primary care clinician stress and psychological flexibility
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Session # H4a October 18, 2014. Primary Care Clinician Stress and Psychological flexibility. Debra A . Gould MD, MPH Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program [email protected]. Michael J. Aquilino MS Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Primary Care Clinician Stress and Psychological flexibility
Debra A. Gould MD, MPHCentral Washington Family
Medicine Residency Program [email protected]
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association 16th Annual ConferenceOctober 16-18, 2014 Washington, DC U.S.A.
Session # H4aOctober 18, 2014
Michael J. Aquilino MSCentral Washington Family Medicine Residency Program [email protected]
Patricia Robinson PhDMountainview Consulting [email protected]
Faculty Disclosure
We currently have or have had the following relevant financial relationships during the past 12 months:
• Dr. Gould & Dr. Robinson: Book Royalties - New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
• Dr. Robinson:- Mountainview Consulting Group, Inc.- Book Royalties - Springer Science + Business Media,
LLC - Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services
Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this session, the
participant will be able to:
• Use tools to self-assess level of burn-out, sources and magnitude of stress, and level of psychological flexibility
• Name 6 core psychological processes that support clinician resiliency
• Describe specific exercises designed to enhance resilience among PCMH team members
• Develop a personal strategy for building resiliency based on cognitive-behavioral therapy model called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Bibliography / Reference
1. Burnout among U.S. medical students, residents, and early career physicians relative to the general U.S. population. Dyrbye LN, West CP, Satele D, Boone S, Tan L, Sloan J, Shanafelt TD, Acad Med, 2014 Mar;89(3):443-51. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000000134.
2. Identifying psychological mechanisms underpinning a cognitive behavioural therapy Intervention for emotional burnout. Lloyd, J., Bond, F. W. & Flaxman, P. E. Lloyd, Apr-Jun 2013, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p181-199.
3. To be or not to be empathic: the combined role of empathic concern and perspective taking in understanding burnout in general practice. Lamothe M, Boujut E, Zenasni F, Sultan S. BMC Family Practice 2014, 15:15 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-15-15. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/15/15
4. Not all coping strategies are created equal: a mixed methods study exploring physicians’ self reported coping strategies. Lemaire JB, and Wallace JE, BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:208, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/208
5. Real Behavior in Primary Care; Improving Patient Outcomes and Increasing Job Satisfaction. Robinson PJ, Gould DA, Strosahl KD, New Harbinger Press, Inc., 2010, Oakland California.
6. The Mindful Employee and Effective Employee. Flaxman PE, Bond FW, Livheim F, Hayes SC; New Harbinger Press, Inc., 2013, Oakland California.
Learning Assessment
• Describe self-assessment tools and use them to determine a. level of burn-out, b. sources and magnitude of stress, and c. level of psychological flexibility
• Describe 6 core psychological processes that support clinician resiliency and specific exercises designed to enhance resilience among PCMH team members
Primary Care Home
“Adaptive Reserve” • Value their role• Self-aware• Balance and prioritize• Manage a practice• Support relationships
ResilienceBurnout
Wellness
IndividualOrganizational
ACT
Burnout
Symptoms:• Emotional Exhaustion• Depersonalization• Personal
Accomplishment
Unhealthy coping: • Over-eat, drink, work• Isolation, Depression, Suicide• Leave Profession• Relationship Problems
Psychological Flexibility
“Learning to be aware and accepting of the pain that comes into our lives and continue to pursue what we value.”
Psychologicalflexibility
Be Present
Acceptance
Defuse
Changing Self
Resiliency – Core Processes
Connect with Values
Act on Values
Mindfulness Values
Tool: PCP Stress Checklist
Domains:• Interactions with Patients• Practice Management• Administrative Issues• Education / Learning• Relationships with Colleagues• Balance between Work and the
“Rest of Life”Scoring: Higher scores indicates more
stress (range 0-100)
Primary Care Provider Stress Checklist (PCP-SC)
NAME: __________________________________Date: _________________________ Below you will find a list of specific situations that may cause stress for people who work in medical settings. Please rate the extent to which each of the situations is stressful for you at this moment in time. Use the scale below to choose your response. For example, if you believe a situation is highly stressful for you “Highly Stressful,” you would record a 5 in the Response column and if it is “Not Stressful” for you, you would record a 0. To get a picture of what stresses you the most, following the directions for scoring at the bottom of the form.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Not Stressful
Very Mild Stress
Mild Stress
Moderate Stress
Greater than
Moderate
Highly Stressful
Extremely Stressful
I. INTERACTIONS WITH PATIENTS Response Stressful Situation 1. Patients who don’t manage their chronic diseases 2. Patients who abuse or are addicted to alcohol or drugs 3. Patients who complain of chronic pain and are seeking narcotics 4. Patients who are angry and demanding. 5. Patients complaining of depression, anxiety and other common psychological
problems. 6. Patients who have unhealthy lifestyles (overeat, under-exercise, over-work) 7. Patients who perpetrate violence or abuse on children, domestic partners,
elderly relatives Total (Sum of 1-7)
II. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Response Stressful Situation 8. My schedule is too tight to address more than one or two problems 9. Patients wait too long because of office work flow problems. 10. Chart and other important records information is not available 11. Lack of immediate access to information about clinical guidelines 12. Not enough time to address multiple medical and mental health problems in
complex patients 13. Dealing with interruptions and other annoyances during clinic/work day. Total (Sum of 8-13)
Tool: Primary Care Provider Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (PCP-AAQ)
Measures Psychological Flexibility
• 20 Items; sum equals total score (range 0-120)
• Higher indicates greater psychological flexibility.
Tool: Values Clarification
If you were at your own retirement party, what would you like to hear other people say about what you stood for:
1. Practicing Medicine
2. Relationships with Colleagues
3. Relationships with Family/Friends
4. Personal Health & Well-being
My work life is totally consistent with my values
My work life is totally inconsistent
with my values
Studying/ Practicing Medicine
Relationships with
colleagues
Personal Health &
Well Being
Relationships with Family &
Friends
Tool: Bulls Eye Values Assessment
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15
Personal ACTion Plan
Value Statement:
Action Steps: 1. Practice of Acceptance -
2. Practice of Mindfulness -
3. Practice of Value Consistent Daily Actions -
Psychologicalflexibility
Be Present“EHR billing”
Acceptance“Heavy Hitters”
Defuse“Drug Seeker”
Changing Self “A Different Doc”
How We’ve Done It!
Connect with Values
“Compassionate Self”
Act on Values“3 at 3PM on Friday”
ACT Resources
Association for Contextual Behavioral Science www.contextualpsychology.org/ New Harbinger Publications www.newharbinger.com
Psychologicalflexibility
Be Present“EHR billing”
Acceptance“Heavy Hitters”
Defuse“Drug Seeker”
Changing Self “A Different Doc”
Questions?????
Connect with Values
“Compassionate Self”
Act on Values“3 at 3PM on Friday”
Session Evaluation
Please complete and return theevaluation form to the classroom
monitor before leaving this session.
Thank you!