The first
international meeting on "Doctors
think. Doctors feel. Doctors do: Well-being and performance in medical
practice" (WELL-Med) will take place in 2014. The meeting will
explore how physician burnout and wellbeing are related to different aspects of
medical performance in terms of clinical decision making, communication in
clinical practice, and medical error.
The WELL-Med conference will take place between May 28th -
June 1st in Alexandroupolis, in the unexplored North Coast of Greece.
During the conference we will be informed about “new
evidence”, engage in some “blue sky
thinking”, learn from our mistakes in the “research
gone wrong” section
and identify successful interventions in the "what works" section.
We will also link theory to practice in the "medical
stories" section,
especially addressing health professionals, and healthcare managers working
outside academia. Finally doctoral students will have the opportunity to
receive expert feedback in the "research
in progress" section.
Keynote speakers
·
Charles A. Vincent, Professor
of Clinical Safety Research, Imperial College London, UK
·
Christina Maslach, Professor of
Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
·
Eileen Gambrill, Professor of
Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA
·
Jean Wallace, Professor of
Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada
·
Deborah Kirklin, Editor of the
BMJ journal Medical Humanities, UCL, UK
·
Jane Lemaire, MD,
Vice-Chair of Physician Wellness and Vitality, University of Calgary, Canada
·
Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, Associate
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, USA
·
Hardeep Singh, MD, Chief of Health
Policy and Quality Program, Houston VA Health Services, USA
The deadline
for abstract submission is October 15th. Please visit
our website, http://wellmed.gr for
abstract submission guidelines.
