UNDERSTANDING DISRUPTION

Understanding Disruption in Distressed Physicians & Medical Organizations

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Historically, disruptive behavior in the workplace was attributed to an individual’s difficulty with anger management. In fact, the problem is more complex and includes organizational as well as team/department factors. Nevertheless, individual difficulties with self-regulation, conflict resolution, risk management, reputational awareness, and diplomacy are critical to successfully negotiating the risks of interdependent collaboration. Adaptive self-regulation in the face of organizational dysfunction is a matter of clinical-professional competence. As the delivery of medical services changes, clinicians need to be informed and adapt to these changes in order to thrive.

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Check with your state medical board, hospital setting or provincial college in advance to inquire about receiving official credit for this 2-day workshop.

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Goals: 

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• Identify specific challenges in interpersonal functioning and organizational awareness

• Identify etiological factors that contribute to emotional dysregulation

• Learn concepts for effectively negotiating workplace conflicts

• Learn to engage in adaptive risk management strategies

• Learn new management and leadership skills

• Redirect one’s career toward a more intentional, non-reactive, and sophisticated mode of professional functioning

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Objectives: 

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• Understand the criteria that define disruptiveness and its impact on clinical care

• Learn that disruptive behavior is a multi-determined phenomenon based on the collision between individual factors within an interpersonal and organizational context

• Learn that disruptive behaviors are end-stage symptoms of underlying internal distress, not legitimate professional behaviors

• Understand professional self-regulation as the interface between mindful attention to one’s internal state, empathy, and social-organizational awareness

• Develop skills to effectively contain, conceptualize, and manage inevitable emotional arousal in self and others

• Develop an individualized behavioral risk-management plan to protect oneself and others within modern medical settings

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Workshop Dates:

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February 8-9, 2024 (Virtual)

(8:45 am – 5:00 pm)

 

May 9-10, 2024 (Virtual)

(8:45 am – 5:00 pm)

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August 1-2, 2024 (Virtual)

(8:45 am – 5:00 pm)

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November 7-8, 2024 (Virtual)

(8:45 am – 5:00 pm)

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Please call our office at 785.856.0473 to register. Cost is $2,250.