Keynote 01 - The Science of Bite-sized Well-being During Uncertain Times: Evidence, Practice and Resources to Share

Keynote Speaker(s)

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  Bryan Sexton, PhD

  Duke University Health System
  Durham, NC

This presentation of the science behind simple, brief and effective interventions to improve well-being is meant to inform, comfort, and inspire.

The audience will review evidence from top tier journals that both validates and normalizes their emotional exhaustion, and demonstrates that as much as the pandemic was associated with an increase in burnout, we now know through RCTs that bite-sized well-being interventions can cause well-being to improve in the same magnitude. This presentation of the science behind the interventions to improve well-being as well as the prevalence and severity of well-being deficits is meant to inform, comfort, and inspire a weary work-force.

Bryan Sexton, PhD, is the Director of the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality. He leads the efforts around research and training that guide our quality improvement and well-being activities. A psychologist member of the Department of Psychiatry, Brian is a psychometrician and spends time developing methods of assessing and improving safety culture, teamwork, leadership and especially workforce well-being. Currently, he is disseminating the results from a successful NIH R01 grant, using RCTs to demonstrate that we can cause well-being to improve in health care workers.

A ridiculously proud father of four, he enjoys running, using hand tools on wood, listening to books on Audible, and overreacting to a friendly game of Wahoo with his family.

Presentations:

• 9:15 AM – 9:17 AM ET

  Introduction
  

  Speaker: Malika Siker, MD, FASTRO – Medical College of Wisconsin
• 9:17 AM – 10:15 AM ET

  The Science of Bite-sized Well-being During Uncertain Times: Evidence, Practice and Resources to Share
  

  Speaker: Bryan Sexton, PhD – Duke University Health System