth is an advisor to the Carol Emmott Foundation, which seeks to advance intersectional equity in healthcare leadership, and is on the Board of Advisors at the McGill University Executive Institute in Montreal, Quebec.

Medical Center Hour is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, see Center for Health Humanities and Ethics.

Watch Medical Center Hour recordings here.

Elizabeth Métraux and Justin Mutter have declared no personal/professional relationships with commercial entities producing healthcare goods and/or services related to this presentation. Medical Center Hour planning group members M.D. Childress PhD; R.J. Bonnie LLB; R. Carpenter DrNP; J.F. Childress PhD; M.F. Marshall PhD; J. Mutter MD MA; K. Reid PhD RN FNP-C CNL; L. Shepherd JD have no personal/professional relationships with commercial entities producing healthcare goods and/or services, while R. Dillingham MD MPH reports interests with Gilead and Warm Health Technology Inc. UVA Office of Continuing Medical Education faculty and staff have no personal/professional financial relationships with commercial entities producing healthcare goods and/or services.

How to Claim Continuing Education (CE) Credit for Medical Center Hour:

How to Claim Continuing Education (CE) Credit for Medical Center Hour: Using the Google Chrome or Firefox browser on a phone, tablet, or computer, go to https://cmetracker.net/UVA and log into your CE account with your email and password. Choose ‘CE Certificate-Eval for Credit,' enter Activity Code 143027 then complete and submit your evaluation. You have 30 days from this program date (16 February 2022) to evaluate and obtain credit for this program. This is the only way you can receive credit for this Medical Center Hour.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Virginia (UAV) School of Medicine/School of Nursing is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. UVA School of Medicine/School of Nursing designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.^TM  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. UVA School of Medicine/School of Nursing awards 1contact hour for nurses who participate in this educational activity and complete the post-activity evaluation. UVA School of Medicine/School of Nursing awards 1 hour of participation (consistent with the designated number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM  or ANCC contact hours) to a participant who successfully completes this educational activity. UVA School of Medicine/School of Nursing maintains a record of participation for six years.